Long-term Trace of Radiation Pneumonitis With 18F-Fluoroestradiol

ABSTRACTRadiation pneumonitis (RP) can be an adverse complication of radiotherapy and usually occurs as an acute reaction from 6 to 12 weeks after radiotherapy. FDG PET is described as an early and adequate barometer for RP diagnosis. Only 1 case of fluoroestradiol uptake contemporary of metabolic F...

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Published in:Clinical nuclear medicine 2020-09, Vol.45 (9), p.e403-e405
Main Authors: Morel, Agnès, Maucherat, Bruno, Chiavassa, Sophie, Kraeber-Bodéré, Françoise, Rousseau, Caroline
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Asymptomatic Diseases
Breast Neoplasms - radiotherapy
Cancer
Estradiol - analogs & derivatives
Female
Fluorine Radioisotopes
Humans
Life Sciences
Positron-Emission Tomography
Radiation Pneumonitis - diagnostic imaging
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Summary:ABSTRACTRadiation pneumonitis (RP) can be an adverse complication of radiotherapy and usually occurs as an acute reaction from 6 to 12 weeks after radiotherapy. FDG PET is described as an early and adequate barometer for RP diagnosis. Only 1 case of fluoroestradiol uptake contemporary of metabolic FDG changes attributed to RP is reported. We report a case of a breast cancer patient with asymptomatic RP, who at 1 year later, at sequelar stage on CT, showed long-term memory of RP by F-fluoroestradiol PET imaging with nonmetabolic FDG PET.
ISSN:0363-9762
1536-0229
DOI:10.1097/RLU.0000000000003178