{"title":"Evaluation of Abdominal Tumors with [F-18] Fluorodeoxyglucose Positron Emission Tomography","authors":"Satoshi Kunishima MD, Hiroki Taniguchi MD, Akihiro Yamaguchi MD, Toshimori Koh MD, Hisakazu Yamagishi MD","doi":"10.1016/S1095-0397(00)00047-9","DOIUrl":null,"url":null,"abstract":"<div><p><strong>Purpose:</strong> The purpose of this study was to evaluate the diagnostic usefulness of fluorine-18 fluorodeoxyglucose positron emission tomography (FDG-PET).</p><p><strong>Procedures:</strong> We performed FDG-PET in 22 patients with suspected primary or recurrent cancer (23 cases). The FDG-PET findings were compared with the final diagnosis, which was obtained by histological examination of resected, or biopsy specimens and the clinical course.</p><p><strong>Results:</strong> In all patients, the sensitivity, specificity, and the accuracy of FDG-PET were 93.8%, 85.7%, 91.3%, respectively. In the patients with colo-rectal cancer, the sensitivity, specificity, and accuracy were 92.9%, 100%, 94.4%, respectively.</p><p><strong>Conclusions:</strong> FDG-PET was considered to be clinically useful for the detection of primary or recurrent malignant tumors, and for differentiating recurrent tumors from inflammatory scars.</p></div>","PeriodicalId":80267,"journal":{"name":"Clinical positron imaging : official journal of the Institute for Clinical P.E.T","volume":"3 3","pages":"Pages 91-96"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0000,"publicationDate":"2000-05-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://sci-hub-pdf.com/10.1016/S1095-0397(00)00047-9","citationCount":"6","resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":null,"PeriodicalName":"Clinical positron imaging : official journal of the Institute for Clinical P.E.T","FirstCategoryId":"1085","ListUrlMain":"https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1095039700000479","RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":null,"ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":null,"EPubDate":"","PubModel":"","JCR":"","JCRName":"","Score":null,"Total":0}
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Abstract
Purpose: The purpose of this study was to evaluate the diagnostic usefulness of fluorine-18 fluorodeoxyglucose positron emission tomography (FDG-PET).
Procedures: We performed FDG-PET in 22 patients with suspected primary or recurrent cancer (23 cases). The FDG-PET findings were compared with the final diagnosis, which was obtained by histological examination of resected, or biopsy specimens and the clinical course.
Results: In all patients, the sensitivity, specificity, and the accuracy of FDG-PET were 93.8%, 85.7%, 91.3%, respectively. In the patients with colo-rectal cancer, the sensitivity, specificity, and accuracy were 92.9%, 100%, 94.4%, respectively.
Conclusions: FDG-PET was considered to be clinically useful for the detection of primary or recurrent malignant tumors, and for differentiating recurrent tumors from inflammatory scars.