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| Title |
SUVmax of 18F-FDG PET/CT in the differential diagnosis of benign and malignant thyroid nodules according to tumor volume
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| Published in |
World Journal of Surgical Oncology, July 2015
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| DOI | 10.1186/s12957-015-0635-1 |
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| Authors |
Tae Heon Kim, Yong Bae Ji, Chang Myeon Song, Ji Young Kim, Yun Young Choi, Jeong Seon Park, Kyung Tae |
| Abstract |
The aim of this study was to investigate whether the maximum standardized uptake value (SUVmax) measured on fluorine-18 fluorodeoxyglucose positron emission tomography/computed tomography ((18)F-FDG PET/CT) could be used as the primary means of differential diagnosis of thyroid nodules when tumor volume is assessed. We studied 192 patients who underwent preoperative (18)F-FDG PET/CT followed by thyroidectomy. We evaluated the correlation between the volume of thyroid nodules, (18)F-FDG uptake on visual analysis, and the mean SUVmax measured on (18)F-FDG PET/CT. When stratified by tumor volume, the mean SUVmax was higher in malignant than in benign nodules in nodules ≥1 cm(3) (p < 0.001). However, it did not differ between benign and malignant nodules smaller than 1 cm(3). At a cut-off value of SUVmax of 6, the respective sensitivities of (18)F-FDG PET/CT, ultrasonography, and fine needle aspiration cytology were 60.8, 96.4, and 99.1 %, and the respective specificities were 95.9, 98.2, and 96.8 %. (18)F-FDG PET/CT is limited as a primary modality in the differential diagnosis of benign and malignant thyroid nodules because of its low sensitivity. |
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| Country | Count | As % |
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| Unknown | 2 | 100% |
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| Type | Count | As % |
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| Members of the public | 1 | 50% |
| Practitioners (doctors, other healthcare professionals) | 1 | 50% |
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| Country | Count | As % |
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| Unknown | 16 | 100% |
Demographic breakdown
| Readers by professional status | Count | As % |
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| Student > Bachelor | 3 | 19% |
| Student > Ph. D. Student | 3 | 19% |
| Student > Master | 2 | 13% |
| Professor | 2 | 13% |
| Other | 1 | 6% |
| Other | 2 | 13% |
| Unknown | 3 | 19% |
| Readers by discipline | Count | As % |
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| Medicine and Dentistry | 6 | 38% |
| Nursing and Health Professions | 2 | 13% |
| Neuroscience | 2 | 13% |
| Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology | 1 | 6% |
| Unknown | 5 | 31% |
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