• Nuclear Medicine and Molecular Imaging
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• 제43권3호
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• pp.240-244
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• 2009

F-18 FDG PET is a metabolic imaging modality that is efficacious in staging and assessment of treatment response for variety of lymphomas. We report usefulness of F-18 FOG PET/Cl in evaluating severity of the disease and response to therapy in a patient with subcutaneous panniculitis- like T-cell lymphoma (SPTCL). Here we describe a case of SPTCL in 24-year-old man who had wide spread firm and tender nodular lesions with increased F-18 FOG uptake. After chemotherapy follow up F-18 FDG PET/CT image shows disseminated malignancy and then the patient died with hemophagocytic syndrome. This report suggests that F-18 FDG PET/CT may be useful in determining disease activity at the time of initial diagnosis, after treatment, and evaluating a suspected outcome of SPTCL.

• Tuberculosis and Respiratory Diseases
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• 제62권3호
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• pp.232-236
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• 2007

폐동맥 육종은 극히 드문 질환으로 폐동맥 혈전증과 혼동되는 경우가 많다. 육종에서는 FDG 섭취가 증가되므로 $^{18}F-FDG-PET$를 시행하면 FDG 섭취가 없는 색전증과 구별할 수 있지만 해상도가 떨어지는 단점이 있다. 그러므로 CT 영상을 접목한 PET/CT는 폐동맥 육종과 혈전증을 보다 선명하게 구별할 수 있다. 저자들은 혈전증과 감별이 어려운 폐동맥 병변에 대해 PET/CT로 폐동맥 육종의 진단에 도움을 받았던 증례를 경험하였기에 문헌고찰과 함께 보고하는 바이다.

• Asian Pacific Journal of Cancer Prevention
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• 제14권8호
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• pp.4847-4851
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• 2013

Objectives: To evaluate accuracy of FDG-PET CT in prediction of persistent disease in head and neck cancer cases and to determine prognostic value of metabolic tumor response. Materials and Methods: Between 2009 and 2011, 46 patients with squamous cell carcinoma of head and neck receiving PET-CT were treated with definitive radiotherapy, with or without chemotherapy. There were 29 nasopharyngeal, 11 hypopharyngeal, 3 oropharyngeal and 3 laryngeal cancer patients, with a median age of 50.5 years (range 16-84), 32 males and 14 females. All patients were evaluated with PET-CT median 3-5 months (2.4-9.4) after completion of radiotherapy. Results: After a median 20 months of follow up, complete metabolic response was observed in 63% of patients. Suspicious residual uptake was present in 10.9% and residual metabolic uptake in 26.0% of patients. The overall sensitivity, specificity, positive predictive value and negative predictive value of FDG-PET-CT for detection of residual disease was 91% and 81%, 64% and 96% respectively. Two year LRC was 95% in complete responders while it was 34% in non-complete responders. Conclusions: FDG PET CT is a valuable tool for assessment of treatment response, especially in patients at high risk of local recurrence, and also as an indicator of prognosis. Definitely more precise criteria are required for assessment of response, there being no clear cut uptake value indicating residual disease. Futhermore, repair processes of normal tissue may consume glucose which appear as increased uptake in control FDG PET CT.

• Tuberculosis and Respiratory Diseases
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• 제63권6호
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• pp.521-525
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• 2007

FDG-PET/CT는 악성종양 발견에 많은 기여를 하고 있는 영상진단법이지만, 염증성 질환에서 위양성을 보일 수 있다. 저자들은 국내외적으로 보고된 바가 많지 않은 PET/CT에서 양쪽 폐, 복부 림프절과 왼쪽 궁둥이의 증가된 FDG 섭취로 폐암으로 의심된 폐흡충증을 경험하였기에 문헌고찰과 함께 보고한다.

• 한국임상수의학회지
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• 제33권1호
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• pp.51-57
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• 2016

In this study, the features of canine lymphoma on fluorine-18 fluorodeoxyglucose (FDG) positron emission tomography/computed tomography (PET/CT) were evaluated in three small breed dogs. In case 1, ultrasonography and CT indicated neoplastic involvement of the sternal, right axillary, submandibular, lower cervical, tracheobronchial, mesenteric, and sublumbar lymph nodes; spleen; and liver. However, intense FDG uptake on PET/CT images was detected only for the lymph nodes and spleen. No FDG uptake by the liver was detected for case 1 despite the confirmation of lymphoma by cytology. In case 2, ultrasonography and CT indicated neoplastic involvement of the axillary, mesenteric, and sublumbar lymph nodes and the spleen, while intense FDG uptake on PET/CT images was detected for the axillary and a few mesenteric lymph nodes, and the spleen. FDG uptake was additionally observed from popliteal lymph nodes, however there was no uptake by the sublumbar lymph nodes and some mesenteric lymph nodes. In case 3, neoplastic changes in the splenic, mesenteric, and sublumbar lymph nodes and spleen were suspected on ultrasonography, and lower cervical and popliteal lymph node involvements were additionally detected on PET/CT. Compared to ultrasonography, repeated PET/CT showed increased FDG uptake by the lymph nodes at an earlier stage after chemotherapy in case 3. This study illustrated the features of PET/CT in canine lymphomas and compared those to ultrasonography and CT findings. FDG uptakes were not detected from some lesions which were suspected to be neoplastic involvement in case 1 and 2. We could not clearly explain the reason of this result in the present study because cytological or histological examination was not performed for lesions that showed different results on ultrasonography, CT, and PET/CT. Further studies on the subclassification of canine lymphoma and the sensitivity and specificity of PET/CT for the detection of canine lymphoma are required. PET/CT data can provide useful information for predicting the therapeutic response at an early stage after treatment.

• 대한핵의학회지
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• 제39권3호
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• pp.212-213
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• 2005

A 42 years old woman underwent F-18 FDG PET because of the incidentally detected lung mass on chest X-ray. PET/CT showed hypermetabolic lesion in the lung right upper lobe and the lung cancer was suspected because of the high FDG uptake. However, pathologic diagnosis was sclerosing hemangioma. There are few reports on the evaluation of sclerosing hemangioma using FDG PET. A report showed a slightly increased uptake (standardized uptake ratio of 1.8) (1), and another report showed unsatisfactory result (2). We suggest that sclerosing hemangioma could be seen as hypermetabolic lesion on the FDG PET.

• Nuclear Medicine and Molecular Imaging
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• 제41권6호
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• pp.538-545
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• 2007

목적: 소세포폐암 환자에서 치료 전 $^{18}F$-FDG PET/CT에서 $^{18}F$-FDG의 섭취 정도(maxSUV)와 치료에 대한 반응, 그리고 재발과의 연관성에 대해 연구하고자 하였다. 대상 및 방법: 조직학적으로 소세포암으로 진단된 환자 26명을 대상으로 하였다. 모든 환자에서 병기설정 목적으로 $^{18}F$-FDG PET/CT를 시행하였으며, 항암 또는 방사선 치료에 대한 반응 평가를 위해 정기적으로 흉부 CT 검사를 시행하여 추적 관찰하였다. 모든 환자에서 $^{18}F$-FDG섭취 정도의 매개변수로 maxSUV 값을 사용하였다. 항암 또는 방사선 치료 중 또는 치료 후 흉부 CT를 기준으로 반응군과 비반응군으로 나누었다. 독립표본 T 검정을 이용하여 두 환자군간의 maxSUV 값을 비교하였다. 상관 분석을 이용해 FDG 섭취 정도와 재발, 그리고 $^{18}F$-FDG섭취 정도와 재발까지의 기간과의 관계를 평가하였다. ROC곡선을 이용하여 반응군과 비반응군 사이의 진단적 maxSUV 값을 추정하였다. 결과: 추적 관찰한 흉부 CT결과를 토대로 하여 총 26명의 환자 중 21명(81%)은 반응군으로 5명(19%)은 비반응군으로 분류하였다. 반응군과 비반응군의 폐병소에서 평균 maxSUV 값은 각각 $14.15{\pm}3.72$와 $9.17{\pm}2.15$였고, 반응군에서의 maxSU 값이 비반응군에서보다 통계학적으로 유의하게 낮았다(p<0.05). 반응군과 비반응군 사이의 진단적 maxSUV 값을 구하기 위한 ROC 곡선에서 maxSUV가 8.99일 때 100%의 민감도를 보였다. marSUV 값과 진단에서부터 재발까지의 기간은 음의 상관관계를 보였다(p<0.05, r=-0.757). 결론: 소세포폐암 환자에서 치료 전 $^{18}F$-FDG PET/CT 에서의 $^{18}F$-FDG의 섭취정도가 비반응군에서보다 반응군에서 통계적으로 유의하게 낮았다. 치료 전 $^{18}F$-FDG PET/CT에서 $^{18}F$-FDG의 섭취가 높은 환자에서 더 일찍 재발하였다.

• Nuclear Medicine and Molecular Imaging
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• 제43권2호
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• pp.150-153
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• 2009

Xanthogranulomatous pyelonephritis is an uncommon chronic renal infection, which is usually found on middle-aged women and is rare in infant. Sometimes it forms focal mass like lesion of kidney with pathologically characteristic lipid-laden macrophage. A 1-month female infant was admitted for fever and moaning sound. On work-up of urinary tract infection, abdomen ultrasonography and computed tomography revealed a large mass on the upper portion of right kidney and PET/CT showed homogeneously increased $^{18}F$-FDG uptake. The radical nephrectomy of right kidney was performed and histology revealed a focal xanthogranulomatous pyelonephritis. To our knowledge, this is the first report presenting the finding of $^{18}F$-FDG PET/CT in the childhood xanthogranulomatous pyelonephritis.

• Nuclear Medicine and Molecular Imaging
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• 제43권6호
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• pp.582-587
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• 2009

A 59-year-old woman who was diagnosed with malignant pheochromocytoma underwent $^{18}F$-fluorodeoxyglucose positron emission tomography/computed tomography ($^{18}F$-FDG PET/CT). She had undergone left adrenalectomy for pheochromocytoma 4 years previously. Recent multiple metastatic pulmonary nodules were noted on the chest X-ray. After treatment with $^{131}I$-metaiodobenzylguanidine ($^{131}I$-MIBG) with 7.4 GBq, post-therapy $^{131}I$-MIBG scintigraphy depicted multiple distant metastases including lung, liver, abdominal para-aortic and mesenteric lymph nodes. $^{18}F$-FDG PET/CT also depicted multiple metastases in lung, liver, and abdominal para-aortic lymph nodes, but some lesions were not shown. In this case, $^{131}I$-MIBG scintigraphy found additional lesions in metastatic malignant pheochromocytoma.

• Nuclear Medicine and Molecular Imaging
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• 제40권3호
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• pp.163-168
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• 2006

목적: 특발성 폐섬유증(Idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis: IPF)에서 폐암의 발생빈도가 정상인에 비하여 증가되어 있음이 알려져 있다. IPF 환자의 흥부전산화단층촬영(chest CT)에서 폐 결절이 관찰되는 경우 폐암의 발생과 IPF자체의 결절을 감별하기 어렵다. 이 연구에서는 IPF 환자의 chest CT에서 관찰된 결절의 악성 여부를 FDG PET을 이용해 분석하였다. 대상 및 방법 : IPF로 진단된 환자 중, chest CT에서 악성 결절이 의심되어 FDG PET을 시행한 16명을 대상으로 하였다. 총 16명 (남: 14, 여: 2, 나이: $67.53{\pm}9.83$세)의 환자에서 관찰된 28개의 결절에 대하여 FDG PET과 CT소견을 분석 하였다. 대상 환자 중 2명은 소세포암과 성문하암으로 치료 받은 병력이 있었으며, 나머지 환자는 악성종양의 기왕력이 없었다. 결절의 악성도 여부는 조직검사와 CT 추적검사로 판정 하였다. 결과 : 10개 의 결절은 폐암으로 진단되었고, 18개의 결절은 양성 결절로 판정되었다(조직병리검사: 6예, chest CT 추적검사: 22예). FDG PET의 예민도는 100%이었으며 특이도는 94.4%이었다. 크기와 형태 및 크기 변화 등을 참고한 CT의 예민도는 70%이었고.특이도는 44.4%이었다. 악성 결절의 maxSUV는 $7.68{\pm}3.96$, 양성 결절은 $1.22{\pm}0.65$ 이었다(p<0.001). 폐섬유증부위에서 측정한 maxSUV는 $1.80{\pm}0.43$로써 악성 결절보다 낮은 값이었으며, 양성 결절보다는 높은 값이었다(p<0.001; p<0.001). CT에서 측정한 악성 결절의 크기는 $23.95{\pm}10.15mm$, 양성 결절은 $10.83{\pm}5.23mm$이었다(p<0.02). 결론 : FDG PET은 IPF 환자의 CT에서 발견된 폐 결절을 감별하는데 도움이 되었다.