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18F-Fluorodopa (18F-FDOPA)

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Endocrine Pathology

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6-fluoro-(18F)-L-3,4-dihydroxyphenylalanine (FDOPA) PET/CT; DOPA PET/CT

Definition

18F-fluorodopa (18F-FDOPA) PET (positron emission tomography) fluorodopamine-(18F) stored in the presynaptic catecholamine vesicles. It can be used to visualize mostly functional neuroendocrine tumors (Fig. 1).

18F-Fluorodopa (18F-FDOPA), Fig. 1
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18F DOPA PET/CT in a patient with Cushing syndrome and recurrence of a NET G1 with multiple abdominal metastases

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  • Taïeb, D., Timmers, H. J., Hindié, E., Guillet, B. A., Neumann, H. P., Walz, M. K., Opocher, G., de Herder, W. W., Boedeker, C. C., de Krijger, R. R., Chiti, A., Al-Nahhas, A., Pacak, K., & Rubello, D. (2012). EANM 2012 guidelines for radionuclide imaging of phaeochromocytoma and paraganglioma. European Journal of Nuclear Medicine and Molecular Imaging, 39(12), 1977–1995.

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  1. Department of Radiology, Division of Nuclear Medicine and Molecular Imaging, University Hospital of Lausanne, Lausanne, Switzerland

    Niklaus Schaefer

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  1. University of Insubria, Varese, Italy

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  2. Department of Medicine and Surgery, Unit of Pathology, University of Insubria, Varese, Italy

    Silvia Uccella

  3. Department of Biomedical Sciences, Humanitas University and Service of Pathology, Humanitas Research Hospital, Milan, Italy

    Silvia Uccella

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Schaefer, N. (2022). 18F-Fluorodopa (18F-FDOPA). In: La Rosa, S., Uccella, S. (eds) Endocrine Pathology. Encyclopedia of Pathology. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-62345-6_5269

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