title: Metastatic renal cell carcinoma avid for 82Rb but not 18F-FDG.
abstract: Renal cell carcinoma has a variable uptake of F-FDG resulting in poor sensitivity and limited clinical application. There is intense interest in improved molecular imaging of this condition. We present a case of a 64-year-old man with known metastatic renal cell carcinoma found to have intense uptake of Rb but not F-FDG in multiple thoracic metastases seen on imaging performed to assess myocardial hibernation.
authors: From the Divisions of *Nuclear Medicine, †Cardiothoracic Imaging, Department of Radiology, and ‡Cardiovascular Medicine, Department of Internal Medicine, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI.
authors: Venkatesh L
authors: VL
authors: Murthy
authors: Richard K J
authors: RK
authors: Brown
authors: James R
authors: JR
authors: Corbett
mesh_terms: D002292:Carcinoma, Renal Cell / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging* / Q000473:pathology; D019788:Fluorodeoxyglucose F18; D006801:Humans; D007680:Kidney Neoplasms / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging* / Q000473:pathology; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D017682:Myocardial Stunning / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D049268:Positron-Emission Tomography; D019275:Radiopharmaceuticals; D012414:Rubidium Radioisotopes; D013899:Thoracic Neoplasms / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging* / Q000556:secondary
chemical_list: D019275:Radiopharmaceuticals; D012414:Rubidium Radioisotopes; D019788:Fluorodeoxyglucose F18