PET evaluation of spinal cord tumor using 11C-methionine.
A cervical cord tumor was examined with positron emission tomography using L-methyl-[11C]methionine. The radioactive tracer accumulated in the solid parts (but not in the associated cysts) of the neoplasm, which at histology was found to be an ependymoma.
Higano
S
S
Department of Radiology, Research Institute for Brain and Blood Vessels-Akita, Japan.
Shishido
F
F
Nagashima
M
M
Tomura
N
N
Murakami
M
M
Inugami
A
A
Fujita
H
H
Tabata
K
K
Yasui
N
N
Uemura
K
K
D002250:Carbon Radioisotopes; D004806:Ependymoma / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008715:Methionine / Q000031:analogs & derivatives*; D008875:Middle Aged; D013120:Spinal Cord Neoplasms / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*; D014055:Tomography, Emission-Computed
D002250:Carbon Radioisotopes; D008715:Methionine; C038344:methionine methyl ester