| Using 18F-FDG positron emission tomography/computed tomography to judge benign or malignant colorectal hypermetabolic lesions. | |
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PMID: 20193115 Owner: NLM Status: In-Process |
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BACKGROUND AND OBJECTIVE: The colorectum is long and its position is not fixed. The thickness of the colorectal wall is unfixed because it changes following wall contractions. The metabolism of the colorectum is not stable and abnormal metabolism results from smooth muscle movement, gland action, spasm, inflammation, and so on. These anatomic and physiologic factors can bring a few difficulties in correctly judging colorectal information on 18F-FDG positron emission tomography/computed tomography (PET/CT) scans. This study was to discuss the imaging characteristics of colorectal hypermetabolic lesions in 18F-FDG PET/CT and their value to clinical diagnosis. METHODS: According the metabolic characteristics and the shape of the lesion, 118 colorectal hypermetabolic lesions of 74 patients were detected by 18F-FDG PET/CT and separated to 6 groups (localized/CT+, localized/CT-, segmented/CT+, segmented/CT-, diffuse/CT+, diffuse/CT-). To contrast groups and the qualitative data, a RxC Chi2 test was performed to judge statistical differences. RESULTS: In the 118 lesions, 50 were determined to be malignant and 68 nonmalignant. A total of 30 lesions were in the localized/CT+ group (23 malignant, 7 non), 35 to the localized/CT- group (22 malignant, 13 non), 4 to the segmented/CT+ group (4 malignant, 0 non), 35 to the segmented/CT- group (1 malignant, 34 non), 0 to the diffuse/CT+ group, 14 to the diffuse/CT- group (0 malignant, 14 non). The rates of nonmalignant lesions in the segmented/CT- and diffuse/CT- groups (97.1%, 100%) and of malignant lesions in the segmented/CT+ groups (100%) were similar, so these three groups were combined to a nonlocalized group. The group of diffuse/CT+ was deleted. There were significant differences among the three groups of nonlocalized, localized/CT+, and localized/CT-(P < 0.001). The localized/CT+ and localized/CT- groups were combined into one localized group because no significant difference was found between them (P = 0.229). There was a significant difference between the nonlocalized and the localized groups (P < 0.001). CONCLUSIONS: On 18F-FDG PET/CT, colorectal hypermetabolic lesions in the diffuse/CT- or segmented/CT- groups were highly likely to be nonmalignant and those in the segmented/CT+ group were highly likely to be malignant. Lesions in the localized/CT+ or localized/CT- groups had only a normal likelihood of being malignant. To correctly diagnose colorectal hypermetabolic lesions, it is necessary to analyze the PET of the metabolism and the CT of the anatomy together. Especially for the metabolic lesions of the localized/CT- group, we cannot easily make the judgment of malignant or nonmalignant unless we refer to the relevant clinical data. |
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Wei Li; Wei Fan |
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Type: Journal Article |
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Title: Chinese journal of cancer Volume: 29 ISSN: 1944-446X ISO Abbreviation: Chin J Cancer Publication Date: 2010 Mar |
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Created Date: 2010-04-09 Completed Date: - Revised Date: - |
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Nlm Unique ID: 101498232 Medline TA: Chin J Cancer Country: China |
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Languages: eng Pagination: 306-11 Citation Subset: IM |
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State Key Laboratory of Oncology in South China, Guangzhou, Guangdong 510060, P.R. China. |
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