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Bone invasion in patients with oral cavity cancer: comparison of conventional CT with PET/CT and SPECT/CT.
MedLine Citation:
PMID:  16118155     Owner:  NLM     Status:  MEDLINE    
Abstract/OtherAbstract:
PURPOSE: To prospectively compare the accuracy of helical contrast material-enhanced computed tomography (CT) with that of CT and positron emission tomography (PET) combined and CT and single photon emission CT (SPECT) combined in the detection of bone invasion in patients scheduled to undergo surgery for clinically suspected oral cavity carcinoma with possible bone invasion, with surgical results as the reference standard. MATERIALS AND METHODS: This study had local ethical committee approval, and all patients gave written informed consent. Thirty-four consecutive patients (17 men, 17 women; mean age, 64.2 years; age range, 46.0-84.6 years) who were clinically suspected of having bone invasion from oral cavity carcinoma prospectively underwent helical contrast-enhanced CT, coregistered PET/CT, and coregistered SPECT/CT. Two radiologists assessed the contrast-enhanced CT images and two nuclear medicine physicians separately assessed the PET/CT and SPECT/CT images in consensus and without knowledge of the results of other imaging tests. The presence of bone involvement as suggested with an imaging modality was compared with histologic findings in the surgical specimen. RESULTS: With histologic findings as the standard of reference, the accuracy of SPECT/CT (88% [30 of 34 patients]) was lower than that of PET/CT and contrast-enhanced CT (94% [32 of 34 patients] and 97% [33 of 34 patients], respectively). Sensitivity was highest with PET/CT (100% [12 of 12 patients]), and specificity was highest with contrast-enhanced CT (100% [22 of 22 patients]). Fluorine 18 fluorodeoxyglucose (FDG) uptake seen on two sides of the same cortical bone was not a helpful imaging pattern for better identifying bone invasion in patients without evident cortical erosion on CT scans. CONCLUSION: The assessment of cortical erosion with contrast-enhanced CT and the CT information from PET/CT are the most reliable methods for detecting bone invasion in patients with oral cavity carcinoma. FDG uptake seen on PET/CT images does not improve identification of bone infiltration.
Authors:
Gerhard W Goerres; Daniel T Schmid; Bernhard Schuknecht; Gerold K Eyrich
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Publication Detail:
Type:  Comparative Study; Journal Article     Date:  2005-08-18
Journal Detail:
Title:  Radiology     Volume:  237     ISSN:  0033-8419     ISO Abbreviation:  Radiology     Publication Date:  2005 Oct 
Date Detail:
Created Date:  2005-09-26     Completed Date:  2005-10-27     Revised Date:  2006-11-15    
Medline Journal Info:
Nlm Unique ID:  0401260     Medline TA:  Radiology     Country:  United States    
Other Details:
Languages:  eng     Pagination:  281-7     Citation Subset:  AIM; IM    
Copyright Information:
RSNA, 2005
Affiliation:
Department of Radiology, University Hospital Zurich, Raemistr 100, CH-8091 Zurich, Switzerland. gerhard.goerres@usz.ch
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MeSH Terms
Descriptor/Qualifier:
Aged
Aged, 80 and over
Bone Neoplasms / diagnosis*
Female
Fluorodeoxyglucose F18 / diagnostic use
Humans
Male
Middle Aged
Mouth Neoplasms / pathology*
Neoplasm Invasiveness / diagnosis*
Positron-Emission Tomography*
Prospective Studies
Radiographic Image Enhancement
Tomography, Emission-Computed, Single-Photon*
Tomography, Spiral Computed*
Chemical
Reg. No./Substance:
63503-12-8/Fluorodeoxyglucose F18
Comments/Corrections
Erratum In:
Radiology. 2006 Apr;239(1):303

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