ABSTRACT
Objective To analyze the changes of radioactivity of the marginal zone of hepatic alveolar echinococcosis (HAE) before and after the treatment with albendazole liposomes,and to explore the value of 18F-fluorodeoxyglucose (FDG) PET/CT imaging in therapeutic response.Methods From July 2011 to July 2015,37 patients (21 males,16 females;average age (53±12) years) with HAE were selected and underwent 18F-FDG PET/CT imaging before routine medication with albendazole liposomes (10 mg · d-1 · kg-1),and the maximum standardized uptake value (SUVmax) of the margin of lesions was calculated.PET/CT imaging was performed again 6 months later to measure the SUVmax of the marginal lesions.Two-sample t test was used to analyze the data.Results In 37 patients with HAE,SUVmax before treatment was 4.88± 1.86,which was higher than that of 24 patients with reduced lesion size after treatment (3.63± 1.38;t =5.24,P＜ 0.001).Conclusion 18F-FDG PET/CT is useful for evaluating the radioactivity of marginal zone of HAE before and after the treatment with albendazole liposomes,and SUVmax of the marginal zone could be valuable for therapeutic response evaluation.