PET evaluation of spinal cord tumor using 11C-methionine

J Comput Assist Tomogr. 1990 Mar-Apr;14(2):297-9. doi: 10.1097/00004728-199003000-00027.

Abstract

A cervical cord tumor was examined with positron emission tomography using L-methyl-[11C]methionine. The radioactive tracer accumulated in the solid parts (but not in the associated cysts) of the neoplasm, which at histology was found to be an ependymoma.

Publication types

  • Case Reports

MeSH terms

  • Carbon Radioisotopes*
  • Ependymoma / diagnostic imaging*
  • Female
  • Humans
  • Methionine / analogs & derivatives*
  • Middle Aged
  • Spinal Cord Neoplasms / diagnostic imaging*
  • Tomography, Emission-Computed*

Substances

  • Carbon Radioisotopes
  • Methionine
  • methionine methyl ester