XIE Changhui1 YIN Jilin2 LI Xiangdong2 WANG Xinlu2 LI Xingyao2 QUAN Jiangtao2 1. 18F-FDG PET/CT imaging and diagnosis method of small intestine primary malignant neoplasms[J]. Nuclear techniques, 2012, 35(3): 216-221.
XIE Changhui1 YIN Jilin2 LI Xiangdong2 WANG Xinlu2 LI Xingyao2 QUAN Jiangtao2 1. 18F-FDG PET/CT imaging and diagnosis method of small intestine primary malignant neoplasms[J]. Nuclear techniques, 2012, 35(3): 216-221.DOI:
18F-FDG PET/CT imaging and diagnosis method of small intestine primary malignant neoplasms
18F-FDG PET/CT data of 44 patients with small intestine disease(malignant
25;benign
19) were analyzed retrospectively.All results were proved by pathological
or diagnostic therapy and/or clinical follow-up.Visual and quantitative[intestinal wall thickness(IWT)] and semiquantitative methods [standardized uptake value(SUV)] were used to analyze the imaging features.The SUVmeanand IWT were taken as the diagnostic threshold value for malignant when the Youden’s index(YI) was maximum.The diagnostic test evaluation was compared with the final diagnostic results.The following results were obtained.(1) The 18F-FDG PET/CT imaging signs of small intestine carcinoma presented as intestinal local mass formation(84.00%)
local wall thickening(76.00%)
stenosis(25.00%)
obstruction(32.00%) and enlargement of mesenteric lymph nodes(72.00%).But the incidence rates of these signs in the benign lesions were 31.58%
42.11%
10.53%
15.79% and 52.63%
respectively.Only the signs of intestinal local mass formation(χ2=10.40
p<0.01) and local wall thickening(χ2=3.90
p<0.05) between intestinal malignant and benign lesions were of significant statistic difference.(2) The IWT of intestinal malignant and benign lesions was 7.53±3.24 mm and 14.24±2.02 mm(t=2.66
p<0.01)
respectively.When YImax =0.589
the diagnostic threshold of IWT was 9.5mm.The sensitivity
specificity and accuracy were 80.00%
78.95% and 79.55%
respectively.(3) The SUVmeanof intestinal malignant and benign lesions was 3.55±1.84 and 6.98±3.62(t=3.77
p<0.01) respectively.When YImax =0.379
the diagnostic threshold of SUVmean was 3.65.The sensitivity
specificity and accuracy were 80.00%
57.89% and 70.48%
respectively.(4) Taking the intestinal mass formation as the diagnostic standard of malignant lesions
the sensitivity
specificity and accuracy were 84.00%
78.95% and 81.82%
respectively.The YImax was 0.630.(5) Taking the intestinal mass formation and SUVmean of <3.65
and local wall thickening or IWT <9.50 mm as the main evidence of the intestinal malignant lesions
the sensitivity
specificity and accuracy were 96.00%
89.47% and 93.18%
respectively.The YImaxwas 0.855.It can be used as the main evidence to differentiate the small intestine primary malignant and benign lesion with the 18F-FDG PET/CT imaging qualitative and quantitative signs for the intestinal mass formation