Zhang Fangling, He Qiao, Luo Ganhua, Long Yali, Li Ruocheng, Ding Lei, Zhang Xiangsong
Department of Radiology, Hospital of Stomatology, Guanghua School of Stomatology, Sun Yat-sen University & Guangdong Provincial Key Laboratory of Stomatology, 56#, Cemetery west Road, Guangzhou, Guangdong Province, 510055, People's Republic of China.
Department of Medical Imaging, The First Affiliated Hospital, Sun Yat-sen University, 58#, Zhongshan Er Road, Guangzhou, Guangdong Province, 510080, People's Republic of China.
BMC Cancer. 2021 Jul 20;21(1):837. doi: 10.1186/s12885-021-08574-1.
This study aimed to assess the clinical usefulness of N-ammonia and C- Methionine (MET) positron emission tomography (PET)/ computed tomography (CT) in the differentiation of residual/recurrent pituitary adenoma (RPA) from the pituitary gland remnant (PGR) after trans-sphenoidal adenomectomy.
Between June 2012 and December 2019, a total of 19 patients with a history of trans-sphenoidal adenomectomy before PET/CT scans and histological confirmation of RPA after additional surgery in our hospital were enrolled in this study. Images were interpreted by visual evaluation and semi-quantitative analysis. In semi-quantitative analysis, the maximum standard uptake value (SUVmax) of the target and gray matter was measured and the target uptake/gray matter uptake (T/G) ratio was calculated.
The T/G ratios of N-ammonia were significantly higher in PGR than RPA (1.58 ± 0.69 vs 0.63 ± 1.37, P < 0.001), whereas the T/G ratios of C-MET were obviously lower in PGR than RPA (0.78 ± 0.35 vs 2.17 ± 0.54, P < 0.001). Using the canonical discriminant analysis, we calculated the predicted accuracy of RPA (100%), PGR (92.9%), and the overall predicted accuracy (96.43%).
The combination of N-ammonia and C-MET PET/CT is valuable in the differentiation of RPA from PGR after trans-sphenoidal adenomectomy.
本研究旨在评估N-氨和C-蛋氨酸(MET)正电子发射断层扫描(PET)/计算机断层扫描(CT)在经蝶窦腺瘤切除术后鉴别残留/复发性垂体腺瘤(RPA)与垂体腺残余(PGR)中的临床实用性。
2012年6月至2019年12月,本研究纳入了19例在PET/CT扫描前有经蝶窦腺瘤切除术史且在我院再次手术后经组织学证实为RPA的患者。通过视觉评估和半定量分析对图像进行解读。在半定量分析中,测量目标和灰质的最大标准摄取值(SUVmax),并计算目标摄取/灰质摄取(T/G)比值。
PGR中N-氨的T/G比值显著高于RPA(1.58±0.69 vs 0.63±1.37,P<0.001),而PGR中C-MET的T/G比值明显低于RPA(0.78±0.35 vs 2.17±0.54,P<0.001)。使用典型判别分析,我们计算出RPA的预测准确率为100%,PGR为92.9%,总体预测准确率为96.43%。
N-氨和C-MET PET/CT联合应用在经蝶窦腺瘤切除术后鉴别RPA与PGR方面具有重要价值。