Incidental finding of meningioma on C11-PIB PET.
As a healthy volunteer for amyloid imaging study, a 83-year-old woman with no history of neurologic or psychiatric illness underwent carbon 11-labeled Pittsburgh compound-B (PIB) PET, which showed focal increased PIB binding in the right anterior temporal region. This focal PIB uptake turned out to be a mass lesion on MRI, which was consistent with a benign meningioma. This is the first case report on the incidentally found intracranial meningioma by PIB PET scan, highlighting the excellent sensitivity of PIB radiotracer in detecting brain amyloid deposition.
Departments of Neurology, Asan Medical Center, University of Ulsan College of Medicine, Seoul, Korea.
Hee-Young
HY
Kim
Jaeseung
J
Kim
Jae-Hong
JH
Lee
D000369:Aged, 80 and over; D000814:Aniline Compounds; D002250:Carbon Radioisotopes; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D033162:Incidental Findings; D008577:Meningeal Neoplasms / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*; D008579:Meningioma / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*; D049268:Positron-Emission Tomography; D013844:Thiazoles
C475519:2-(4'-(methylamino)phenyl)-6-hydroxybenzothiazole; D000814:Aniline Compounds; D002250:Carbon Radioisotopes; D013844:Thiazoles