Radionecrosis versus disease progression in brain metastasis. Value of (18)F-DOPA PET/CT/MRI
J Hernández Pinzón1, D Mena2, M Aguilar3
1Departamento de Imágenes, Centro de Educación Médica e Investigaciones clínicas (CEMIC), Buenos Aires, Argentina.
Revista Espanola De Medicina Nuclear E Imagen Molecular
|April 28, 2016
Abstract:
The use of (18)F-DOPA PET/CT with magnetic resonance imaging fusion and the use of visual methods and quantitative analysis helps to differentiate between changes post-radiosurgery vs. suspicion of disease progression in a patient with brain metastases from melanoma, thus facilitating taking early surgical action.


