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AIM: To evaluate the diagnostic accuracy of 99m Tc-depreotide vs PET-18FDG scans in patients with suspicion of lung cancer. MATERIAL AND METHODS: Prospective study in 29 patients (age: 38-80 years) diagnosed of inderteminate lung lesions. Diagnosis was established by histology based on samples of surgical resection, fine needle aspiration (FNA) or broncoalveolar lavage (BAL). Within a maximum of 10 days, without pre-established fixed order the following exams were performed: 1) Whole body and chest SPECT-CT with Tc-depreótide (DEP-SPECT) and 2) PET-CT study with F-FDG (PET-FDG). Every exam was evaluated by Nuclear Medicine especialist blinded to patient data. RESULT: Malignancy was confirmed in 20 patients. PET-FDG was positive in all cases. DEP-SPECT was positive in 17 and falselly negative in 3, one carcinoid tumor, one undifferentiated non-small cell adenocarcinoma, and a moderately differentiated adenocarcinoma. In the remaining 9 patients benignancy was confirmed; both studies were normal in 8 and falselly positive in one case of non-specific inflammatory lung process. In 9 out of the 20 cases with malignancy extrapulmonar uptake was seen, with a total number of 19 lesions. In two cases the extrapulmonar uptake were non ganglionar metastasis (bone and adrenal) and in 7 due to mediastinic ganglionar involvement. ROC analysis using peak SUV FDG (cut-off point of 3.5) uptake and target/background depreotide uptake (cut-off point of 1.3) provided, sensitivity and specificity values of 95% and 89% of 84% and 88% for PET and SPECT respectively. It does not exist statistically significant differences between both methods (Z-test SPSS). In summary, FDG-PET has a greater sensitivity and diagnostic accuracy for assessing malignancy of indeterminate lung lesions, and for detection of extrapulmonary involvement, DEP-SPECT represents a good diagnostic alternative for centers where PET is not available.
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Fluorodeoxyglucose F18 , Lung Neoplasms/diagnostic imaging , Organotechnetium Compounds , Positron-Emission Tomography/methods , Somatostatin/analogs & derivatives , Tomography, Emission-Computed, Single-Photon/methods , Adult , Aged , Aged, 80 and over , Diagnosis, Differential , Diagnostic Errors , Female , Humans , Lung Neoplasms/pathology , Male , Middle Aged , Prospective Studies , Radiography , Radiopharmaceuticals , Reproducibility of Results , Sensitivity and SpecificityABSTRACT
The aim of the work was to analyse the potential influence of different factors on the surgical detection of sentinel lymph node in breast cancer. The procedure has been performed in 704 patients. In 43 out of the 704 cases, the SN was not detected, 24 were palpable and 19 had no palpable tumors. Lymphoscitigraphy was done in 2 h p.i. of 37-55 MBq of 99mTc-nanocolloid. The day before surgery in palpable tumours and 4 h previous to surgery in non-palpable tumours, surgical detection was performed using a gammaprobe. The following factors were analysed: patient age, tumour size, breast quadrant tumour localization, scintigraphic visualizatio,n and the palpation of the tumour. Results: Patient age was significantly (p<0.001) higher in the patients in whom SN was not detected. Scintigraphic visualization was significantly (p<0.05) lower in the patients in whom SN was not detected. There were no significant differences concerning the other parameters analysed. Conclusion: patient age and scintigraphic visualization are parameters that directly influence the detection of sentinel node in breast cancer.
O objetivo deste trabalho foi analisar a possível influencia de diferentes fatores na detecção cirúrgica de linfonodos sentinela no câncer de mama. O procedimento foi realizado em 704 pacientes. Em 43 dos 704, o linfonodo sentinela não foi detectado, 24 eram palpáveis e 19 eram tumores não palpáveis. Foi realizada a linfocintilografia 2 horas após a injeção de 37-55MBq de 99mTc-nanocolóide. No dia anterior à cirurgia nos tumores palpáveis e nas 4 horas prévias à cirurgia de tumores não palpáveis foi realizada detecção cirúrgica com a gammaprobe. Foram analisados os seguintes fatores: idade do paciente, tamanho do tumor, quadrante de localização do tumor de seio, visualização cintilográfica e palpação do tumor. Resultados: a idade do paciente foi significativamente maior (p<0,001) nos pacientes nos quais o nódulo sentinela não foi detectado. Não foram observadas diferenças estatisticamente significativas com relação ao outros parâmetros estudados. A idade do paciente e a visualização cintilográfica são parâmetros que influenciam diretamente na detecção de nódulo sentinela em câncer de mama.
