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In order to help the standardized residency training of nuclear medicine residents, the standardized residency training base of nuclear medicine residents in Peking University People's Hospital, combined with forty-five nuclear medicine departments of teaching hospital, established the WeChat official account of "Standardized Residency Training of Nuclear Medicine" and submitted one teaching case per week. The appearance of the WeChat official account of "Standardized Residency Training of Nuclear Medicine" has made up for the shortcomings of insufficient teaching cases in a single training base, strengthened the training of residents' imaging diagnostic thinking, and promoted mutual learning among the bases. By writing teaching cases, instructors and residents have opened up ideas, increased knowledge, improved self-learning ability, and cultivated imaging diagnostic thinking. With the flexible and practical features of the WeChat official account, the consciousness and sustainability of residents' learning have been enhanced.
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Objective:To further understand the etiological distribution of fever of unknown origin (FUO) in patients underwent 18F-fluorodeoxyglucose (FDG) PET/CT imaging, and to explore the significance of 18F-FDG PET/CT in the diagnosis of different types of diseases in FUO patients. Methods:From January 2013 to August 2019, the clinical and PET/CT image data of 466 FUO patients (194 males, 272 females, age: 3-91(52.7±20.9) years) in Peking University People′s Hospital were retrospectively analyzed. The etiological distribution of FUO patients was analyzed according to the final clinical diagnosis. PET/CT imaging manifestations were analyzed for different types of diseases in FUO patients. The role of 18F-FDG PET/CT in differential diagnosis for FUO was evaluated through clinical questionnaire. Data were analyzed by using χ2 test. Results:The common disease types in FUO patients were rheumatic and immune disease (48.7%, 227/466), infection (28.5%, 133/466) and malignant tumor (11.2%, 52/466). For PET/CT imaging, 95.5% (445/466) of the patients were positive, of which 313 (70.3%, 313/445) were found to have focal lesions, and the other 132 (29.7%, 132/445) showed only nonspecific abnormal uptake. Lesions in different types of diseases were varied in the location, morphological changes as well as FDG uptake. The results of the questionnaire showed that PET/CT imaging could benefit 95.9% (447/466) of the patients in the FUO diagnosis and treatment. PET/CT reached direct etiological diagnosis of malignant tumors more frequently than other types of diseases ( χ2 values: 14.408-25.466, all P<0.001). PET/CT helped or directly reached the etiological diagnosis of rheumatologic diseases more frequently than infection and unknown cause group( χ2 values: 7.922, 9.647, both P<0.05). Conclusion:18F-FDG PET/CT imaging has high clinical value in the diagnosis of FUO etiology and can provide multilevel diagnostic information.
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Objective To explore 18F-FDG PET/CT characteristics of extramedullary relapse in patients with acute leukemia (AL).Methods Thirty AL patients with extramedullary relapse were retrospectively evaluated.The infiltrated organs or tissues and the maximum standardized uptake value (SUVmax) were recorded and compared between patients with acute lymphoblastic leukemia (ALL) or acute myeloid leukemia (AML).FDG uptake pattern of bone marrow was also recorded.Results Forty-five extramedullary lesions were found in 16 ALL patients,while 29 were found in 14 AML patients.The average SUVmax was 7.38±4.46 in ALL patients and 4.87±2.66 in AML patients (t=3.022,P=0.003).Among ALL patients,lymph node and soft tissue involvement were detected each in 10,with SUVmax of 6.38 ± 3.55 and 10.12± 5.48,respectively.Among AML patients,lymph node and soft tissue involvement were detected in 6,with SUVmax of 4.82 ±1.43 and 6.60±4.58,respectively (P＞0.05).Multiple focal bone marrow uptakes of FDG were found in 5 of 5 intramedullary recurrence ALL patients and 2 of 5 intramedullary recurrence AML patients.The other 3 intramedullary recurrence AML patients showed diffuse bone marrow uptake.Conclusion There are certain imaging characteristics of 18 F-FDG PET/CT in extramedullary relapse of AL.The common relapse sites are lymph node and soft tissues in both ALL and AML.FDG uptakes of extramedullary relapse lesions in ALL are significantly higher than those of AML.Multiple focal bone marrow uptake of FDG is valuable in predicting intramedullary recurrence.
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Objective To investigate the role of magnetic resonance (MR) imaging in the diagnosis of early rheumatoid arthritis (RA).Methods Seventy-six patients with polyarthralgia (fifty-four were finally diagnosed as RA,and twenty-two were non-RA) were selected to undergo MR scanning of bilateral hands and wrists.The signs including synovial enhancement or thickening,bone erosion,bone marrow edema,tendonitis,and effusion were observed on MR imaging.The value of various MR manifestations was evaluated.Bayes discriminant analysis was used to investigate the MR imaging criterion for the diagnosis of RA.Results MR imaging first diagnosed twelve of the fifty-four RA patients.When using bilateral synovial enhancement or thickening as criterion,the sensitivity and specificity were 85.19% and 86.36%,respectively.Conclusion MR imaging is one of the reliable diagnostic indexes of RA and it is extremely useful in early diagnosis.The diagnosis of early RA was highly suggested when bilateral synovial enhancement presented.When both the bilateral synovial enhancement or thickening and at least one of bone erosion/bone marrow edema/tendonitis/effusion presented,or when both the unilateral synovial enhancement or thickening and at least two of them presented at the same time,the diagnosis of RA should be considered.