• Nuclear Medicine and Molecular Imaging
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• 제41권6호
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• pp.566-569
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• 2007

목적: 의약품의 FDA 개정에 따라 $[^{18}F]$FDG에 휘발성 유기 용매의 분석을 GC로 수행하였다. $[^{18}F]$FDG 주사액은 약 3개월에 걸쳐 생산하면서 정도관리를 수행하였다. 대상 및 방법: $[^{18}F]$FDG 주사액에 존재하는 잔류유기용매의 종류를 줄이기 위해 $[^{18}F]$FDG자동합성장치를 ethanol을 이용해 세정하였다. $[^{18}F]$FDG주사액은 FID가 장착된 Hewlett-Packard 6890 Gas Chromatograph로 분석을 수행하였다. 생산된 $[^{18}F]$FDG의 시료는 상온에서 밀봉된 Vial에 보관하였고 일주일 내에 분석하였다. 결과: $[^{18}F]$FDG 생성물에서 ethanol의 양은 $16.8\sim2762.8ppm$이 검출 되었고 acetonitrile의 양은 $2.3\sim327.6ppm$이 검출 되었다. 결론: 약 3개월간 생산한 $[^{18}F]$FDG 주사액 중에 ethanol과 acetonitrile잔류 용매를 측정해본 결과 USP 허용기준인 ethanol 5000 ppm과 acetonitrile 400 ppm 이하가 유지됨을 확인하였다.

• 대한핵의학회지
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• 제33권6호
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• pp.502-511
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• 1999

목적: 유방종괴를 감별진단하고 액와림프절전이를 진단하는 데 대한 F-18 FDG PET의 진단정확도를 알아보고자 하였다. 대상 및 방법: 수술 전 F-18 FDG PET을 시행한 42명의 환자에 대하여 PET의 진단성능을 수술 후 조직 소견과 비교하였다. 결과: F-18 FDG PET에 이상이 있고 수술한 20명의 환자중 19명에서 암이 확인되었다. 반면 F-18 FDG PET에 이상 소견이 없는 상태에서 수술한 2명의 환자는 모두 양성종양이었다. F-18 FDG PET에 이상 소견이 없고 추적관찰만 한 환자 16명에서는 모두 암의 증거가 없었다. 수술로 확인된 F-18 FDG PET의 유방종괴 감별진단력은 예민도 95% (19/20) 특이도 17% (7/9), 양성예측도 86% (19/22), 음성예측도 87% (7/8)였다. 위양성은 염증 소견이 동반되었던 경우였고 위음성은 종양조직이 매우 적었던 경우였다. 과거에 유방성형술을 받았던 환자군 17명에서 F-18 FDG PET의 음성예측도는 93% (13/14)였다. 액와탐색수술을 시행한 17명의 환자에서 F-18 FDG PET의 예민도는 73% (8/11), 특이도는 100% (7/7), 양성예측도는 100% (8/8), 음성예측도는 70% (7/0)였다. 수술시 유방종괴가 양성종양으로 확인되어 더 이상 그쪽 액와탐색수술하지 않았던 예를 F-18-FDG PET이 모두 음성결과를 보였던 것까지 포함하면 음성예측도는 87% (20/23)였다. 결론: 유방암 환자에서 F-18-FDG PET의 진단성능이 우수하였고 액와림프절전이의 진단에 도움이 된다.

• Nuclear Medicine and Molecular Imaging
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• 제42권sup1호
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• pp.121-125
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• 2008

$^{18}F-FDG$ PET has a higher diagnostic accuracy than a in initial staging of testicular cancer. In seminoma, it can discriminate residual tumor from necrosis/fibrosis or mature teratoma. $^{18}F-FDG$ PET is also useful for the response evaluation of chemotherapy. However, there's no clinical evidence for the use of $^{18}F-FDG$ PET in the diagnosis and differential diagnosis of testicular cancer.

• Nuclear Medicine and Molecular Imaging
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• 제42권sup1호
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• pp.17-28
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• 2008

This review focuses on the clinical use of $^{18}F-FDG$ PET to evaluate solitary pulmonary nodule (SPN) and non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC). When SPN or mass without calcification is found on chest X-ray or CT, $^{18}F-FDG$ PET is an effective modality to differentiate benign from malignant lesions. For initial staging of NSCLC, $^{18}F-FDG$ PET is useful, and proved to be cost-effective in several countries. $^{18}F-FDG$ is useful for detecting recurrence, restaging and evaluating residual tumor after curative therapy in NSCLC. For therapy response assessment, $^{18}F-FDG$ PET may be effective after chemotherapy or radiation therapy. $^{18}F-FDG$ PET is useful to predict pathological response after neoadjuvant therapy in NSCLC. For radiation therapy planning, $^{18}F-FDG$ PET may be helpful, but requires further investigations. PET/CT is better for evaluating NSCLC than conventional PET.

• Nuclear Medicine and Molecular Imaging
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• 제42권sup1호
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• pp.32-38
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• 2008

This review focuses on the clinical use of $^{18}F-FDG$ PET in esophageal cancer. For initial staging of esophageal cancer, $^{18}F-FDG$ PET is better than chest CT and is complementary to endoscopic ultrasound. Due to its good results for detecting distant metastasis, $^{18}F-FDG$ PET evades unnecessary curative surgery. Also, PET findings are associated with prognosis in esophageal cancer. $^{18}F-FDG$ PET seems to be useful for detecting recurrence and restaging in esophageal cancer. For therapy response assessment, $^{18}F-FDG$ PET is effective after chemotherapy or radiation therapy. $^{18}F-FDG$ PET is useful to predict pathological response after neoadjuvant therapy in esophageal cancer, which is better than chest CT and endoscopic ultrasound. For radiation therapy planning, $^{18}F-FDG$ PET may be helpful, but requires further investigations.

• Nuclear Medicine and Molecular Imaging
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• 제43권6호
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• pp.577-581
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• 2009

Solid pseudo-papillary tumor (SPT) is a rare pancreatic neoplasm with low malignant potential, which tends to occur predominantly in younger females. Only a few cases of SPT seen on F-18 FDG PET scan have been reported, and the findings are not fully evaluated. A 33 year-old woman underwent F-18 FDG PET/CT study for staging of renal cell carcinoma. She was diagnosed with SPT of the pancreas 6 years ago, and has not had any treatment so far. Recent PET/CT showed marked F-18 FDG uptake in the peripheral solid portion and relatively less F-18 FDG uptake to the central calcified portion of SPT. We report one case of SPT of the pancreas on F-18 FDG PET/CT.

• Nuclear Medicine and Molecular Imaging
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• 제40권4호
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• pp.233-236
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• 2006

A 67-year-old man with a history of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) underwent F-18 fluorodeoxyglucose (FDG) positron emission tomography/computed tomography (PET/CT) for staging of gastric cancer. The projection images of F-18 FDG PET/CT showed intensely increased F-18 FDG uptake in the anterior neck, chest wall, and upper abdomen. We suspected distant metastases of cervical lymph nodes, ribs, and peritoneum in gastric canter. However, the transaxial images of F-18 FDG PET/CT showed abnormal F-18 FDG uptake in scalene muscles of anterior neck, intercostal muscles of chest wall, and diaphragm of upper abdomen. Patients with COPD use respiratory muscles extensively on the resting condition. These excessive physiologic use of respiratory muscles causes increased F-18 FDG uptake as a result of increased glucose metabolism. The F-18 FDG uptake in respiratory muscles of gastric cancer patient with COPD mimicked distant metastases in cervical lymph nodes, ribs, and peritoneum.

• Nuclear Medicine and Molecular Imaging
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• 제42권4호
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• pp.323-327
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• 2008

An esophageal leiomyoma is the most common benign tumor of the esophagus mainly occurred in intramural portion. Occasionaly, it is difficult to discriminate esophageal malignancy from large leiomyoma. Although F-18 FDG PET has been used for differentiating malignant from benign disease, false-positive cases have been reported. Recently, uterine leiomyoma has been reported to have relatively high F-18 FDG uptake in some patients but little is known about how an esophageal leiomyoma might be showed on F-18 FDG PET. We report a case of esophageal leiomyoma that showed high FDG uptake on PET images.

• Nuclear Medicine and Molecular Imaging
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• 제43권5호
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• pp.369-385
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• 2009

In this paper, the authors intended to summarize briefly the features of lymphoma with regard to $^{18}F$-FDG PET for assessment of tumor response to therapy, to describe why assessment of treatment response should be performed, to review what method so far has been used in monitoring treatment response, to discuss what limitations of morphologic imaging criteria for assessing tumor response are, in compared with $^{18}F$-FDG PET, and to introduce recently proposed criteria for assessing tumor response in malignant lymphoma. And also the authors emphasize the need to understand the characteristics of diagnostic performance of $^{18}F$-FDG PET in several clinical settings in order to interpret $^{18}F$-FDG PET results appropriately, and to encourage the use of interval likelihood ratio to enhance clinical implications of test results which, in turns, allows referring physicians to understand the meaning of interpretation with easy. Until recently, treatment response has been assessed according to the morphologic criteria. Metabolic imaging with $^{18}F$-FDG PET was adopted to have important role for treatment assessment in IWC+PET criteria proposed recently by IHP. To accomplish this role, we should perform and interpret $^{18}F$-FDG PET according to IWC+PET criteria. It is important for referring physicians to understand the various limitations of $^{18}F$-FDG PET and pitfalls in PET interpretation, and to understand that clinical information are needed by nuclear medicine physicians to optimize the interpretation of $^{18}F$-FDG PET.

• Nuclear Medicine and Molecular Imaging
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• 제42권sup1호
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• pp.140-148
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• 2008

$^{18}F-FDG$ PET showed a high sensitivity and specificity in the initial staging of malignant melanoma, and it also predicted the prognosis correctly. In addition, it had a higher sensitivity and specificity in the detection of recurrence and restaging than conventional imaging modalities. Meanwhile, there's less clinical evidence to support the use of $^{18}F-FDG$ PET in the response evaluation for chemotherapy and the diagnosis/differential diagnosis of malignant melanoma.