%0 Journal Article %T No needle to fear: An approach to needle phobic patients %J Asia Oceania Journal of Nuclear Medicine and Biology %I Mashhad University of Medical Sciences in collaboration with AOFNMB %Z 2322-5718 %A Hudswell, Lauren %A Pinson, Jo-Anne %A Ramdave, Shakher %A Bradley, Jason %D 2020 %\ 07/01/2020 %V 8 %N 2 %P 160-163 %! No needle to fear: An approach to needle phobic patients %K 18F-FDG %K oral administration %K Non-invasive %R 10.22038/aojnmb.2020.45184.1304 %X    18F-FDG is the most commonly used radioisotope in PET scanning and is administered intravenously. When patients cannot cannulated, there are limited options available for functional tumour assessment. A fifty year old male presented for investigation of a suspected lung carcinoma identified during investigation of pneumonia. The patient had a severe needle phobia, intellectual disabilities and multiple co-morbidities which made cannulation impossible. An alternative administration method was sought, with successful oral administration occurring in both staging and restaging scans. The scans demonstrated resolution of a suspected lung cancer indicating it was an inflammatory/infective process, preventing the need for more invasive investigative approaches. A non-invasive and positive experience allowed for accurate diagnosis and repeat imaging for this patient, enabling follow up imaging to occur. It is reported that oral administration of 18F-FDG may be useful for assessment of suspected cancers for patients where cannulation isn’t possible, when limitations are taken into consideration. %U https://aojnmb.mums.ac.ir/article_15931_a2f03ced9267eaad037fa241ccd39a11.pdf