title: Incidental 11C-choline PET/CT brain uptake due to meningioma in a patient studied for prostate cancer: correlation with MRI and imaging fusion.
abstract: We report a case of a 75-year-old male patient treated with radiotherapy in 1999 for prostate cancer. Due to a rise in prostate-specific antigen, he underwent (11)C-choline PET/CT. The study was negative for secondary lesions but revealed an incidental pathologic focal brain uptake. A subsequent magnetic resonance examination confirmed the presence of a brain lesion typical for meningioma.
authors.affiliation: From the *Department of Nuclear Medicine and †Neuroradiology, University of Brescia and Spedali Civili Brescia, Brescia; and ‡Department of Nuclear Medicine, Catholic University of Sacred Heart, Rome, Italy.
authors.forename: Francesco
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Bertagna
authors.forename: Giovanni
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Bosio
authors.forename: Lorenzo
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Pinelli
authors.forename: Giorgio
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Treglia
authors.forename: Raffaele
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Giubbini
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D001921:Brain / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging* / Q000473:pathology; D002250:Carbon Radioisotopes; D002794:Choline / Q000493:pharmacokinetics*; D006801:Humans; D008279:Magnetic Resonance Imaging; D008297:Male; D008577:Meningeal Neoplasms / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D008579:Meningioma / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging* / Q000473:pathology; D049268:Positron-Emission Tomography; D011471:Prostatic Neoplasms / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging* / Q000473:pathology; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed
chemical_list: D002250:Carbon Radioisotopes; D002794:Choline