March 24, 2015
Factors Affecting Brain Metabolism Measured with 18FDG
An observational finding found a large variation in the brain SUV in patients with multiple myeloma undergoing PET/CT. The first hypothesis considered a toxic effect of chemotherapeutic agents, but no correlation was found with hematological signs of toxicity. Low brain FDG uptake has been described with anesthesia, but this was not relevant in this case. {read more here}