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Title

Incidental meningioma detected with [<sup>18</sup>F]-FDOPA PET/CT.

Authors

Stormezand, Gilles N.; Glaudemans, Andor W. J. M.; Slart, Riemer H. J. A.; Dierckx, Rudi A. J. O.

Abstract

A 59 year old patient was referred to our department to detect disease activity related to clinical symptoms of tiredness, weight loss and an elevated serum serotonine, suspicious of a neuro-endocrine tumour. A 18F-fluoro-l-dihydroxy-phenylalanine (FDOPA) PET/CT scan was performed, which showed focally increased uptake in the terminal ileum and in a mesenterial lymph node. Additionally, an area of intense uptake was observed intracranially. Histological analysis confirmed the presence of a WHO grade I meningioma. Few cases of FDOPA PET uptake in meningiomas have been published, underlining it is as a rare finding. Awareness of this potential finding is crucial to avoid misinterpretation as intracerebral metastasis.

Subjects

FLUORODEOXYGLUCOSE F18; EMISSION-computed tomography; WORLD Health Organization; INTRACEREBRAL hematoma; BLOOD serum analysis

Publication

European Journal of Hybrid Imaging, 2018, Vol 2, Issue 1, pN.PAG

ISSN

2510-3636

Publication type

Academic Journal

DOI

10.1186/s41824-018-0041-3