This article aims to increase awareness about the utility of (18)F -FDG-PET/CT in the evaluation of cranial nerve (CN) pathology. We discuss the clinical implication of detecting perineural tumor spread, emphasize the primary and secondary (18)F -FDG-PET/CT findings of CN pathology, and illustrate the individual (18)F -FDG-PET/CT CN anatomy and pathology of 11 of the 12 CNs.

Nuclear medicine procedures are the methods of choice for the assessment of the tracer kinetics in a volume over time. Fluorine-18 fluoro-deoxyglucose ((18)F-FDG) is primarily a marker of tumor viability and the kinetics of (18)F-FDG reflects major biological factors like angiogenesis and proliferation. The correct interpretation of (18)F- FDG tracer kinetics demands the knowledge about the ass...

BACKGROUND The aim of this study was to compare the properties and feasibility of the glucose analog, 2-(18)F-fluoro-2-deoxy-D-glucose ((18)F-FDG), three short (18)F-labeled carboxylic acids, (18)F-fluoroacetate ((18)F-FAC), 2-(18)F-fluoropropionic acid ((18)F-FPA) and 4-((18)F)fluorobenzoic acid ((18)F-FBA), for differentiating tumors from inflammation. METHODS Biodistributions of (18)F-FAC,...

Here, we describe a patient with a history of colorectal cancer in whom 2-[18F]fluoro-2-deoxy-D-glucose positron emission tomography/computed tomography ([18F]FDG PET/CT) was performed for the evaluation of response to therapy. [18F]FDG PET/CT showed a small residual disease in the rectum. In addition, multiple metabolically inactive soft tissue densities were d...

UNLABELLED This study aimed to define the potential of 1-(11)C-acetate PET, compared with (18)F-FDG, in detecting meningiomas and monitoring the effect of gamma-knife radiosurgery. METHODS Twenty-two patients with the neuroradiologic diagnosis of meningioma were examined by 1-(11)C-acetate and (18)F-FDG PET on the same day. There were 12 cases of histopathologically proven meningioma (8 grade...

BACKGROUND The utility of (18) F-FDG and (11)C-PBR28 to identify aortic wall inflammation associated with abdominal aortic aneurysm (AAA) development was assessed. METHODS Utilizing the porcine pancreatic elastase (PPE) perfusion model, abdominal aortas of male Sprague-Dawley rats were infused with active PPE (APPE, AAA; N = 24) or heat-inactivated PPE (IPPE, controls; N = 16). Aortic diamete...

BACKGROUND Inhibition of mitogen-activated protein kinase (MEK, also known as MAPK2, MAPKK), a key molecule of the Ras/MAPK (mitogen-activated protein kinase) pathway, has shown promising effects on B-raf-mutated and some RAS (rat sarcoma)-activated tumors in clinical trials. The objective of this study is to examine the efficacy of a novel allosteric MEK inhibitor RO4987655 in K-ras-mutated hu...

Primary meningeal melanomatosis is a rare, aggressive variant of primary malignant melanoma of the central nervous system, which arises from melanocytes within the leptomeninges and carries a poor prognosis. We report a case of primary meningeal melanomatosis in a 17-year-old man, which was diagnosed with (18)F-fluorodeoxyglucose (F-18 FDG) PET/CT, and post hoc F-18 FDG PET/MRI fusion images. W...

BACKGROUND AND AIM The utility of fluorine-18 fluorodeoxyglucose ((18)F-FDG) positron emission tomography-computed tomography (PET/CT) in initial staging of hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC) has yet to be fully explored. We assessed the usefulness of (18)F-FDG PET/CT in initial staging of HCC. METHODS A total of 457 consecutive patients initially diagnosed with HCC at Seoul National University H...

UNLABELLED In addition to tumor size measurements with CT, there is a need for quantitative measurements of metabolic active volumes, possibly adding to tracer uptake measurements in oncologic response evaluation with PET. The aim of this study was to evaluate the metabolic volume test-retest variability in (18)F-FDG and 3'-deoxy-3'-(18)F-fluorothymidine ((18)F-FLT) PET studies for various comm...