J J Rosales, V Betech Antar, F Mínguez, F Pareja, F Guillén, E Prieto, G Quincoces, F D Caballero, B Miñana, J L Pérez-Gracia, M Rodríguez-Fraile
{"title":"Comparison of staging using [<sup>68</sup>Ga]Ga-PSMA-11 PET/CT and histopathological results in intermediate- and high-risk prostate cancer patients treated with radical prostatectomy and pelvic lymph node dissection.","authors":"J J Rosales, V Betech Antar, F Mínguez, F Pareja, F Guillén, E Prieto, G Quincoces, F D Caballero, B Miñana, J L Pérez-Gracia, M Rodríguez-Fraile","doi":"10.1016/j.remnie.2024.500076","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.remnie.2024.500076","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Objective: </strong>To evaluate the diagnostic accuracy of [<sup>68</sup>Ga]Ga-PSMA-11 PET/CT (PET-PSMA) in local and loco-regional nodal staging compared with histopathological results in intermediate- and high-risk prostate cancer patients treated with radical prostatectomy (RP) and pelvic lymph node dissection (PLND).</p><p><strong>Materials y methods: </strong>A total of 122 intermediate- and high-risk prostate cancer (PCa) patients staged with PET-PSMA and treated with RP (36/122) and RP plus PLND (86/122) from December 2018 to December 2023 were included. Visual and semiquantitative analysis findings using the SUVmax of the molecular imaging were correlated with histopathological results.</p><p><strong>Results: </strong>The primary tumor was visible by PET-PSMA in 96.7% of the patients. A positive correlation was found between PSA levels and SUVmax (Spearman's r: 0.303, p < 0.001). PET-PSMA detected nodal involvement in 25/89 patients (28.08%). The sensitivity, specificity, and diagnostic accuracy of PET-PSMA for detecting nodal involvement were 75%, 82.2%, and 80.9%, respectively. Patients with PSA levels >20 ng/mL, Gleason score ≥7b, ISUP grade >2, and extracapsular extension showed significantly higher SUVmax values. No differences were observed in SUVmax between risk groups or in other histopathological variables.</p><p><strong>Conclusions: </strong>PET-PSMA is an effective tool for the initial staging of intermediate- and high-risk PCa. SUVmax values were significantly higher in patients with unfavorable clinical features.</p>","PeriodicalId":94197,"journal":{"name":"Revista espanola de medicina nuclear e imagen molecular","volume":" ","pages":"500076"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2024-10-28","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142549903","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
S Bondia-Bescós, I E Sánchez-Rodríguez, A Palomar-Muñoz, P Notta, M Cortés-Romera, L M Gràcia-Sánchez
{"title":"Secondary intestinal amyloidosis visualized on a scintigraphy with [<sup>m99</sup>Tc]Tc-HMDP.","authors":"S Bondia-Bescós, I E Sánchez-Rodríguez, A Palomar-Muñoz, P Notta, M Cortés-Romera, L M Gràcia-Sánchez","doi":"10.1016/j.remnie.2024.500070","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.remnie.2024.500070","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":94197,"journal":{"name":"Revista espanola de medicina nuclear e imagen molecular","volume":" ","pages":"500070"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2024-10-22","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142515633","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Complete metabolic remission of widespread blastic plasmacytoid dendritic cell neoplasm after treatment.","authors":"N Filizoglu, S Ozguven","doi":"10.1016/j.remnie.2024.500040","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.remnie.2024.500040","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":94197,"journal":{"name":"Revista espanola de medicina nuclear e imagen molecular","volume":" ","pages":"500040"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2024-10-22","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142515631","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
R M Angulo Amorese, F J Pena Pardo, J C Rodríguez Gómez, N Disotuar Ruiz, M P Talavera Rubio, V M Poblete García
{"title":"Mediastinal lymph node metastases from prostate cancer: Enhanced diagnostic accuracy of PET/CT with <sup>18</sup>F-DCFPyL versus <sup>18</sup>F-choline.","authors":"R M Angulo Amorese, F J Pena Pardo, J C Rodríguez Gómez, N Disotuar Ruiz, M P Talavera Rubio, V M Poblete García","doi":"10.1016/j.remnie.2024.500063","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.remnie.2024.500063","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":94197,"journal":{"name":"Revista espanola de medicina nuclear e imagen molecular","volume":" ","pages":"500063"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2024-10-22","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142515632","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
I Martínez-Rodríguez, F Gómez-de la Fuente, A Sánchez-Salmón, M Pombo-López, A Bota-Bota, R Quirce
{"title":"<sup>18</sup>F-FDG PET/CT in the staging, therapeutic evaluation and follow-up of prostatic sarcoma.","authors":"I Martínez-Rodríguez, F Gómez-de la Fuente, A Sánchez-Salmón, M Pombo-López, A Bota-Bota, R Quirce","doi":"10.1016/j.remnie.2024.500039","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.remnie.2024.500039","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":94197,"journal":{"name":"Revista espanola de medicina nuclear e imagen molecular","volume":" ","pages":"500039"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2024-10-22","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142515630","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
L Rodríguez-Díaz, E García, C de Guirior, R Salvador, J Ribera-Perianes, S Vidal-Sicart
{"title":"Radioactive seed localization technique with 125-I in inguinal endometriosis.","authors":"L Rodríguez-Díaz, E García, C de Guirior, R Salvador, J Ribera-Perianes, S Vidal-Sicart","doi":"10.1016/j.remnie.2024.500069","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.remnie.2024.500069","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":94197,"journal":{"name":"Revista espanola de medicina nuclear e imagen molecular","volume":" ","pages":"500069"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2024-09-29","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142335487","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
D Tercero Garrido, M V Guiote Moreno, C Rodelo-Haad, P I Contreras Puertas, S Soriano Cabrera, M D Albalá González
{"title":"Peritoneal scintigraphy and SPECT/TC in the diagnosis of leaks in patients on peritoneal dialysis.","authors":"D Tercero Garrido, M V Guiote Moreno, C Rodelo-Haad, P I Contreras Puertas, S Soriano Cabrera, M D Albalá González","doi":"10.1016/j.remnie.2024.500067","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.remnie.2024.500067","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Objective: </strong>To assess the usefulness of peritoneal cavity scintigraphy and the contribution of SPECT/CT in patients on peritoneal dialysis with suspected leak.</p><p><strong>Methodology: </strong>An observational case series study is carried out. It consists of a longitudinal, retrospective and descriptive study. 11 patients on peritoneal dialysis were studied and it was realiced a peritoneal cavity scintigraphy test and SPECT/CT to evaluate a peritoneal leak.</p><p><strong>Results: </strong>In 54,5% of the patients, a positive study of peritoneal leak was obtained. The most frequent localitations were in the abdominal wall at the catheter entry level and the inguinal hernia. In the cases with sintomatology like pain and celullitis of the subcutaneous tract of the cateter the frequent of leak was 100%. There was a change in therapeutic management in patients with a positive study. There was not relevant changes in initial dialysis regimen in patients with a negative study. In this cases, except for one patient who required hemodialysis, all patients experienced clinical improvement.</p><p><strong>Conclusions: </strong>Peritoneal scintigraphy and SPECT/CT study are non-invasive techniques that allow an adequate diagnosis and subsequent management of peritoneal leak.</p>","PeriodicalId":94197,"journal":{"name":"Revista espanola de medicina nuclear e imagen molecular","volume":" ","pages":"500067"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2024-09-29","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142335485","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
A Garcia Garcia, A P Caresia Aróztegui, S Martínez Román
{"title":"Use of propranolol in [<sup>18</sup>F] FDG-PET/CT for differential diagnosis of brown fat in patient with a history of adenocarcinoma of the uterine cervix.","authors":"A Garcia Garcia, A P Caresia Aróztegui, S Martínez Román","doi":"10.1016/j.remnie.2024.500068","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.remnie.2024.500068","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":94197,"journal":{"name":"Revista espanola de medicina nuclear e imagen molecular","volume":" ","pages":"500068"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2024-09-29","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142335490","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Evaluación de la fiabilidad y legibilidad de las respuestas de los chatbots como recurso de información al paciente para las exploraciones PET-TC más communes.","authors":"N Aydinbelge-Dizdar, K Dizdar","doi":"10.1016/j.remnie.2024.500065","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.remnie.2024.500065","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Purpose: </strong>This study aimed to evaluate the reliability and readability of responses generated by two popular AI-chatbots, 'ChatGPT-4.0' and 'Google Gemini', to potential patient questions about PET/CT scans.</p><p><strong>Materials and methods: </strong>Thirty potential questions for each of [<sup>18</sup>F]FDG and [<sup>68</sup>Ga]Ga-DOTA-SSTR PET/CT, and twenty-nine potential questions for [<sup>68</sup>Ga]Ga-PSMA PET/CT were asked separately to ChatGPT-4 and Gemini in May 2024. The responses were evaluated for reliability and readability using the modified DISCERN (mDISCERN) scale, Flesch Reading Ease (FRE), Gunning Fog Index (GFI), and Flesch-Kincaid Reading Grade Level (FKRGL). The inter-rater reliability of mDISCERN scores provided by three raters (ChatGPT-4, Gemini, and a nuclear medicine physician) for the responses was assessed.</p><p><strong>Results: </strong>The median [min-max] mDISCERN scores reviewed by the physician for responses about FDG, PSMA and DOTA PET/CT scans were 3.5 [2-4], 3 [3-4], 3 [3-4] for ChatPT-4 and 4 [2-5], 4 [2-5], 3.5 [3-5] for Gemini, respectively. The mDISCERN scores assessed using ChatGPT-4 for answers about FDG, PSMA, and DOTA-SSTR PET/CT scans were 3.5 [3-5], 3 [3-4], 3 [2-3] for ChatGPT-4, and 4 [3-5], 4 [3-5], 4 [3-5] for Gemini, respectively. The mDISCERN scores evaluated using Gemini for responses FDG, PSMA, and DOTA-SSTR PET/CTs were 3 [2-4], 2 [2-4], 3 [2-4] for ChatGPT-4, and 3 [2-5], 3 [1-5], 3 [2-5] for Gemini, respectively. The inter-rater reliability correlation coefficient of mDISCERN scores for ChatGPT-4 responses about FDG, PSMA, and DOTA-SSTR PET/CT scans were 0.629 (95% CI = 0,32-0,812), 0.707 (95% CI = 0.458-0.853) and 0.738 (95% CI = 0.519-0.866), respectively (p < 0.001). The correlation coefficient of mDISCERN scores for Gemini responses about FDG, PSMA, and DOTA-SSTR PET/CT scans were 0.824 (95% CI = 0.677-0.910), 0.881 (95% CI = 0.78-0.94) and 0.847 (95% CI = 0.719-0.922), respectively (p < 0.001). The mDISCERN scores assessed by ChatGPT-4, Gemini, and the physician showed that the chatbots' responses about all PET/CT scans had moderate to good statistical agreement according to the inter-rater reliability correlation coefficient (p < 0,001). There was a statistically significant difference in all readability scores (FKRGL, GFI, and FRE) of ChatGPT-4 and Gemini responses about PET/CT scans (p < 0,001). Gemini responses were shorter and had better readability scores than ChatGPT-4 responses.</p><p><strong>Conclusion: </strong>There was an acceptable level of agreement between raters for the mDISCERN score, indicating agreement with the overall reliability of the responses. However, the information provided by AI-chatbots cannot be easily read by the public.</p>","PeriodicalId":94197,"journal":{"name":"Revista espanola de medicina nuclear e imagen molecular","volume":" ","pages":"500065"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2024-09-28","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142335484","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
I Tobalina Larrea, J Cuetos Fernández, A Mendizabal Abad, A Montero de la Peña, D García Hernández, G H Portilla Quatrociocchi, M Jiménez Alonso, M C Menchaca Echevarria
{"title":"Response, complications and risk of leukemic transformation of phosphorus-32p treatment in philadelphia-negative chronic myeloproliferative syndromes.","authors":"I Tobalina Larrea, J Cuetos Fernández, A Mendizabal Abad, A Montero de la Peña, D García Hernández, G H Portilla Quatrociocchi, M Jiménez Alonso, M C Menchaca Echevarria","doi":"10.1016/j.remnie.2024.500064","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.remnie.2024.500064","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Objective: </strong>Describe our experience in treatment with Phosphorus-32P for refractory Philadelphia negative chronic myeloproliferative syndromes or with side effects to the usual treatment, its complications and risk of leukemic transformation.</p><p><strong>Material and methods: </strong>Retrospective descriptive study including 17 patients with a diagnosis of Philadelphia-negative chronic myeloproliferative syndrome treated with Phosphorus-32P in our hospital from January 1985 to March 2017. Indications, response to treatment, as well as early and late complications have been analyzed.</p><p><strong>Results: </strong>Of the 17 patients treated with 32P (11 men, 6 women; mean age 79,8 years), 6 patients had Polycythemia Vera and 11 Essential Thrombocytosis. A single dose was administered in 9 of the subjects, the rest required two or more doses due to inadequate hematological response and/or relapse. The total dose range of Phosphorus-32P administered was 116-951 MBq (median: 236 MBq). In 14 patients treated with Phosphorus-32P, complete or partial response was achieved in hematimetry. In 11 patients, the response was complete, established as a platelet count <400.000/mm<sup>3</sup> in those diagnosed with Essential Thrombocythemia and a hematocrit <45% in cases of Polycythemia Vera. The median follow-up of patients from the date of the first treatment of Phosphorus-32P until study completion or death was 37 months (range: 5-230 months). Regarding early complications, 2 cases of anemia requiring blood transfusion were observed, and 1 case of mild thrombocytopenia. No leukemic transformation was identified.</p><p><strong>Conclusions: </strong>In our experience, treatment with Phosphorus-32P has been a useful therapeutic option in Philadelphia-negative chronic myeloproliferative syndromes in elderly patients who showed poor tolerance and/or resistance to first-line treatment. No leukemic transformation was identified.</p>","PeriodicalId":94197,"journal":{"name":"Revista espanola de medicina nuclear e imagen molecular","volume":" ","pages":"500064"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2024-09-28","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142335488","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}