Intense Choline Activity in Renal Cell Carcinoma Without Obvious 18F-FDG Uptake

Clin Nucl Med. 2019 Jan;44(1):38-39. doi: 10.1097/RLU.0000000000002346.

Abstract

A 64-year-old man presented pain over the right kidney region for 1 year. Contrast-enhanced MRI showed a sharply demarcated soft-tissue mass in the lower part of the right kidney. This lesion had no obvious uptake of F-FDG on PET/CT imaging, and an unexpected hypermetabolic irregularly shaped nodule was noted in the upper lobe of the right lung. C-choline PET was further performed to reveal the pathological property of the kidney lesion, and high uptake was noticed. The patient received surgery for the 2 lesions, and the final pathological diagnoses were chromophobe renal cell carcinoma and synchronous lung adenocarcinoma.

Publication types

  • Case Reports

MeSH terms

  • Carcinoma, Renal Cell / diagnostic imaging*
  • Choline
  • Fluorodeoxyglucose F18
  • Humans
  • Kidney Neoplasms / diagnostic imaging*
  • Male
  • Middle Aged
  • Positron Emission Tomography Computed Tomography*
  • Radiopharmaceuticals

Substances

  • Radiopharmaceuticals
  • Fluorodeoxyglucose F18
  • Choline