18F-Fluorocholine, 18F-FDG, and 18F-Fluoroethyl Tyrosine PET/CT in Parathyroid Cancer

We report on a 71-year-old woman presenting with biochemical features indicating recurrent disease in long-term follow-up of left-sided parathyroid carcinoma. She had undergone several surgical procedures including total thyroidectomy, partial resection of the esophageal wall, and curative neck radi...

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Published inClinical nuclear medicine Vol. 42; no. 6; p. 448
Main Authors Hatzl, Margit, Röper-Kelmayr, Julia C, Fellner, Franz A, Gabriel, Michael
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published United States 01.06.2017
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Choline - analogs & derivatives
Female
Fluorodeoxyglucose F18
Humans
Parathyroid Neoplasms - diagnostic imaging
Parathyroid Neoplasms - pathology
Parathyroid Neoplasms - surgery
Positron Emission Tomography Computed Tomography
Recurrence
Thyroidectomy
Tyrosine - analogs & derivatives
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Summary:We report on a 71-year-old woman presenting with biochemical features indicating recurrent disease in long-term follow-up of left-sided parathyroid carcinoma. She had undergone several surgical procedures including total thyroidectomy, partial resection of the esophageal wall, and curative neck radiation 12 years previously. PET/CT using F-fluorocholine revealed high uptake in local relapse in the lower neck, comparable to F-FDG, whereas only faint uptake was observed with F-fluoroethyl tyrosine. As shown in this case, imaging with FDG and F-fluorocholine is feasible in (recurrent) parathyroid carcinoma and clearly superior to F-fluoroethyl tyrosine.
ISSN:1536-0229
DOI:10.1097/RLU.0000000000001652