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The role of 11C-choline positron emission tomography-computed tomography and videomediastinoscopy in the evaluation of diseases of middle mediastinum / 中华医学杂志(英文版)
Chinese Medical Journal ; (24): 634-639, 2006.
Article in English | WPRIM | ID: wpr-267071
ABSTRACT
<p><b>BACKGROUND</b>Middle mediastinal masses comprise a wide variety of tumors but may also reflect lymphadenopathy, and thus remain an interesting diagnostic challenge. We performed positron emission tomography (PET) of mediastinal masses in order to evaluate the ability of PET to predict the malignancy of these tumors. We compared histologic findings, videomediastinoscopy, computed tomography (CT), and PET-CT in patients with mediastinal disease.</p><p><b>METHODS</b>Thirty-two patients were evaluated with CT, PET-CT and videomediastionoscopy, and all studies were performed within four weeks in each patient. (11)C-choline as a PET tracer was used to visualize masses. PET data were evaluated using the standardized uptake value (SUV) and were compared with pathologic data.</p><p><b>RESULTS</b>There were 13 men and 19 women aged from 21 to 74 (mean 45.2) years. Among the patients with mediastinal diseases, sarcoidosis was diagnosed in 12 patients, tuberculosis in 5 patients, lymphoma in 5 patients, and noncaseating granulomata without classical "sarcoid" finding in 3 patients. N2 or N3 nodal metastasis was revealed in 6 of 7 patients who had non-small cell lung cancer or suspected lung cancer, and one was negative (the pathological diagnosis was reactive hyperplasia). The accuracies for correctly diagnosing mediastinal masses for CT, PET-CT and videomediastinoscopy were 38% (12/32), 63% (20/32), and 91% (29/32) respectively. The diagnostic accuracy of videomediastinoscopy was superior to that of PET-CT (chi(2) = 11.130, P < 0.001). The SUVs were similar among these diseases. On the other hand, if the diagnostic classification was benign vs malignancy, the accuracies for CT, PET-CT and videomediastinoscopy were 53% (17/32), 75% (24/32), 100% (32/32) respectively. The diagnostic accuracy of videomediastinoscopy was superior to that of PET-CT (chi(2) = 22.042, P < 0.001). The SUV of malignant lesions (6.9, 3.2 - 9.8; n = 11) appeared to be higher than that of benign lesions (4.9, 2.9 - 8.3; n = 21), however, this difference was not statistically significant (P = 0.054).</p><p><b>CONCLUSIONS</b>To diagnose lesions located in the middle mediastinum, videomediastinoscopy possesses the highest diagnostic accuracy, and therefore remains the gold standard. PET-CT is valuable for differential diagnosis of benign vs malignant lesions, CT alone or PET alone (SUV) may provide misdiagnosis in a substantial proportion of patients with mediastinal masses.</p>
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Full text: Available Index: WPRIM (Western Pacific) Main subject: Video Recording / Carbon Radioisotopes / Tomography, X-Ray Computed / Positron-Emission Tomography / Diagnosis / Mediastinoscopy / Mediastinal Diseases / Methods Type of study: Diagnostic study / Prognostic study Limits: Adult / Aged / Female / Humans / Male Language: English Journal: Chinese Medical Journal Year: 2006 Type: Article

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Full text: Available Index: WPRIM (Western Pacific) Main subject: Video Recording / Carbon Radioisotopes / Tomography, X-Ray Computed / Positron-Emission Tomography / Diagnosis / Mediastinoscopy / Mediastinal Diseases / Methods Type of study: Diagnostic study / Prognostic study Limits: Adult / Aged / Female / Humans / Male Language: English Journal: Chinese Medical Journal Year: 2006 Type: Article