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Table 1 Tracer uptake in pituitary adenomas and pituitary tissue

From: Clinical application of combination [11C]C-methionine and [13N]N-ammonia PET/CT in recurrent functional pituitary adenomas with negative MRI or [18F]F-FDG PET/CT

Patient

No

secretion

[13N]N-NH3 SUVmax

[11C]C-MET SUVmax

Pituitary

Adenoma

Pituitary

Adenoma

1

ACTH

2.57

1.21

1.48

3.41

2

ACTH

3.16

4.05

1.76

3.08

3

ACTH

2.38

0.85

3.66

3.93

4

GH

2.71

1.11

4.52

4.75

5

GH

1.13

0.62

2.03

3.55

6

PRL

1.75

0.83

0.92

2.03

7

PRL

2.68

1.33

2.91

3.15

8

PRL

2.15

0.78

0.88

2.95

9

PRL

1.99

0.93

1.12

2.82

Mean

 

2.28

1.30

2.14

3.29

SD

 

0.60

1.05

1.29

0.76

P

0.005

0.002

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