Positive imaging of thymoma by 11C-acetate positron emission tomography.
Several studies have shown that fluorine-18 fluorodeoxyglucose (FDG) positron emission tomography (PET) is not useful for the diagnosis of thymoma. We describe 3 patients with thymoma who underwent both FDG-PET and carbon-11 (11C) acetate (AC)-PET. Although all three thymomas were successfully imaged by AC-PET, one of the thymomas was not imaged by FDG-PET. These results suggest that AC-PET may have a potentially important role in the diagnosis of thymoma. This is the first report of the use of AC-PET for diagnostic imaging of thymoma.
Department of Thoracic Surgery, Saiseikai Central Hospital, Tokyo, Japan. t-oh@remus.dti.ne.jp
Takashi
T
Ohtsuka
Hiroaki
H
Nomori
Kenichi
K
Watanabe
Tsuguo
T
Naruke
Keiichi
K
Suemasu
Noboru
N
Kosaka
Kimiichi
K
Uno
D000368:Aged; D002250:Carbon Radioisotopes; D005260:Female; D019788:Fluorodeoxyglucose F18; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D049268:Positron-Emission Tomography; D013934:Thymectomy; D013945:Thymoma / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging* / Q000601:surgery; D013953:Thymus Neoplasms / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging* / Q000601:surgery; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed
D002250:Carbon Radioisotopes; D019788:Fluorodeoxyglucose F18