PET imaging has long been restricted in pregnancy due to concerns about radiation exposure to the unborn baby, creating a diagnostic gap for expectant patients with suspected disease. At the Royal Free Hospital, total-body PET’s greater sensitivity allowed clinicians to safely reduce the radiotracer dose and, for the first time, perform an 18F-Choline PET scan in a pregnant patient. This enabled the localisation of a parathyroid adenoma that previous imaging had failed to detect, guiding successful surgery and a safe delivery.
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