| The role of 11C-choline positron emission tomography-computed tomography and videomediastinoscopy in the evaluation of diseases of middle mediastinum. | |
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PMID: 16635407 Owner: NLM Status: MEDLINE |
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BACKGROUND: 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. METHODS: 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. RESULTS: 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). CONCLUSIONS: 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. |
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Authors:
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Qi Liu; Zhong-min Peng; Qing-wei Liu; Shu-zhan Yao; Lin Zhang; Long Meng; Jing-han Chen |
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Type: Journal Article; Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't |
Journal Detail:
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Title: Chinese medical journal Volume: 119 ISSN: 0366-6999 ISO Abbreviation: Chin. Med. J. Publication Date: 2006 Apr |
Date Detail:
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Created Date: 2006-04-25 Completed Date: 2006-05-25 Revised Date: 2006-11-15 |
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Nlm Unique ID: 7513795 Medline TA: Chin Med J (Engl) Country: China |
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Languages: eng Pagination: 634-9 Citation Subset: IM |
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Department of Thoracic Surgery, Shandong Provincial Hospital, Jinan 250021, China. |
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Adult Aged Carbon Radioisotopes / diagnostic use* Female Humans Male Mediastinal Diseases / diagnosis* Mediastinoscopy / methods* Middle Aged Positron-Emission Tomography* Tomography, X-Ray Computed* Video Recording* |
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0/Carbon Radioisotopes |
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