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 language | English |
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Pages (from-to) | e365-e367 |
Journal | Clinical Nuclear Medicine |
Volume | 45 |
Issue number | 8 |
DOIs | |
State | Published - 1 Aug 2020 |
Bibliographical note
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Keywords
- F-FP-CIT PET/CT
- parotid gland
- salivary scan