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Comparison of O-(2-18F-fluoroethyl)-L-tyrosine and L-3H-methionine uptake in cerebral hematomas.

UNLABELLED: Radiolabeled amino acids are useful for brain tumor diagnosis, but unspecific uptake near the cerebral hematoma may complicate the differentiation of a neoplastic from a nonneoplastic origin of the hematoma. The aim of this study was to investigate the pattern and time course of O-(2-(18)F-fluorethyl)-l-tyrosine ((18)F-FET) and l-(3)H-methionine ((3)H-MET) uptake in rats with cerebral hematomas.

METHODS: Intracerebral hematomas were induced in the striatum of 25 Fischer 344 CDF rats by inoculation of bacterial collagenase. (18)F-FET and (3)H-MET were injected intravenously at different times up to 4 wk after bleeding. One hour after tracer injection, brains were cut in coronal sections and evaluated by dual-tracer autoradiography. Lesion-to-brain (L/B) ratios were calculated by dividing maximal uptake near the hematomas and mean uptake in normal brain tissue. An L/B ratio greater than 1.5 was considered as indicative of pathologic uptake. The autoradiograms were compared with histology and immunostainings for astrogliosis (glial fibrillary acidic protein) and macrophage infiltration (CD68).

RESULTS: (18)F-FET exhibited significantly increased uptake near the hematomas between 3 and 14 d after bleeding. The time course of pathologic (3)H-MET uptake was similar, but after 3-4 wk there was still borderline uptake in single animals. The L/B ratios exceeded the cutoff level of 1.5 in 10 of 23 animals for (18)F-FET and in 12 of 22 animals for (3)H-MET but did not exceed a value of 3. Immunostainings indicated that increased uptake of both tracers correlated with reactive astrogliosis, whereas (3)H-MET uptake was additionally increased in areas with macrophage infiltration.

CONCLUSION: (18)F-FET, like (3)H-MET, may exhibit significantly increased uptake near cerebral hematomas, especially during the first 2 wk after bleeding, complicating the differentiation between a neoplastic and a nonneoplastic origin of cerebral hematomas.

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