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Carbon-11-methionine and fluorine-18-FDG PET study in brain hematoma.
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Journal of nuclear medicine : official publication, Society of Nuclear Medicine [J Nucl Med] 1994 Jul; Vol. 35 (7), pp. 1162-6. - Publication Year :
- 1994
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Abstract
- Three patients were examined using PET with L-methyl-11C-methionine (11C-methionine) and 2-18F-fluoro-2-deoxy-D-glucose (FDG) 20 to 32 days after the occurrence of nontumoral brain hematomas. PET revealed high uptake of 11C-methionine in the area surrounding the hematoma in all three patients. In two patients, discrete spots of moderate uptake of FDG were found at the periphery of a hypometabolic area. PET studies were repeated in two patients 76 and 103 days after the bleeding, respectively, and showed a dramatic decrease in 11C-methionine uptake around the hematoma. The spots of FDG uptake disappeared on the repeated late scans. We hypothesize that the subacute gliotic reaction surrounding brain hematomas is responsible for increased uptake of 11C-methionine and for the presence of spots of FDG uptake. PET studies with 11C-methionine and FDG performed 20 to 32 days after the initial symptom are not helpful in the differentiation between neoplastic and non-neoplastic origins of an intracerebral hemorrhage since tracer uptake at the periphery of the lesion may be increased in both.
Details
- Language :
- English
- ISSN :
- 0161-5505
- Volume :
- 35
- Issue :
- 7
- Database :
- MEDLINE
- Journal :
- Journal of nuclear medicine : official publication, Society of Nuclear Medicine
- Publication Type :
- Academic Journal
- Accession number :
- 8014676