title: 18F NaF brain metastasis uptake in a patient with melanoma.
abstract: A 57-year-old man with a history of metastatic melanoma and sclerotic bone lesions seen on CT was referred for F NaF PET/CT evaluation of active skeletal metastases. While the bone lesions had no uptake and were therefore thought to represent sequela of previously treated disease, an unexpected area of F NaF uptake was identified in the left temporal lobe. Concurrent contrast-enhanced brain MRI re-demonstrated a large metastasis, also seen on previous MRI scans done at another institution.
authors.affiliation: From the *Department of Radiology, Stanford University Medical Center, and †Department of Radiology, Division of Nuclear Medicine and Molecular Imaging, Stanford University Medical Center, Stanford, CA.
authors.forename: Robert P
authors.initials: RP
authors.lastname: Jones
authors.forename: Andrei
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Iagaru
mesh_terms: D001932:Brain Neoplasms / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging* / Q000556:secondary; D005462:Fluorine Radioisotopes; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008545:Melanoma / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging* / Q000473:pathology; D008875:Middle Aged; D064847:Multimodal Imaging; D049268:Positron-Emission Tomography; D019275:Radiopharmaceuticals; D012969:Sodium Fluoride; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed
chemical_list: D005462:Fluorine Radioisotopes; D019275:Radiopharmaceuticals; D012969:Sodium Fluoride