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.
MeSH terms
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Carbon Radioisotopes*
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Ependymoma / diagnostic imaging*
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Female
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Humans
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Methionine / analogs & derivatives*
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Middle Aged
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Spinal Cord Neoplasms / diagnostic imaging*
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Tomography, Emission-Computed*
Substances
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Carbon Radioisotopes
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Methionine
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methionine methyl ester