The use of (11)carbon methionine positron emission tomography (PET) imaging to enhance radiotherapy planning in the treatment of a giant, invasive pituitary adenoma

A 54-year-old male presented with visual loss owing to a giant, infiltrative pituitary adenoma. Following decompressive trans-sphenoidal surgery, the patient was referred for adjuvant radiotherapy. We describe the potential utility of (11)carbon methionine positron emission tomography imaging in con...

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Autores principales: Taku, Nicolette, Koulouri, Olympia, Scoffings, Daniel, Gurnell, Mark, Burnet, Neil
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: The British Institute of Radiology 2017
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Case Report
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6159244/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/30363212
http://dx.doi.org/10.1259/bjrcr.20160098
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author Taku, Nicolette
Koulouri, Olympia
Scoffings, Daniel
Gurnell, Mark
Burnet, Neil
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description A 54-year-old male presented with visual loss owing to a giant, infiltrative pituitary adenoma. Following decompressive trans-sphenoidal surgery, the patient was referred for adjuvant radiotherapy. We describe the potential utility of (11)carbon methionine positron emission tomography imaging in confirming the true extent of tumour infiltration, which included the cavernous sinuses and the bones of the skull base. The co-registration of positron emission tomography imaging to planning MR and CT imaging provided assurance of complete radiotherapy coverage of the target volume and assisted with the minimisation of collateral radiation dose to adjacent organs at risk.
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spelling pubmed-61592442018-10-25 The use of (11)carbon methionine positron emission tomography (PET) imaging to enhance radiotherapy planning in the treatment of a giant, invasive pituitary adenoma Taku, Nicolette Koulouri, Olympia Scoffings, Daniel Gurnell, Mark Burnet, Neil BJR Case Rep Case Report A 54-year-old male presented with visual loss owing to a giant, infiltrative pituitary adenoma. Following decompressive trans-sphenoidal surgery, the patient was referred for adjuvant radiotherapy. We describe the potential utility of (11)carbon methionine positron emission tomography imaging in confirming the true extent of tumour infiltration, which included the cavernous sinuses and the bones of the skull base. The co-registration of positron emission tomography imaging to planning MR and CT imaging provided assurance of complete radiotherapy coverage of the target volume and assisted with the minimisation of collateral radiation dose to adjacent organs at risk. The British Institute of Radiology 2017-01-09 /pmc/articles/PMC6159244/ /pubmed/30363212 http://dx.doi.org/10.1259/bjrcr.20160098 Text en © 2017 The Authors. Published by the British Institute of Radiology http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ This is an open access article under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/) , which permits unrestricted use, distribution and reproduction in any medium, provided the original author and source are credited.
spellingShingle Case Report
Taku, Nicolette
Koulouri, Olympia
Scoffings, Daniel
Gurnell, Mark
Burnet, Neil
The use of (11)carbon methionine positron emission tomography (PET) imaging to enhance radiotherapy planning in the treatment of a giant, invasive pituitary adenoma
title The use of (11)carbon methionine positron emission tomography (PET) imaging to enhance radiotherapy planning in the treatment of a giant, invasive pituitary adenoma
title_full The use of (11)carbon methionine positron emission tomography (PET) imaging to enhance radiotherapy planning in the treatment of a giant, invasive pituitary adenoma
title_fullStr The use of (11)carbon methionine positron emission tomography (PET) imaging to enhance radiotherapy planning in the treatment of a giant, invasive pituitary adenoma
title_full_unstemmed The use of (11)carbon methionine positron emission tomography (PET) imaging to enhance radiotherapy planning in the treatment of a giant, invasive pituitary adenoma
title_short The use of (11)carbon methionine positron emission tomography (PET) imaging to enhance radiotherapy planning in the treatment of a giant, invasive pituitary adenoma
title_sort use of (11)carbon methionine positron emission tomography (pet) imaging to enhance radiotherapy planning in the treatment of a giant, invasive pituitary adenoma
topic Case Report
url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6159244/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/30363212
http://dx.doi.org/10.1259/bjrcr.20160098
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