title: Combined (11)C-methionine and 18F-FDG PET imaging in a case of cerebral sparganosis.
abstract: A 35-year-old man presented with right lower extremity numbness and weakness. CT demonstrated an irregular left parietal hypoattenuation with a punctuate calcification. MRI revealed a T1 low signal and T2 high signal lesion with extensive surrounding edema. Gadolinium-enhanced MRI showed an irregular enhancing lesion. F-FDG and C-methionine PET both demonstrated high uptake in the left parietal lesion. Lesion SUV was 7.5 for F-FDG and 3.0 for C-methionine. Surgical pathology demonstrated cerebral sparganosis.
authors.affiliation: Departments of Neurosurgery, Affiliated Union Hospital, Fujian Medical University, Fuzhou, China.
authors.forename: Tao
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Zeng
authors.forename: Zhong-You
authors.initials: ZY
authors.lastname: Ji
authors.forename: Song-Sheng
authors.initials: SS
authors.lastname: Shi
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D001927:Brain Diseases / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging* / Q000378:metabolism / Q000473:pathology; D019788:Fluorodeoxyglucose F18; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008715:Methionine; D049268:Positron-Emission Tomography; D013031:Sparganosis / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging* / Q000378:metabolism / Q000473:pathology
chemical_list: D019788:Fluorodeoxyglucose F18; C086242:carbon-11 methionine; D008715:Methionine