Neurosurgical Service, Akita University Hospital, and Department of Radiology and Nuclear Medicine, Research Institute for Brain and Blood Vessels-Akita, Akita, Japan
Abstract:
Two patients with cerebral gliomas were studied with 18F-fluorophenylalanine, newly synthesized by the electrophilic substitution reaction, using positron emission tomography. The tracer accumulated markedly in the tumor lesion and delineated the extent of the lesion. This new tracer will be promising in the diagnosis of gliomas.