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The usefulness of bone SPECT/CT imaging with volume of interest analysis in early axial spondyloarthritis

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Title
The usefulness of bone SPECT/CT imaging with volume of interest analysis in early axial spondyloarthritis
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BMC Musculoskeletal Disorders, February 2015
DOI 10.1186/s12891-015-0465-x
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Yong-il Kim, Minseok Suh, Yu Kyeong Kim, Ho-Young Lee, Kichul Shin

Abstract

BackgroundThe role of conventional bone scintigraphy in diagnosing early axial spondyloarthritis (SpA) is yet controversial. Single positron emission computed tomography (SPECT) plus CT is an imaging modality that adds better anatomical information to scintigraphy of the sacroiliac (SI) joint. Our aim was to investigate the usefulness of bone SPECT/CT with volume of interest (VOI) analysis in early axial SpA patients.MethodsTwenty patients (male: female ratio¿=¿12:8; age range¿=¿17¿65 years) presenting with inflammatory back pain meeting the Amor criteria of early axial SpA were recruited from a single center in South Korea. Bone scintigraphy was performed 180 min after intravenous injection of 1110 MBq of Tc-99 m-HDP, followed by bone SPECT/CT. The ratio between the entire SI joint and sacrum (SIS ratio) was measured by both bone SPECT/CT and bone scintigraphy. Data from 13 controls were also evaluated. Receiver operating characteristic (ROC) curve was plotted for further analysis, and the correlation between the SIS ratio and SI joint grade by plain radiography was assessed.ResultsThe SIS ratio of early axial SpA patients vs. control subjects was significantly increased in bone SPECT/CT (p¿<¿0.001). However, no significant difference was detected in bone scintigraphy. ROC curve analysis showed a significant difference in the area under curve (AUC) of bone SPECT/CT vs. bone scintigraphy (0.862 vs. 0.523, respectively; p¿<¿0.001). With a cut-off SIS ratio of 1.50, ROC curve analysis showed a sensitivity of 80.0% and specificity of 84.6% in bone SPECT/CT. The SIS ratio measured in SPECT/CT, but not that measured in bone scintigraphy, was significantly increased with a higher grade of SI joint changes in plain radiography (p¿=¿0.014).ConclusionBone SPECT/CT is more useful than conventional bone scintigraphy in identifying sacroiliitis in early axial SpA patients, even with mild SI joint changes in plain radiography. By combining CT, we can accurately delineate the sacrum and SI joint uptake with our VOI method.

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Country Count As %
United Kingdom 1 2%
Tunisia 1 2%
Egypt 1 2%
Unknown 44 94%

Demographic breakdown

Readers by professional status Count As %
Other 7 15%
Student > Master 6 13%
Student > Bachelor 5 11%
Lecturer 4 9%
Student > Ph. D. Student 4 9%
Other 9 19%
Unknown 12 26%
Readers by discipline Count As %
Medicine and Dentistry 20 43%
Nursing and Health Professions 2 4%
Veterinary Science and Veterinary Medicine 1 2%
Agricultural and Biological Sciences 1 2%
Psychology 1 2%
Other 6 13%
Unknown 16 34%
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#13,931,567
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#2,030
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Outputs of similar age from BMC Musculoskeletal Disorders
#21
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