Castellana Marco, Trimboli Pierpaolo, Piccardo Arnoldo, Giovanella Luca, Treglia Giorgio
Section of Internal Medicine, Endocrinology, Andrology and Metabolic Diseases, Department of Emergency and Organ Transplantation, University of Bari Aldo Moro, IT-70124 Bari, Italy.
Clinic for Nuclear Medicine and Competence Center for Thyroid Diseases, Imaging Institute of Southern Switzerland, Ente Ospedaliero Cantonale, CH-6500 Bellinzona, Switzerland.
J Clin Med. 2019 Aug 28;8(9):1333. doi: 10.3390/jcm8091333.
Thyroid nodules with indeterminate fine-needle aspiration cytology (FNA) represent a major challenge in clinical practice. We conducted a systematic review and meta-analysis evaluating the ability of hybrid imaging using fluorine-18-fluorodeoxyglucose positron emission tomography/computed tomography (F-FDG PET/CT) to appropriately select these nodules for surgery. PubMed, CENTRAL, Scopus, and Web of Science were searched until July 2019. Original articles reporting data on the performance of F-FDG PET/CT in thyroid nodules with indeterminate FNA were included. Summary operating points including 95% confidence interval values (95% CI) were estimated using a random-effects model. Out of 786 retrieved papers, eight studies evaluating 104 malignant and 327 benign thyroid nodules were included. The pooled positive and negative likelihood ratios (LR+ and LR-) and diagnostic odds ratio (DOR) of F-FDG PET/CT were 1.7 (95% CI: 1.4-2.0), 0.4 (95% CI: 0.2-0.7), and 3.5 (95% CI: 1.7-7.1), respectively. No heterogeneity was found for LR+ and DOR. In patients with thyroid nodules with indeterminate FNA, F-FDG PET/CT has a moderate ability to correctly discriminate malignant from benign lesions and could represent a reliable option to reduce unnecessary diagnostic surgeries. However, further studies using standardized criteria for interpretation are needed to confirm the reproducibility of these findings.
细针穿刺细胞学检查(FNA)结果不确定的甲状腺结节是临床实践中的一项重大挑战。我们进行了一项系统评价和荟萃分析,评估使用氟-18-氟脱氧葡萄糖正电子发射断层扫描/计算机断层扫描(F-FDG PET/CT)的混合成像技术对这些结节进行手术选择的能力。检索了PubMed、CENTRAL、Scopus和Web of Science数据库,截至2019年7月。纳入了报告F-FDG PET/CT在FNA结果不确定的甲状腺结节中表现数据的原始文章。使用随机效应模型估计包括95%置信区间值(95%CI)在内的汇总操作点。在检索到的786篇论文中,纳入了8项评估104个恶性和327个良性甲状腺结节的研究。F-FDG PET/CT的汇总阳性和阴性似然比(LR+和LR-)以及诊断比值比(DOR)分别为1.7(95%CI:1.4-2.0)、0.4(95%CI:0.2-0.7)和3.5(95%CI:1.7-7.1)。LR+和DOR未发现异质性。在FNA结果不确定的甲状腺结节患者中,F-FDG PET/CT有中等能力正确区分恶性和良性病变,并且可能是减少不必要诊断性手术的可靠选择。然而,需要进一步使用标准化解释标准的研究来证实这些结果的可重复性。