18F-Choline Uptake in Acute Ischemic Stroke. (February 2017)

• Record Type: Journal Article
• Authors: Delaunay, Kostas; Le Jeune, Florence; Garin, Etienne; Devillers, Anne; Palard-Novello, Xavier
• Is Part Of: Clinical nuclear medicine. Volume 42:Number 2(2017)
• Publication Date: 2017-02
• Subjects: positron emission tomography (PET) -- choline -- acute ischemic stroke; Nuclear medicine -- Periodicals; Radioisotope scanning -- Periodicals; Nuclear Medicine -- Periodicals; 616.07575
• DOI: 10.1097/RLU.0000000000001439
• Languages: English
• ISSNs: 0363-9762

Abstract

Abstract : Abstract: A 75-year-old man with a history of prostate cancer was referred to our department to perform 18 F-choline (FCH) PET/CT. FCH PET/CT showed a markedly increased uptake in the right temporoparietal junction brain. Three weeks earlier, acute ischemic stroke was diagnosed in the right temporoparietal junction brain on diffusion-weighted sequence and thrombosis in a distal branch of the right middle cerebral artery on MR angiography. Choline precursors promote repair and growth of cell membranes in neurologic diseases, so FCH PET/CT uptake could be explained by repair processes during early outcome of acute ischemic stroke.