Incidental Findings of a Vestibular Schwannoma on 18F-Choline PET/CT.

Abstract: We report an increased uptake of 18F-choline in the right cerebellopontine angle area in a 73-year-old man with biochemical failure prostate cancer after radical prostatectomy, potentially suggestive of bone metastasis in the base of the skull. A brain MRI was also performed showing an intense gadolinium enhancement focus in the same area, concordant with a right vestibular schwannoma, subsequently histologically proven. This case underlines that schwannoma is a diagnostic pitfall in 18F-choline PET/CT, suggesting this radiolabeled tracer as a promising tool for brain tumors characterization due to its higher signal-to-background ratio than 18F-FDG.
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