Combined PET/CT by 18F-FDOPA, 18F-FDA, 18F-FDG, and MRI correlation on a patient with Carney triad

Clin Nucl Med. 2015 Jan;40(1):70-2. doi: 10.1097/RLU.0000000000000616.

Abstract

Carney triad is a rare syndrome involving gastrointestinal stromal tumor, pulmonary chondroma, and extra-adrenal paraganglioma. We present a 21-year-old woman with the complete triad who was evaluated with MRI, F-FDOPA, F-FDA, and F-FDG. F-FDOPA best demonstrated the paraganglioma, whereas hepatic metastases noted by MRI demonstrated increased uptake only by F-FDG.

Publication types

  • Case Reports

MeSH terms

  • Adult
  • Chondroma / diagnostic imaging*
  • Chondroma / pathology
  • Dihydroxyphenylalanine / analogs & derivatives*
  • Female
  • Fluorodeoxyglucose F18*
  • Humans
  • Leiomyosarcoma / diagnostic imaging*
  • Leiomyosarcoma / pathology
  • Liver Neoplasms / diagnostic imaging*
  • Liver Neoplasms / secondary
  • Lung Neoplasms / diagnostic imaging*
  • Lung Neoplasms / pathology
  • Magnetic Resonance Imaging
  • Multimodal Imaging
  • Paraganglioma, Extra-Adrenal / diagnostic imaging*
  • Paraganglioma, Extra-Adrenal / pathology
  • Positron-Emission Tomography
  • Radiopharmaceuticals*
  • Stomach Neoplasms / diagnostic imaging*
  • Stomach Neoplasms / pathology
  • Tomography, X-Ray Computed

Substances

  • Radiopharmaceuticals
  • Fluorodeoxyglucose F18
  • fluorodopa F 18
  • Dihydroxyphenylalanine

Supplementary concepts

  • Carney Triad