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| Title |
Comparative evaluation of 18F-FLT and 18F-FDG for detecting cardiac and extra-cardiac thoracic involvement in patients with newly diagnosed sarcoidosis
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| Published in |
EJNMMI Research, August 2017
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| DOI | 10.1186/s13550-017-0321-0 |
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| Authors |
Takashi Norikane, Yuka Yamamoto, Yukito Maeda, Takahisa Noma, Hiroaki Dobashi, Yoshihiro Nishiyama |
| Abstract |
(18)F-FDG PET has been used in sarcoidosis for diagnosis and determination of the extent of the disease. However, assessing inflammatory lesions in cardiac sarcoidosis using (18)F-FDG can be challenging because it accumulates physiologically in normal myocardium. Another radiotracer, 3'-deoxy-3'-(18)F-fluorothymidine ((18)F-FLT), has been investigated as a promising PET tracer for evaluating tumor proliferative activity. In contrast to (18)F-FDG, (18)F-FLT uptake in the normal myocardium is low. The purpose of this retrospective study was to compare the uptake of (18)F-FLT and (18)F-FDG in the evaluation of cardiac and extra-cardiac thoracic involvement in patients with newly diagnosed sarcoidosis. Data for 20 patients with newly diagnosed sarcoidosis were examined. (18)F-FLT and (18)F-FDG PET/CT studies had been performed at 1 h after each radiotracer injection. The patients had fasted for at least 18 h before (18)F-FDG PET/CT but were given no special dietary instructions regarding the period before (18)F-FLT PET/CT. Uptake of (18)F-FLT and (18)F-FDG was examined visually and semiquantitatively using maximal standardized uptake value (SUVmax). Two patients had cardiac sarcoidosis, 7 had extra-cardiac thoracic sarcoidosis, and 11 had both cardiac and extra-cardiac thoracic sarcoidosis. On visual analysis for diagnosis of cardiac sarcoidosis, 4/20 (18)F-FDG scans were rated as inconclusive because the (18)F-FDG pattern was diffuse, whereas no FLT scans were rated as inconclusive. The sensitivity of (18)F-FDG PET/CT for detection of cardiac sarcoidosis was 85%; specificity, 100%; and accuracy, 90%. The corresponding values for (18)F-FLT PET/CT were 92, 100, and 95%, respectively. Using semiquantitative analysis of cardiac sarcoidosis, the mean (18)F-FDG SUVmax was significantly higher than the mean (18)F-FLT SUVmax (P < 0.005). Both (18)F-FDG and (18)F-FLT PET/CT studies detected all 24 extra-cardiac lesions. Using semiquantitative analysis of extra-cardiac sarcoidosis, the mean (18)F-FDG SUVmax was significantly higher than the mean (18)F-FLT SUVmax (P < 0.001). The results of this preliminary study suggest that (18)F-FLT PET/CT can detect cardiac and extra-cardiac thoracic involvement in patients with newly diagnosed sarcoidosis as well as (18)F-FDG PET/CT, although uptake of (18)F-FLT in lesions was significantly lower than that of (18)F-FDG. However, (18)F-FLT PET/CT may be easier to perform since it requires neither prolonged fasting nor a special diet prior to imaging. |
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| Country | Count | As % |
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| Mexico | 1 | 33% |
| United States | 1 | 33% |
| Unknown | 1 | 33% |
Demographic breakdown
| Type | Count | As % |
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| Members of the public | 2 | 67% |
| Practitioners (doctors, other healthcare professionals) | 1 | 33% |
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| Country | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Unknown | 32 | 100% |
Demographic breakdown
| Readers by professional status | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Student > Bachelor | 7 | 22% |
| Researcher | 7 | 22% |
| Other | 5 | 16% |
| Student > Master | 3 | 9% |
| Student > Doctoral Student | 3 | 9% |
| Other | 0 | 0% |
| Unknown | 7 | 22% |
| Readers by discipline | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Medicine and Dentistry | 15 | 47% |
| Nursing and Health Professions | 2 | 6% |
| Chemistry | 2 | 6% |
| Economics, Econometrics and Finance | 1 | 3% |
| Philosophy | 1 | 3% |
| Other | 2 | 6% |
| Unknown | 9 | 28% |
Attention Score in Context
This research output has an Altmetric Attention Score of 5. This is our high-level measure of the quality and quantity of online attention that it has received. This Attention Score, as well as the ranking and number of research outputs shown below, was calculated when the research output was last mentioned on 29 May 2019.
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