NanFang PET Center, Nanfang Hospital, Southern Medical University, Guangzhou, China.
Clin Nucl Med. 2011 Feb;36(2):91-5. doi: 10.1097/RLU.0b013e318203bb55.
We present 4 patients with thyroid carcinoma who underwent ¹¹C-choline PET/CT for the detection of their primary tumor and its metastases. Previous F-18 FDG PET had shown no abnormal tracer uptake in the lesions in 3 patients and only mild uptake in 1 patient.
Four patients aged between 24 and 59 years (2 newly diagnosed and 2 with recurrence) underwent whole-body F-18 FDG PET/CT. The patients then underwent regional ¹¹C-choline PET/CT imaging on a separate day.
All of the lesions in 4 patients were ¹¹C-choline avid except for a few small lung metastases. The SUVmax of the lesions was 7.94 ± 4.93. ¹¹C-choline imaging detected 3 primary tumors in 4 patients, 1 tumor in the tracheal wall in 1 patient, 7 cervical lymph nodes metastases in 3 patients, and several lung metastases in 1 patient.
¹¹C-choline PET/CT may be a promising supplement to F-18 FDG PET/CT in the detection of thyroid carcinoma and its metastases.
我们报告了 4 例甲状腺癌患者,他们接受了 ¹¹C-胆碱 PET/CT 检查以检测原发肿瘤及其转移灶。此前的 F-18 FDG PET 在 3 例患者的病变中未显示异常示踪剂摄取,仅在 1 例患者中显示轻度摄取。
4 名年龄在 24 至 59 岁之间的患者(2 例为初诊,2 例为复发)接受了全身 F-18 FDG PET/CT 检查。然后,这些患者在另一天进行了局部 ¹¹C-胆碱 PET/CT 成像。
除了少数小的肺转移灶外,4 例患者的所有病变均对 ¹¹C-胆碱有摄取。病变的 SUVmax 为 7.94±4.93。¹¹C-胆碱成像在 4 例患者中发现了 3 个原发肿瘤,1 例患者的气管壁有 1 个肿瘤,3 例患者有 7 个颈部淋巴结转移,1 例患者有多个肺部转移。
¹¹C-胆碱 PET/CT 可能是 F-18 FDG PET/CT 检测甲状腺癌及其转移灶的一种有前途的补充方法。