Incidental Detection of Meningioma by 18F-FMAU PET/CT in a Patient With Suspected Prostate Cancer. (July 2018)

• Record Type: Journal Article
• Authors: Varghese, Bino; Velez, Erik; Desai, Bhushan; Jadvar, Hossein
• Is Part Of: Clinical nuclear medicine. Volume 43:Number 7(2018)
• Publication Date: 2018-07
• Subjects: prostate -- cancer -- FMAU -- PET -- CT -- meningioma; Nuclear medicine -- Periodicals; Radioisotope scanning -- Periodicals; Nuclear Medicine -- Periodicals; 616.07575
• DOI: 10.1097/RLU.0000000000002123
• Languages: English
• ISSNs: 0363-9762

Abstract

Abstract : Abstract: We report on an incidental detection of a meningioma on [ 18 F]-2′-fluoro-5-methyl-1-beta-D-arabinofuranosyluracil ( 18 F-FMAU) PET/CT scan that was performed during a prospective investigation of 18 F-FMAU PET/CT for targeted biopsy of potential sites of tumor in men with suspected prostate cancer based on elevated prostate-specific antigen level. Neither prostate multiparamteric MRI nor 18 F-FMAU PET/CT localized small volume Gleason 3 + 3 tumor deposits. However, an incidental focal high accumulation of 18 F-FMAU was observed in high right parietal lobe that displayed characteristics of a meningioma on a subsequent brain MRI.