The clinical analysis of 18F-FDG PET imaging for 14 patients with ascites
Creators
- 1. Department of Nuclear Medicine, Ruijin Hospital, School of Medicine, Shanghai Jiaotong Univ., Shanghai (China)
Description
Objective: The aim of this study was to evaluate the clinical value of 18F-fluorodeoxyglucose (FDG) PET imaging for ascites. Methods: Fourteen patients with ascites were included in this retrospective study. The gold standard of ascites was either cytology or clinical follow-up and compared to the PET findings. Data were analyzed with SAS 6.12. Results: Of the 14 patients, seven were malignant and seven were benign ascites. The sensitivity, specificity, positive predictive value and negative predictive value of PET were 5/7, 6/7, 5/6, 6/8 respectively. A longer survival was observed in benign than malignant ascites patients (1 to 36 months vs 3 to 50 months, χ2=4. 42, P<0.05). Conclusions: 18F-FDC PET was helpful in predicting malignant from benign ascites. Patients with benign ascites could have longer survivals than with malignant ascites. (authors)
Additional details
Publishing Information
- Journal Title
- Chinese Journal of Nuclear Medicine
- Journal Volume
- 28
- Journal Issue
- 2
- Journal Page Range
- p. 108-110
- ISSN
- 0253-9780
INIS
- Country of Publication
- China
- Country of Input or Organization
- China
- INIS RN
- 41103357
- Subject category
- S62: RADIOLOGY AND NUCLEAR MEDICINE;
- Descriptors DEI
- ABDOMEN; ASCITES; CARCINOMAS; CAVITIES; CYTOLOGY; DIAGNOSIS; FLUIDS; FLUORINE 18; FLUORODEOXYGLUCOSE; FORECASTING; PATIENTS; POSITRON COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY; SENSITIVITY; SPECIFICITY; SURVIVAL TIME
- Descriptors DEC
- ANTIMETABOLITES; BETA DECAY RADIOISOTOPES; BETA-PLUS DECAY RADIOISOTOPES; BIOLOGY; BODY; COMPUTERIZED TOMOGRAPHY; DIAGNOSTIC TECHNIQUES; DISEASES; DRUGS; EMISSION COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY; FLUORINE ISOTOPES; HOURS LIVING RADIOISOTOPES; ISOMERIC TRANSITION ISOTOPES; ISOTOPES; LIGHT NUCLEI; NANOSECONDS LIVING RADIOISOTOPES; NEOPLASMS; NUCLEI; ODD-ODD NUCLEI; PATHOLOGICAL CHANGES; RADIOISOTOPES; SYMPTOMS; TOMOGRAPHY
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- Notes
- 1 fig., 1 tab., 7 refs.