title: PET evaluation of spinal cord tumor using 11C-methionine.
abstract: 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.
authors.affiliation: Department of Radiology, Research Institute for Brain and Blood Vessels-Akita, Japan.
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Higano
authors.forename: F
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Shishido
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Nagashima
authors.forename: N
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Tomura
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Murakami
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Inugami
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Fujita
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Tabata
authors.forename: N
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Yasui
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Uemura
mesh_terms: 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
chemical_list: D002250:Carbon Radioisotopes; D008715:Methionine; C038344:methionine methyl ester