Unexpected I-123 FP-CIT uptake in a brain tumor

Clin Nucl Med. 2009 Sep;34(9):608-9. doi: 10.1097/RLU.0b013e3181b06a59.

Abstract

A 78-year-old female patient with a 5-year history of bradykinesia and tremor at rest of both upper limbs was referred to our Nuclear Medicine Department because of a rapid functional decline over 3 months with cognitive impairment, generalized myoclonus, and dependence for most basic daily activities. Brain SPECT with 148MBq (4 mCi) of I-123 FP-CIT and 740MBq (20 mCi) of Tc-99m ethylcysteinate dimer (thereafter Tc-99m ECD) was performed.

Publication types

  • Case Reports

MeSH terms

  • Aged
  • Brain Neoplasms / diagnosis*
  • Brain Neoplasms / diagnostic imaging
  • Brain Neoplasms / metabolism*
  • Female
  • Humans
  • Incidental Findings*
  • Tomography, Emission-Computed, Single-Photon
  • Tropanes / metabolism*

Substances

  • Tropanes
  • 2-carbomethoxy-8-(3-fluoropropyl)-3-(4-iodophenyl)tropane