title: Brain metastasis in carcinoma breast demonstrated on (68)Ga NOTA-bisphosphonate PET/CT.
abstract: Ga NOTA-bisphosphonate is a new bone-seeking PET radiotracer undergoing clinical evaluation. We report a case of a carcinoma breast who underwent Ga NOTA-bisphosphonate PET/CT for detection of skeletal metastasis. In addition to skeletal metastasis, a focal area of abnormal radiotracer uptake was noted in the brain, which was confirmed as brain metastasis on MRI.
authors.affiliation: From the Departments of *Nuclear Medicine and PET, and †Radiology, All India Institute of Medical Sciences, New Delhi, India.
authors.forename: Averilicia
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Passah
authors.forename: Madhavi
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Tripathi
authors.forename: Rajeev
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Kumar
authors.forename: Chandan J
authors.initials: CJ
authors.lastname: Das
authors.forename: Ankur
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Goyal
authors.forename: Chandrasekhar S
authors.initials: CS
authors.lastname: Bal
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D001932:Brain Neoplasms / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging* / Q000556:secondary*; D001943:Breast Neoplasms / Q000473:pathology*; D056831:Coordination Complexes; D004164:Diphosphonates; D005260:Female; D005710:Gallium Radioisotopes; D006571:Heterocyclic Compounds; D006573:Heterocyclic Compounds, 1-Ring; D006801:Humans; D008279:Magnetic Resonance Imaging; D064847:Multimodal Imaging; D049268:Positron-Emission Tomography; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed
chemical_list: C000594599:68Ga NOTA-bisphosphonate; D056831:Coordination Complexes; D004164:Diphosphonates; D005710:Gallium Radioisotopes; D006571:Heterocyclic Compounds; D006573:Heterocyclic Compounds, 1-Ring; C048993:1,4,7-triazacyclononane-N,N',N''-triacetic acid