title: A very rare case of nonfunctioning pituitary adenoma incidentally disclosed at 18F-FDG PET/CT.
abstract: This is a case of a 48-year-old man treated with surgery and (131)I for papillary thyroid carcinoma: a follow-up (18)F-FDG PET/CT incidentally evidenced pituitary uptake, also seen in (111)In-octreoscan as increased uptake in the sellar area. MRI confirmed a pituitary mass. The patient did not show any signs or symptoms related to this lesion; 1 year later, both PET/CT and MRI findings remained unchanged. Surgery confirmed nonfunctioning benign pituitary adenoma. This single case observed in 12,873 consecutive patients scanned in our center confirms the possibility that nonfunctioning benign pituitary adenomas may be FDG-avid: uptake mechanisms remain unknown, and targeted studies are needed.
authors.affiliation: Department of Medical and Surgical Sciences, Padua University, Padua, Italy.
authors.forename: Pietro
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Maffei
authors.forename: Maria Cristina
authors.initials: MC
authors.lastname: Marzola
authors.forename: Alessandra
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Musto
authors.forename: Francesca
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Dassie
authors.forename: Gaia
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Grassetto
authors.forename: Eugenio
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: De Carlo
authors.forename: Lucia
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Rampin
authors.forename: Sotirios
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Chondrogiannis
authors.forename: Arianna
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Massaro
authors.forename: Maria Rosa
authors.initials: MR
authors.lastname: Pelizzo
authors.forename: Domenico
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Rubello
mesh_terms: D019788:Fluorodeoxyglucose F18; D005500:Follow-Up Studies; D006801:Humans; D033162:Incidental Findings; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D064847:Multimodal Imaging / Q000379:methods*; D010911:Pituitary Neoplasms / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*; D049268:Positron-Emission Tomography; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed
chemical_list: D019788:Fluorodeoxyglucose F18