AIM: The aim of this study was to evaluate the role of 18F fluorodeoxyglucose-positron emission tomography (FDG-PET), differentiated thyroid carcinoma (DTC) treated with therapeutic (131)I because of elevated thyroglobulin (Tg) levels during follow up. The results of FDG-PET/CTwere compared with post-therapy (131)I whole body scan (131I-t-WBS) and Tg at short term follow up. METHODS: Forty-five patients with DTC underwent a new therapeutic (131I) administration based upon Tg values >1.5 ng/mL. All patients underwent (131I-t-WBS) 5-7 days after 131I therapy. A few days before 131I administration, a FDG-PET scan was performed in all patients. FDG-PET/CT was considered positive (PET+) when at least one abnormal focus of FDG uptake was found; likewise, 131I-t-WBS was considered positive(WBS+) when at least on abnormal focus of uptake was found. Assessment of short-term response to radioiodine was performed by measuring Tg values. RESULTS: FDG-PET/CT was positive in 32 patients, 23 of which had positive 131I-t-WBS and negative in 13, 8 of which had a negative 131I-t-WBS. Overall agreement was 69%. Tg values were significantly higher in FDG-PET/CT positive (502+/-1 027 ng/mL) than in FDG-PET/CT negative patients(57+/-94 ng/mL). A significant difference emerged between 131I-t-WBS positive (561 +/- 1 086 ng/mL) and 131I-t-WBS negative (65+/- 120 ng/mL) findings. In these 45 patientsTg normalized in 36%, was reduced by at least 50% in 24% and remained unchanged in the remaining 40%. Overall, at short-term follow-up, Tg values normalized in 77% of the 13 patients with negative FDG-PET/CT and in 19% of the 32 patients with positive FDG-PET/CT. CONCLUSION: FDG-PET/CTis a powerful and useful tool for assessing patients with DTC. it can provide additional information in those patientswith high Tg at follow-up and eligible for 131I therapy. A negative FDG-PET/CT could also represent a prognostic tool combined with serum Tg testing a short term follow-up.

Fluorodeoxyglucose PET/CT in patients with differentiated thyroid cancer and elevated thyroglobulin after total thyroidectomy and (131)I ablation / Salvatore, B.; Paone, G.; Klain, Michele; Storto, G.; Nicolai, E.; D'Amico, D.; Della Morte, A. M.; Pace, Leonardo; Salvatore, Marco. - In: THE QUARTERLY JOURNAL OF NUCLEAR MEDICINE AND MOLECULAR IMAGING. - ISSN 1824-4785. - STAMPA. - 52:1(2008), pp. 2-8.

Fluorodeoxyglucose PET/CT in patients with differentiated thyroid cancer and elevated thyroglobulin after total thyroidectomy and (131)I ablation.

KLAIN, MICHELE;PACE, LEONARDO;SALVATORE, MARCO
2008

Abstract

AIM: The aim of this study was to evaluate the role of 18F fluorodeoxyglucose-positron emission tomography (FDG-PET), differentiated thyroid carcinoma (DTC) treated with therapeutic (131)I because of elevated thyroglobulin (Tg) levels during follow up. The results of FDG-PET/CTwere compared with post-therapy (131)I whole body scan (131I-t-WBS) and Tg at short term follow up. METHODS: Forty-five patients with DTC underwent a new therapeutic (131I) administration based upon Tg values >1.5 ng/mL. All patients underwent (131I-t-WBS) 5-7 days after 131I therapy. A few days before 131I administration, a FDG-PET scan was performed in all patients. FDG-PET/CT was considered positive (PET+) when at least one abnormal focus of FDG uptake was found; likewise, 131I-t-WBS was considered positive(WBS+) when at least on abnormal focus of uptake was found. Assessment of short-term response to radioiodine was performed by measuring Tg values. RESULTS: FDG-PET/CT was positive in 32 patients, 23 of which had positive 131I-t-WBS and negative in 13, 8 of which had a negative 131I-t-WBS. Overall agreement was 69%. Tg values were significantly higher in FDG-PET/CT positive (502+/-1 027 ng/mL) than in FDG-PET/CT negative patients(57+/-94 ng/mL). A significant difference emerged between 131I-t-WBS positive (561 +/- 1 086 ng/mL) and 131I-t-WBS negative (65+/- 120 ng/mL) findings. In these 45 patientsTg normalized in 36%, was reduced by at least 50% in 24% and remained unchanged in the remaining 40%. Overall, at short-term follow-up, Tg values normalized in 77% of the 13 patients with negative FDG-PET/CT and in 19% of the 32 patients with positive FDG-PET/CT. CONCLUSION: FDG-PET/CTis a powerful and useful tool for assessing patients with DTC. it can provide additional information in those patientswith high Tg at follow-up and eligible for 131I therapy. A negative FDG-PET/CT could also represent a prognostic tool combined with serum Tg testing a short term follow-up.
2008
Fluorodeoxyglucose PET/CT in patients with differentiated thyroid cancer and elevated thyroglobulin after total thyroidectomy and (131)I ablation / Salvatore, B.; Paone, G.; Klain, Michele; Storto, G.; Nicolai, E.; D'Amico, D.; Della Morte, A. M.; Pace, Leonardo; Salvatore, Marco. - In: THE QUARTERLY JOURNAL OF NUCLEAR MEDICINE AND MOLECULAR IMAGING. - ISSN 1824-4785. - STAMPA. - 52:1(2008), pp. 2-8.
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