徳島大学 教育・研究者情報データベース(EDB)

1. 大塚 秀樹([徳島大学.大学院医歯薬学研究部.保健学域.保健科学部門.放射線科学系.画像医学・核医学]/[徳島大学.医学部.保健学科.放射線技術科学専攻.診療放射線技術学講座])

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(英) The utility of FDG-PET in the diagnosis of thymic epithelial tumors.

(英) In this article, seven studies evaluating the utility of FDG-PET in the diagnosis of thymic epithelial tumors were reviewed and the results of an investigation conducted in Tokushima University Hospital are reported. FDG accumulation of low-risk thymoma is low, and FDG accumulation of thymic carcinoma is high. High-risk thymoma exhibits various degrees of accumulation and a definite conclusion has not yet been reached; however, overall, the higher the histological grade, the higher the FDG accumulation becomes, suggesting that this is correlated to staging. Our data also support the previous reports. FDG-PET may indicate lymph node metastasis and distant metastasis, which are sometimes difficult to detect using other modalities. When lymph node metastasis and/or distant metastasis are suspected in addition to thymic lesions, FDG-PET/CT, which allows for searching of the entire body at once, is useful. FDG-PET/CT is effective for estimating histopathological malignancy and staging in the diagnosis of thymic epithelial tumors and can be an important imaging test with high relevance to the prognosis of a patient.

1. (英) Fluorodeoxyglucose F18
2. (英) Humans
3. (英) Neoplasm Staging
4. (英) Neoplasms, Glandular and Epithelial
5. (英) Positron-Emission Tomography
6. (英) Positron-Emission Tomography and Computed Tomography
7. (英) Radiopharmaceuticals
8. (英) Thymus Neoplasms

1. (英) Article.Affiliation: Department of Medical Imaging, Institute of Health Biosciences, Tokushima University Graduate School, Tokushima, Japan.

2. (英) Article.PublicationTypeList.PublicationType: Journal Article

3. (英) Article.PublicationTypeList.PublicationType: Review