• Clinical and Experimental Pediatrics
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• 제57권5호
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• pp.226-231
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• 2014

Purpose: Kikuchi-Fujimoto disease (KFD) is a benign disease, which is characterized by a cervical lymphadenopathy with fever, and it often mimics malignant lymphoma (ML). 2-[$^{18}F$]fluoro-2-deoxy-D-glucose positron emission tomography/computed tomography ($^{18}F$-FDG PET/CT) is a powerful imaging modality for the diagnosis, staging and monitoring of ML, with the limitations including the nonspecific FDG uptake in infectious or inflammatory processes. This study compared clinical manifestations and PET/CT findings between KFD and ML patients. Methods: We retrospectively reviewed the medical records of 23 patients with KFD and 33 patients with ML, diagnosed histopathologically, between January 2000 and May 2013 at the Department of Pediatrics, Yeungnam University Medical Center. Among them, we analyzed the clinical manifestations, laboratory findings and characteristics, and the amount of $^{18}F$-FDG uptake between 8 KFD and 9 ML patients who had $^{18}F$-FDG PET/CT. Results: The $^{18}F$-FDG PET/CT maximum standardized uptake values ($SUV_{max}$) ranged from 8.3 to 22.5 (mean, 12.0) in KFDs, and from 5.8 to 34.3 (mean, 15.9) in MLs. There were no significant differences in $SUV_{max}$ between KFDs and MLs. $^{18}F$-FDG PET/CT with ML patients showed hot uptakes in the extranodal organs, such as bone marrow, small bowel, thymus, kidney, orbit and pleura. However, none of the KFD cases showed extranodal uptake (P<0.001). $^{18}F$-FDG PET/CT findings of KFD with nodal involvement only were indistinguishable from those of ML. Conclusion: Patients who had extranodal involvement on PET/CT were more likely to have malignancy than KFD.

• Nuclear Medicine and Molecular Imaging
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• 제42권3호
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• pp.246-248
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• 2008

A hepatic angiomyolipoma is a rare benign tumor mainly composed of blood vessels, smooth muscle cells and fat cells in varying proportion. Hepatic angiomyolipoma is often misdiagnosed as a hepatocellular carcinoma in preoperative imaging work-up. To date, there has been little published data describing PET findings of hepatic angiomyolipoma. We report one case of hepatic angiomyolipoma that showed a high acetate and relatively low FDG uptake on PET images.

• Nuclear Medicine and Molecular Imaging
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• 제42권sup1호
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• pp.113-115
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• 2008

Clinical experience on FDG PET in urothelial tumors, vulva and vaginal carcinoma is still limited. The main interest of this review is to study a bibliographic review and applications of PET for urothelial tumors, vulva and vaginal carcinoma. The role of positron emission tomography (PET) is still evolving but is likely to be most important in determining early spread of disease in patients with aggressive tumors and for monitoring response to therapy. More extensive clinical investigations are necessary to support this indications.

• 대한핵의학회지
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• 제38권6호
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• pp.481-485
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• 2004

Lung cancer has become a leading cause of cancer death in Korea. Accurate staging of non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC) is essential to the ability to offer a patient the most effective available treatment and the best estimate of prognosis. PET with F-18 fluorodeoxyglucose (FDG) is indicated for the nodal staging of NSCLC and detection of distant metastases. Use of PET for mediastinal staging should not be relied on as a sole staging modality, and positive findings should be confirmed by mediastinoscopy. FDG PET avoids futile surgery by a more accurate selection of patients, especially by the detection of unexpected distant metastases.

• 한국방사선학회논문지
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• 제6권1호
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• pp.47-51
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• 2012

양전자 방출단층 촬영은 $^{18}F$-FDG 주사하고 1시간 후에 촬영한다. 하지만 장비의 결함 또는 예상하지 못한 상황으로 2-3시간정도 경과되어 촬영을 하는 경우가 발생한다. 이에 시간 흐름에 따라 획득된 영상에서 체내 부위별 표준화 섭취계수를 측정하여 다음과 같은 결과를 얻었다. 정상기관 중 정상부위는 간(간우엽 중앙부), 지방(좌측 둔부), 폐(우측 상엽부), 대동맥(상행 대동맥)의 경우는 지연영상에서 크고 작은 감소가 나타났으며, 정상부위 중 유일하게 뼈(제 5요추 체부)에서 ${\Delta}$SUVmax 37%의 증가가 나타났다. 병소부위는 시간의 흐름에 따라 증가함을 보였으며 ${\Delta}$SUVmax는 37.6%증가로 나타났으며 병소의 섭취증가와 정상부위 섭취감소로 대조도의 차이가 커짐을 알 수 있었다.

• 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.

• Nuclear Medicine and Molecular Imaging
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• 제42권sup1호
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• pp.172-176
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• 2008

FDG PET has been used as a diagnostic tool for localization of seizure focus for last 2-3 decades. In this article, the clinical usefulness of FDG PET in the management of patients with epilepsy has been reviewed, which provided the evidences to justify the medicare reimbursement for FDG PET in management of patients with epilepsy. Literature review demonstrated that FDG PET provides an important information in localization of seizure focus and determination whether a patients is a surgical candidate or not. FDG PET has been reported to have high diagnostic performance in localization of seizure focus in neocortical epilepsy as well as temporal lobe epilepsy regardless of the presence of structural lesion on MRI. Particularly, FDG PET can provide the additional information when the results from standard diagnositic modality such as interictal or video-monitored EEG, and MRI are inconclusive or discordant, and make to avoid invasive study. Furthermore, the presence of hypometabolism and extent of metabolic extent has been reported as an important predictor for seizure free outcome. However, studies suggested that more accurate localization and better surgical outcome could be expected with multimodal approach by combination of EEG, MRI, and functional studies using FDG PET or perfusion SPECT rather than using a single diagnostic modality in management of patients with epilepsy. Complementary use of FDG PET in management of epilepsy is worth for good surgical outcome in epilepsy patients.

• Nuclear Medicine and Molecular Imaging
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• 제43권6호
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• pp.557-564
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• 2009

목적: CRC 환자의 PET/CT 스캔에서 FDG 섭취에 영향을 주는 임상병리학적 및 면역조직화학적 지표들이 있는지 알아보고자 하였다. 대상 및 방법: 본원에 내원하여 치료 전 F-18 FDG PET/CT 스캔을 시행한 147명의 CRC 환자를 대상으로 하였다. PET/CT 영상에서 원발 종양의 SUVmax를 구한 후 종양의 위치, 크기, 침습 정도(T 병기), 종양 성장 패턴, 림프절 전이 여부, Dukes-Astler & Coller 병기, 분화도, EGFR, MLH1, MSH2 발현 유무 그리고 Ki-67 표지율과 같은 임상병리학적 및 면역조직화학적 지표들과의 상관 관계를 분석하였다. 결과: CRC 환자 147명의 치료 전 PET/CT 스캔 중 146명의 스캔에서 인지 가능한 FDG 섭취가 확인되었다. FDG 섭취는 종양의 크기와 약한 양적 선형 관계를 보였다(r=0.277, p=0.001). 원발 종양 조직에서 Ki-67 표지율이 50% 이상인 그룹에서의 SUVmax는 50% 미만인 그룹에서의 SUVmax 보다 의미있게 높았고(7.62.8 vs. 11.65.8, p=0.002), Ki-67 표지율 정도와 FDG 섭취 간에 약한 양적 선형 관계를 보였다(r=0.226, p=0.019). 그 외 종양의 위치, 침습 정도(T 병기), 종양 성장 패턴, 림프절 전이 여부, Dukes-Astler & Coller 병기, 분화도, EGFR, MLH1, MSH2 발현 유무에 따른 CRC의 SUVmax는 통계학적으로 유의한 차이가 없었다. 결론: CRC에서 F-18 FDG의 섭취 정도는 종양의 크기, Ki-67 표지율과 연관성이 있어 종양의 거시적 그리고 미시적 성장에 따라 FDG 섭취가 증가함을 알 수 있었다.

• Radiation Oncology Journal
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• 제27권3호
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• pp.111-119
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• 2009

목 적: 국소 진행된 직장암에서 수술 전 동시항암방사선치료 후 정확한 치료 반응 평가는 매우 중요하다. 본 연구는 국소 진행된 직장암에서 $^{18}F$-FDG PET/CT를 이용한 수술 전 항암방사선치료의 반응성 예측에 대해 알아보고자 하였다. 대상 및 방법: 2006년 8월부터 2008년 1월까지 원자력의학원에서 국소 진행된 직장암으로 수술 전 항암방사선치료를 시행한 20명의 환자를 대상으로 전향적 연구를 시행하였다. 방사선 치료는 한 회에 1.8 Gy씩 하루 1회 주 5회의 일정으로 총 50.4 Gy 시행되었고, 항암 치료는 3주 간격으로 3회 시행되었다. 모든 환자는 치료 전과 항암방사선치료 종료 6주 후에 각각 $^{18}F$-FDG PET/CT 촬영을 하였다. 모든 환자는 수술을 시행 받았고 수술 후 절제된 조직을 통해 Dworak 분류에 따른 종양의 치료에 대한 반응 정도를 평가하였다. 결 과: 20명 중 11명의 환자가 Dworak 분류에 따라 반응군에 속했으며, 나머지 9명은 비반응군으로 분류되었다. 수술 후 $SUV_{max}$값과 metabolic volume (SUV가 2.5 이상인 병변의 용적)은 수술 전 $SUV_{max}$값과 metabolic volume보다 현저히 낮았다. 그러나 반응군에서 metabolic volume의 변화를 제외하고는 통계적으로 유의한 차이는 보이지 않았다. 이 연구에서는 치료 후 반응군과 비반응군을 구분하는 cut-off value는 $SUV_{max}$가 67% 감소하는 지점으로 나타났다. 이 cut-off value를 이용하여 반응군과 비반응군을 구분하는 경우 민감도는 45.5%, 특이도는 88.9%였으며, 양성 예측률과 음성 예측률은 각각 71.4% 및 53.8%였다. 결 론: 비록 본 연구에서는 통계적으로 유의한 결과를 얻지 못하였지만, 다른 연구들을 통해 봤을 때 국소 진행된 직장암 환자에서 수술 전 방사선 및 항암 병합 요법의 효과를 판정하고 예측하는데 있어서 $^{18}F$-FDG PET/CT를 이용한 검사가 유용할 것으로 생각된다.

• 핵의학기술
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• 제16권2호
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• pp.99-105
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• 2012

Purpose : This study is designed to compare two parameters reflecting $^{18}F$-FDG uptake, SUV and radioactivity, for diagnosis of thyroid cancer in dual time $^{18}F$-FDG PET/CT imaging and to find which parameter is more useful to decide whether the tumor is malignant or not. Materials and Methods : We performed retrospective study for 40 patients. All patients are diagnosed as primary thyroid cancer and examined $^{18}F$-FDG PET/CT. First, we got the dispersion of scattering beam of neck and lung apex to set a background and compared each dispersion, mean value, standard deviation of maxSUV and radioactivity. Also, mean maxSUV, ${\Delta}maxSUV$, ${\Delta}maxBq$/ml(%) and radioactivity between groups according to lesion's size based on biopsy are compared with independent-sample t-test. Results : the values that were from maxSUV and radioactivity measurement technique were compensated and calculated to practical values for mean comparison and patients were divided to two groups based on tumor size, Group1 ($size{\leq}1$ cm, n=21), Group2 (size>1 cm, n=19) for accurate comparison. In Group1, maxSUV (semi-quantitative analysis) was increased from $5.64{\pm}5.85$ (1.89~17.84) at first image to $5.90{\pm}5.01$ (1.95~18.22) at second image and radioactivity (Bq/ml) (quantitative analysis) showed similar increase from $5.93{\pm}6.38$ (2.50~16.75) at first image to $6.01{\pm}5.25$ (2.66~16.58) at second image. In Group2, TFmaxSUV was $10.54{\pm}14.36$ (2.54~33.89) in true first image, TSmaxSUV was $9.85{\pm}12.88$ (2.62~26.20) in true second image separately. The maxSUV showed a significant difference in the mean comparison between the two groups (p=0.035) But, mean radioactivity (Bq/ml) was $5.93{\pm}6.38$ (4.81~40.99) in true first image, $6.01{\pm}5.25$ (4.51~36.93) in true second image and didn't show a significant difference statistically (p=0.126) Conclusion : In diagnosis of thyroid tumor, SUV and radioactivity depending on $^{18}F$-FDG uptake showed high similarity with coefficient of determination (R2=0.939) and malignant evaluation results using dual time also showed similar aspect. Radioactivity for evaluation of malignant tumor didn't show better specificity or sensitivity than maxSUV.