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18F-fluorodihydroxyphenylalanine PET/CT in pheochromocytoma and paraganglioma: relation to genotype and amino acid transport system L.
European journal of nuclear medicine and molecular imaging - 1 May 2017
Feral Chloé C, Tissot Floriane S, Tosello Lionel, Fakhry Nicolas, Sebag Fréderic, Pacak Karel, Taïeb David
Abstract excerpt
PURPOSE: F-FDOPA is a highly sensitive and specific radiopharmaceutical for pheochromocytoma and paraganglioma (PPGL) imaging. However, 18F-FDOPA might be falsely negative in these tumors, especially those related to mutations in succinate dehydrogenase genes (SDHx). The aim of the present study was to evaluate the relationship between expression of L-DOPA transporters and 18F-FDOPA PET imaging results in PPGL....
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