11C-methionine PET imaging of leptomeningeal metastases from primary breast cancer - A case report

Journal of Neuro-Oncology

Volumn 55, Issue 1, 2001, Pages 39-44

  Padma, M V ^a   Jacobs, M ^a   Kraus, G ^a   Collins, M ^a   Dunigan, K ^a   Mantil, J ^a  

^a WRIGHT STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

11C methionine PET; Breast cancer; Leptomeningeal metastases; PET

Indexed keywords

CARBON; DIAGNOSTIC AGENT; FLUORODEOXYGLUCOSE F 18; METHIONINE; ANTINEOPLASTIC AGENT; CARBON 11; GADOLINIUM; METHOTREXATE;

ARTICLE; BREAST TUMOR; CASE REPORT; COMPARATIVE STUDY; COMPUTER ASSISTED EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MENINGIOMA; METASTASIS; MIDDLE AGED; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PATHOLOGY; SCINTISCANNING; ADULT; ADVANCED CANCER; BREAST CANCER; CALVARIA; CANCER INFILTRATION; CANCER RECURRENCE; CANCER STAGING; CANCER SURVIVAL; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID CYTOLOGY; CLINICAL FEATURE; CONTRAST ENHANCEMENT; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; EARLY DIAGNOSIS; IMAGE ENHANCEMENT; ISOTOPE LABELING; LEPTOMENINX; MENINX DISORDER; NEUROLOGIC DISEASE; POSITRON EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SKULL DISEASE; SOLID TUMOR; TREATMENT OUTCOME; TREATMENT PLANNING;

BREAST NEOPLASMS; CARBON ISOTOPES; FEMALE; FLUORODEOXYGLUCOSE F18; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MENINGEAL NEOPLASMS; METHIONINE; MIDDLE AGED; TOMOGRAPHY, EMISSION-COMPUTED; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 0035543739     PISSN: 0167594X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1012973504866     Document Type: Article

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