PET/CT SCAN WITHOUT IV CONTRAST

DATE:  7/24/2006

PROCEDURE:  Following IV injection of F18 L-DOPA and a standard uptake period, the patient was imaged on a CTI PET/CT (CTI Reveal) scanner.  After a CT image was acquired for photon attenuation correction, multiple three-minute bed position acquisitions were obtained along the length of the patient's body from the base of the skull to mid-thigh. 

FDG DOSE: [15] mCi

CORRELATION: None

COMPARISON: None

CLINICAL HISTORY: The patient is a [...]-year-old [fe]male with a history of [...]. This examination is being done for re-staging purposes.

FINDINGS:  

Physiologic tracer activity is noted in the gallbladder, pancreas, kidneys and urinary collecting system.

Normal tracer activity is noted within the head and neck, bilateral lung fields, liver, spleen, and remainder of the gastrointestinal tract.

No focus of abnormal metabolic activity is seen in the cervical, supraclavicular, mediastinal, axillary, retroperitoneal or inguinal nodal regions.

Normal tracer activity is seen throughout the remainder of the cortical structures bilateral, basal ganglia, thalami and the cerebellum. The interhemispheric, interthalamic, intercaudate and intersulcal distances are within normal limits.

CONCLUSIONS:  

1. PET CT scan without evidence of abnormal F-DOPA uptake to suggest malignancy.

2. A separate dedicated CT report will be generated by the Radiology department.

Thank you for referring this patient to the UCLA Nuclear Medicine Clinic.

I, [...], M.D., Ph.D., have reviewed this Nuclear Medicine study personally, and am in full agreement with the findings of the report presented here.