All that glitters on PET is not cancer! 18F-deoxy-glucose avidity versus tumor biology: pituitary incidentaloma in a survivor of two previous unrelated malignancies.

CONCLUSIONS: Pituitary adenomas can manifest as hypermetabolic foci on 18F-FDG PET/CT imaging with increased tracer uptake even in indolent, clinically silent pituitary adenomas with low mitotic activity. Special attention should be paid to evaluation of 18F-FDG avid pituitary adenomas in patients with multiple malignancies, bearing in mind that avidity does not always mirror its biological behaviour.
PMID: 28660992 [PubMed - in process]

Source: Endokrynologia Polska - July 1, 2017 Category: Endocrinology Authors: Miljić D, Manojlović-Gačić E, Skender-Gazibara M, Milojević T, Bogosavljević V, Kozarević N, Petrović N, Stojanović M, Pekić S, Doknić M, Petakov M, Popović V Tags: Endokrynol Pol Source Type: research