• Nuclear Medicine and Molecular Imaging
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• 제40권3호
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• pp.186-187
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• 2006

A 64-year-old female with glioblastoma multiforme (GBM) was assigned to our department for whole body PET/CT scan. She ingested 1 liter of pure water as negative oral contrast just before PET/CT examination. FDG-PET/CT images showed a very intense hypermetabolic, focal lesion in the abdominal cavity around descending colon. The SUVmax of the lesion was 17.2. But there was no abnormal lesion corresponded to the area of PET scan in the combined contrast enhanced CT scan. We suggested considering a malignant lesion due to very intense glycolytic activity. Conventional abdominal CT scan & colonoscopy were accomplished within one week after PET/CT evaluation. There was no abnormality in both examinations. We executed follow-up PET/CT evaluation after 1 month and couldn't find any abnormality around the corresponding area. So we concluded the hypermetabolism was colonic physiologic uptake. A colonic physiologic uptake is a well known cause of false positive finding. Nuclear physicians should be considered the possibility of malignancy when interpret focal colonic uptake, especially incidental finding. There are a few reports that using of negative oral contrast is able to reduce gastrointestinal physiologic uptakes. But as we can see in this case, although we used negative oral contrast, intense physiologic uptake is detected and maxSUV is able to up to 17.2. So, it is important to keep a fact in mind. Even though there is a colonic physiologic uptake in PET/CT image, it may be able to show very intense hypermetabolism regardless of using negative oral contrast.

• BMB Reports
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• 제52권7호
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• pp.457-462
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• 2019

[18F]Fluorodeoxyglucose (FDG) PET/CT imaging has been widely used in the diagnosis of malignant tumors. ATPase family AAA domain-containing protein 2 (ATAD2) plays important roles in tumor growth, invasion and metastasis. However, the relationship between [18F]FDG accumulation and ATAD2 expression remains largely unknown. This study aimed to investigate the correlation between ATAD2 expression and [18F]FDG uptake in lung adenocarcinoma (LUAD), and elucidate its underlying molecular mechanisms. The results showed that ATAD2 expression was positively correlated with maximum standardized uptake value ($SUV_{max}$), total lesion glycolysis (TLG), glucose transporter type 1 (GLUT1) expression and hexokinase2 (HK2) expression in LUAD tissues. In addition, ATAD2 knockdown significantly inhibited the proliferation, tumorigenicity, migration, [18F]FDG uptake and lactate production of LUAD cells, while, ATAD2 overexpression exhibited the opposite effects. Furthermore, ATAD2 modulated the glycometabolism of LUAD via AKT-GLUT1/HK2 pathway, as assessed using LY294002 (an inhibitor of PI3K/AKT pathway). In summary, to explore the correlation between ATAD2 expression and glycometabolism is expected to bring good news for anti-energy metabolism therapy of cancers.

• 대한방사선기술학회지:방사선기술과학
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• 제44권6호
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• pp.635-643
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• 2021

The results of empirical researches on the diagnosis of lung cancer are insufficient, so it is limited to objectively judge the clinical possibility and utilization according to the accuracy of diagnosis. Thus, this study retrospectively analyzed the lung cancer diagnostic performance of PET-MRI (Positron Emission Tomography-Magnetic Resonance Imaging) by using the decision matrix. This study selected and experimented total 165 patients who received both hematological CEA (Carcinoembryonic Antigen) test and hybrid PET-MRI (¹⁸F-FDG, 5.18 MBq/kg / Body TIM coil. VIVE-Dixon). After setting up the result of CEA (positive:>4 ㎍/ℓ. negative:<2.5㎍/ℓ) as golden data, the lung cancer was found in the image of PET-MRI, and then the SUV_max (positive:>4, negative:<1.5) was measured, and then evaluated the correlation and significance of results of relative diagnostic performance of PET-MRI compared to CEA through the statistical verification (t-test, P>0.05). Through this, the PET-MRI was analyzed as 96.29% of sensitivity, 95.23% of specificity, 3.70% of false negative rate, 4.76% of false positive rate, and 95.75% of accuracy. The false negative rate was 1.06% lower than the false positive rate. The PET-MRI that significant accuracy of diagnosis through high sensitivity and specificity, and low false negative rate and false positive rate of lung cancer, could acquire the fusion image of specialized soft tissue by combining the radio-pharmaceuticals with various sequences, so its clinical value and usefulness are regarded as latently sufficient.

• 핵의학기술
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• 제15권1호
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• pp.65-69
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• 2011

양전자방출단층촬영 검사 시 정상 췌장의 FDG 섭취가 낮으며, 췌장암은 높은 FDG 섭취를 보이는 종양이므로 PET을 이용하여 췌장 병변의 악성 여부를 진단할 수 있다. 그러나 췌장암 환자에서 당뇨병의 유병률이 높다는 것은 여러 보고에서 잘 알려져 있고, 혈당의 수치가 정상 범위 이상인 경우엔 FDG 섭취가 감소하게 된다. 그러므로 혈당의 수치를 정상 범위로 조절하기 위해 검사를 지연시켜 환자의 불편함 뿐만 아니라 검사 일정 조정에도 지장을 초래 한다. 본 연구에서는 PET 검사 시 췌장암 환자의 혈당치가 영상에 미치는 영향을 평가하였다. 본 연구는 PET 검사를 위해 본원 핵의학과에 내원한 100명의 환자를 대상으로 하였다. 검사 직전 공복 혈장 포도당농도를 측정하여 당뇨병을 진단받은 환자군과 진단받지 않은 환자군으로 분류하였다. 영상분석은 당뇨병을 진단받지 않은 환자군, 당뇨병을 진단받은 환자군 중 7.0 mmol/L (126 mg/dL) 이상 그리고 미만인 세 그룹의 간과 폐에 관심영역(ROI)을 설정하고 최대 표준화 섭취 계수 ($SUV_{max}$)를 구하여 SPSS ver. 17을 이용하여 비교 분석하였다. 100명의 환자 중 남자 53명, 여자 47명이었고 평균 연령은 $60.1{\pm}13.5$세였다. 췌장암과 당뇨병이 같이 있는 환자들이 36명(남 22명, 여 14명)으로 36%였다. 또 검사 직전 공복 혈장 포도당농도가 7.0 mmol/L 이상인 환자는 100명 중 15명, 미만인 환자는 85명이었다. 당뇨병을 진단받은 환자군 중 7.0 mmol/L 이상, 미만, 당뇨병 진단을 받지 않은 그룹 간의 간과 폐에서의 $SUV_{max}$는 유의한 차이가 없었다(p>0.05). 결론적으로 췌장암 환자의 당뇨병 유병율이 높았고, PET 검사 시 공복 혈당치가 정상 혈당치보다 높아도 검사 전처치가 잘되어 있으면 영상을 진단하는데 큰 어려움을 주지 않을 것이라 생각된다. 또한 혈당치 조절을 위한 검사실 일정 조정에 변화를 주지 않을 뿐만 아니라, 추가적인 공복 기간으로 오는 불편함을 줄일 수 있을 것이라 사료된다.

• Asian Pacific Journal of Cancer Prevention
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• 제16권8호
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• pp.3333-3338
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• 2015

Background: This study was conducted to analyze positron emission tomography (PET) / computed tomography (CT) and magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) performance with oropharyngeal non-Hodgkin's lymphoma (ONHL).Materials and Methods: The complete image data of 30 ONHL cases were analyzed, all patients were performed PET / CT and MRI examination before the treatment, with the time interval of these two inspections not exceeding 14 days. The distribution, morphology, MRI signal characteristics, enhancement feature, standardized uptake value (SUV) max value and lymph node metastasis way of the lesions were analyzed. Results: Among the 30 cases, 23 cases were derived from the B-cell (76.7%), 5 cases were derived from the peripheral T cells (16.7%) and 2 cases were derived from the NK/T cells (6.7%). 19 cases exhibited the palatine tonsil involvement (63.3%). As for the lesion appearance, 10 cases appeared as mass, 8 cases were the diffused type and 12 cases were the mixed type. 25 cases exhibited the SUVmax value of PET / CT primary lesions as 11 or more (83.3%). MRI showed that all patients exhibited various degrees of parapharyngeal side-compressed narrowing, but MRI still exhibited the high-signal fat, and the oropharyngeal mucosa was intact. 25 cases were associated with the neck lymph node metastasis, among who 22 cases had no necrosis in the metastatic lymph nodes, while the rest 3 cases exhibited the central necrosis in the metastatic lymph nodes. Conclusions: PET / CT and MRI have important value in diagnosing and determining the lesion extent of ONHL.