ea0037ep281 | Calcium and Vitamin D metabolism | ECE2015
Schmid Christoph
, Babians-Brunner Andrea
, Huber Gerry
, Sah Bertram
, Steinert Hans
Introduction: 18F-fluorocholine is a PET tracer used in the diagnostic work-up of patients with prostate cancer but was incidentally found to detect other tumours such as meningiomas, pituitary and parathyroid adenomas. 18F-fluorocholine PET/MRI is currently under investigation as an imaging tool for detecting hyperfunctioning parathyroid glands in primary or secondary hyperparathyroidism, especially in patients qualifying and willing to undergo parathyro...