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Clinical usefulness of F-18 FDG PET in lymphoepithelioma-like gastric carcinoma

Authors
Park, S | Lee, D  | Lee, KM  | Han, SU  | Lee, JH  | Lee, SJ  | An, YS  | Yoon, JK
Citation
European journal of radiology, 94. : 160-166, 2017
Journal Title
European journal of radiology
ISSN
0720-048X1872-7727
Abstract
PURPOSE: Lymphoepithelioma-like carcinoma (LELC) is a rare type of gastric cancer. We evaluated the clinical usefulness of F-18 FDG positron emission tomography/computed tomography (PET/CT) in LELC of stomach.
MATERIALS AND METHODS: A total of 28 patients (mean age=59years) who underwent preoperative F-18 FDG PET/CT were enrolled retrospectively. Nine patients underwent follow-up F-18 FDG PET/CT. Pathologic information was obtained through gastrectomy and the association with Epstein-Barr virus (EBV) was investigated in 26 patients.
RESULTS: PET/CT detected 85.0% (17/20) of advanced gastric cancers (AGC) and 12.5% (1/8) of early gastric cancers (EGC). Most tumors (23/26, 88.5%) were EBV-associated. The maximum standardized uptake value of FDG-avid tumors was 7.5+/-3.0. The sensitivity and specificity of PET/CT for the presence of lymph node metastasis was 47.8% (11/23) and 100.0% (13/13), respectively. PET/CT also detected a hepatic sarcomatoid carcinoma in one patient. The specificity of PET/CT for distant metastasis or second malignancy was 96.3%. Follow-up PET/CT detected malignant lesions in 3 of 9 patients: a liver metastasis, recurrent hepatic sarcomatoid carcinomas and a metachronous cholangiocarcinoma. PET/CT correctly excluded recurrence in the rest of the patients (6/6). The sensitivity and specificity of PET/CT for detecting recurrence or second malignancy was 100% and 100%, respectively.
CONCLUSION: F-18 FDG PET/CT would be a useful tool in evaluating distant metastasis or recurrence in patients with gastric LELC.
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DOI
10.1016/j.ejrad.2017.06.022
PMID
28712702
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Journal Papers > School of Medicine / Graduate School of Medicine > Pathology
Journal Papers > School of Medicine / Graduate School of Medicine > Gastroenterology
Journal Papers > School of Medicine / Graduate School of Medicine > Surgery
Journal Papers > School of Medicine / Graduate School of Medicine > Radiology
Journal Papers > School of Medicine / Graduate School of Medicine > Nuclear Medicine & Molecular Imaging
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