The Korean Journal of Nuclear Medicine (대한핵의학회지)

The Korean Society of Nuclear Medicine (대한핵의학회)
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Role of PET in Evaluating Indeterminate Solitary Pulmonary Nodule with CT

CT상 악성여부가 불명확한 단일 폐결절에서의 양전자방출단층촬영술의 유용성

  • Yoon, Seok-Boo (Departments of Nuclear Medicine, Samsung Medical Center) ;
  • Choi, Joon-Young (Departments of Nuclear Medicine, Samsung Medical Center) ;
  • Kim, Sun-Jung (Departments of Nuclear Medicine, Samsung Medical Center) ;
  • Choi, Yong (Departments of Nuclear Medicine, Samsung Medical Center) ;
  • Choe, Yearn-Seong (Departments of Nuclear Medicine, Samsung Medical Center) ;
  • Lee, Kyung-Han (Departments of Nuclear Medicine, Samsung Medical Center) ;
  • Kim, Sang-Eun (Departments of Nuclear Medicine, Samsung Medical Center) ;
  • Kwon, O-Jung (Departments of Pulmonology, Samsung Medical Center) ;
  • Lee, Kyung-Soo (Departments of Radiology, Samsung Medical Center) ;
  • Kim, Byung-Tae (Departments of Nuclear Medicine, Samsung Medical Center)
  • Published : 1997.03.15
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Abstract

About one-third of radiologically indeterminate solitary pulmonary nodules (SPN) are eventually turned out to be malignant. It is very important to noninvasively determine whether the SPN is malignant or not for the decision of its way of management. PET imaging is highlighted by its unique ability of imaging the function and metabolism of cells. Glucose metabolism is increased in malignant transformed cells. We peformed FDG-PET studies in patients who had radiologically indeterminate SPN and compared the findings with histologic diagnoses to assess the diagnostic accuracy in the detection of malignancy and to decide which parameter is the most suitable for clinical practice among peak SUV (pSUV), average SUV (aSUV), 50/10 ratio, and time-activity curve (TAC), Thirty patients were included in this study and the most useful parameter was pSUV. The sensitivity and specificity in the detection of malignant SPN using 3.5 as a cut off pSUV were both 87%. Interestingly, all 2 false-negative cases were bronch-ioloalveolar carcinoma on histologic examination. If these cases, which could be strongly suspected by CT findings, were excluded, the sensitivity of pSUV was 100%. In conclusion, PET imaging is very helpful for determining malignancy in indeterminate SPN and pSUV is a conveniently measurable parameter which is valuable for interpretation.

CT에서도 악성 여부가 불명확한 단일 폐결절의 감별진단에 있어 PET이 어떠한 도움을 줄 수 있는지 알아보고자 이러한 환자 30명을 대상으로 FDG-PET을 시행하여 각 환자에서 구한 pSUV, aSUV, TAC 양상, 50/10비의 4가지 매개변수를 조직검사결과와 비교하여 다음과 같은 성적을 얻었다. 1) 4가지 매개변수의 악성판정 기준치로 $pSUV{\geq}3.5$, aSUV>2.5, TAC=상향, 50/10비${\geq}1.45$를 적용하였을 때 악성판정에 있어 각각의 예민도는 86.7%, 66.6%, 86.7%, 73.3%였으며, 특이도는 86.7%, 86.7%, 46.7%, 86.7%였다. 2) 4가지 매개변수중 구하기 용이한 점과 정확도를 감안할 때 임상적으로 pSUV가 가장 유용하였다. 3) pSUV를 사용하였을 경우 CT에서 불확실한 단일 폐결절의 87%에서 정확한 진단이 가능하였다. 4) 기관지 폐포암을 제외할 경우 예민도가 100%였다. 이상의 결과에서 FDG-PET에서 구한 pSUV는 여러 가지 매개변수중 가장 용이하게 구할 수 있으며 비 침습적으로 단일 폐결절의 악성여부를 가릴 수 있는 유용한 방법이었다.

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