学会名The 13th World Federation of Nuclear Medicine and Biology (世界核医学会)
開催地京都国際会議場
演題C-11 MeAIB PET/CT in patients with plasma cell tumor
演者奥山上席専門研究員
要旨【Background/Aims】It is known that FDG-PET frequently fails to visualize plasma cell tumor (PCT). In this paper, we evaluated the utility ofC-11-α-methylamino isobutyric PET/CT.
【Methods】Nineteen patients with PCT,multiple myeloma (MM) -13、Mproteinemia without myeloma (MP) -6
,underwent both FDG and MeAIB PET/CT with at most 10 days interval between the two PET scans. Patient-based and lesion-based evaluation on the PET/CT findings using each tracer were performed. The intensity of diffuse marrow uptake,and the number and the SUV of focal accumulation were evaluated.
In 4 cases with MM, the PET scans were repeated after chemotherapy and evaluated the utility compared to other laboratory data. This study was performed under an institutional review board-approved protocol, and written informed consents were obtained from all patients.
【Results】In cases with MM, MeAIB visualized more focal lesions than FDG in 8 of 13 cases including many sites without no apparent lytic changes on CT scan while FDG mainly visualized
significant uptake on the lytic cites. Intense or moderate
diffuse bone marrow accumulation was seen in 9 and 5 patients with MM on MeAIB and FDG, respectively, and in 4 and 2 cases with MP.
MeAIB visualized residual lesions after chemotherapy as well while M protein or Bence-Jones protein had disappeared, that helped the physician to determine the treatment. On the other hand, abnormal uptakes were seen at fracture sites on healed old MM lesions.
【Conclusions】MeAIB-PET, an amino acid tracer transported through system A transporter, is superior to FDG-PET in
visualizing MM lesions.