1.Tracer Accumulation in Relation to Venous Thrombus on ¹â¸F-DOPA PET/CT in a Case of Persistent Hyperinsulinemic Hypoglycemia of Infancy
Saurabh ARORA ; Nishikant Avinash DAMLE ; Averilicia PASSAH ; Rajni SHARMA ; Harish GOYAL ; Shreedharan Thankarajan ARUNRAJ ; Priyanka GUPTA ; Manisha JANA
Korean Journal of Nuclear Medicine 2019;53(2):148-151
¹â¸F-DOPA PET/CT is commonly done in patients with persistent hyperinsulinemic hypoglycemia of infancy (PHHI) to look for any focal lesion in the pancreas.We present the findings in a 20-day-old neonate with PHHI who underwent ¹â¸F-DOPA PET/CT. The scan showed diffuse uptake in the pancreas with no focal lesion, physiologic excretion into the genito-urinary system, and interestingly tracer accumulation was seen in the inferior vena cava and ilio-femoral veins which is a non-physiological site for tracer accumulation. The uptake corresponded to a large venous thrombus which was confirmed by a venous Doppler.
2.Tracer Accumulation in Relation to Venous Thrombus on ¹⁸F-DOPA PET/CT in a Case of Persistent Hyperinsulinemic Hypoglycemia of Infancy
Saurabh ARORA ; Nishikant Avinash DAMLE ; Averilicia PASSAH ; Rajni SHARMA ; Harish GOYAL ; Shreedharan Thankarajan ARUNRAJ ; Priyanka GUPTA ; Manisha JANA
Korean Journal of Nuclear Medicine 2019;53(2):148-151
¹⁸F-DOPA PET/CT is commonly done in patients with persistent hyperinsulinemic hypoglycemia of infancy (PHHI) to look for any focal lesion in the pancreas.We present the findings in a 20-day-old neonate with PHHI who underwent ¹⁸F-DOPA PET/CT. The scan showed diffuse uptake in the pancreas with no focal lesion, physiologic excretion into the genito-urinary system, and interestingly tracer accumulation was seen in the inferior vena cava and ilio-femoral veins which is a non-physiological site for tracer accumulation. The uptake corresponded to a large venous thrombus which was confirmed by a venous Doppler.
Congenital Hyperinsulinism
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Humans
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Infant, Newborn
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Pancreas
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Positron-Emission Tomography and Computed Tomography
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Thrombosis
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Veins
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Vena Cava, Inferior