Positive imaging of thymoma by 11C-acetate positron emission tomography

Takashi Ohtsuka; Hiroaki Nomori; Kenichi Watanabe; Tsuguo Naruke; Keiichi Suemasu; Noboru Kosaka; Kimiichi Uno

doi:10.1016/j.athoracsur.2005.01.024

Positive imaging of thymoma by 11C-acetate positron emission tomography

Takashi Ohtsuka, Hiroaki Nomori, Kenichi Watanabe, Tsuguo Naruke, Keiichi Suemasu, Noboru Kosaka, Kimiichi Uno

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Abstract

Several studies have shown that fluorine-18 fluorodeoxyglucose (FDG) positron emission tomography (PET) is not useful for the diagnosis of thymoma. We describe 3 patients with thymoma who underwent both FDG-PET and carbon-11 (11C) acetate (AC)-PET. Although all three thymomas were successfully imaged by AC-PET, one of the thymomas was not imaged by FDG-PET. These results suggest that AC-PET may have a potentially important role in the diagnosis of thymoma. This is the first report of the use of AC-PET for diagnostic imaging of thymoma.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	1132-1134
Number of pages	3
Journal	Annals of Thoracic Surgery
Volume	81
Issue number	3
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1016/j.athoracsur.2005.01.024
Publication status	Published - 2006 Mar

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Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine
Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine

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Positive imaging of thymoma by 11C-acetate positron emission tomography

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