Gliosarcoma with thallium-201 SPECT.
Thallium-201 (201Tl) chloride scintigraphy is the imaging method use for the detection of various tumors including glioblastoma, but only limited information on 201Tl uptake in gliosarcoma is available. We investigated a patient with gliosarcoma by means of 201Tl single-photon emission computed tomography (SPECT) and MRI. SPECT imaging revealed high 201Tl uptake in the tumor, which was closely correlated with contrast-enhancement on MRI. These results suggest that SPECT with 201Tl may be useful for detecting gliosarcoma and provide physiological information on this tumor.
Watanabe
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Department of Radiology, Toyama Medical and Pharmaceutical University, Japan. nw31456@ms.toyama-mpu.ac.jp
Okada
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E
Shimizu
M
M
Noguchi
K
K
Endo
S
S
Futatsuya
R
R
Horie
Y
Y
Tonami
N
N
Seto
H
H
D000328:Adult; D001932:Brain Neoplasms / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging* / Q000473:pathology; D005260:Female; D018316:Gliosarcoma / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging* / Q000473:pathology; D006801:Humans; D008279:Magnetic Resonance Imaging; D019275:Radiopharmaceuticals / Q000493:pharmacokinetics; D013794:Thallium Radioisotopes / Q000493:pharmacokinetics; D015899:Tomography, Emission-Computed, Single-Photon
D019275:Radiopharmaceuticals; D013794:Thallium Radioisotopes