The Correlation of Salivary Gland Uptake between 18F-FP-CIT PET/CT and Salivary Scan

Seo Young Kang, Ji Young Yun, Hye Ok Kim, Byung Seok Moon, Hai Jeon Yoon, Bom Sahn Kim

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Abstract

An 85-year-old woman visited our hospital with repetitive diarrhea, nausea, and anorexia, as well as aggressive behavior. The neurologist decided to perform dopamine transporter imaging (18F-FP-CIT PET/CT) for accurate diagnosis, taking into account the potential adverse effects of l-dopa that the patient had been taking for a long time. The uptake of dopamine transporter in the bilateral basal ganglia was well preserved, but reduced uptake in the left parotid gland was incidentally detected. A subsequent salivary scan showed reduced uptake in the left parotid gland with the same pattern as that on 18F-FP-CIT PET/CT.

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)e365-e367
JournalClinical Nuclear Medicine
Volume45
Issue number8
DOIs
StatePublished - 1 Aug 2020

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Keywords

  • F-FP-CIT PET/CT
  • parotid gland
  • salivary scan

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