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High metabolic tumor volume and total lesion glycolysis are associated with lateral lymph node metastasis in patients with incidentally detected thyroid carcinoma.

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OBJECTIVE:The objective of this study was to investigate whether total lesion glycolysis (TLG) and metabolic tumor volume (MTV) measured by ¹⁸F-fluorodeoxyglucose ((18)F-FDG) positron emission tomography/computed tomography (PET/CT) could predict the aggressiveness and lymph node metastasis (LNM) in patients with incidentally detected differentiated thyroid carcinoma. METHODS:A total 358 patients with focal FDG-avid thyroid incidentaloma during cancer evaluation were enrolled. Among 235 patients in whom fine-needle aspiration biopsy was performed, 51 patients underwent total thyroidectomy with LN dissection. We analyzed the relationship between volume-based parameters and clinicopathologic characteristics. RESULTS:The mean age and tumor size were 57.1 ± 11.3 years and 1.15 ± 0.81 cm, respectively. The prevalence of malignancy was 21.7 % (51/235). When SUV(max) > 5.91, MTV2.5 > 2.05 cm³, and TLG2.5 > 9.09 were used as cutoff points, sensitivity, specificity, and area under curve (AUC) for prediction of lateral LNM were 77.9, 69.1 %, 0.716 (P = 0.047), 77.8, 88.1 %, 0.839 (P < 0.001), 77.8, 85.1 %, and 0.815 (P = 0.002), respectively. However, MTV and TLG had no value in prediction of central LNM, extrathyroidal extension, and multifocality. On comparison ROC curve analysis, the MTV and TLG showed the statistical differences for the prediction of lateral LNM compared with SUV(max) (all P's < 0.05). CONCLUSIONS:This study has shown for the first time that volume-based PET functional parameters had a significant value for the prediction of lateral LNM in incidentally detected PTC. These results suggest that higher MTV and TLG can be potential new risk factors for preoperative risk stratification. The usefulness of TLG and MTV in preoperative risk stratification in patients with PTC needs to be confirmed in further large studies.

journal_name

Ann Nucl Med

journal_title

Annals of nuclear medicine

authors

Kim BH,Kim SJ,Kim K,Kim H,Kim SJ,Kim WJ,Jeon YK,Kim SS,Kim YK,Kim IJ

doi

10.1007/s12149-015-0994-2

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Has Abstract

pub_date

2015-10-01 00:00:00

pages

721-9

issue

eissn

0914-7187

issn

1864-6433

pii

10.1007/s12149-015-0994-2

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High metabolic tumor volume and total lesion glycolysis are associated with lateral lymph node metastasis in patients with incidentally detected thyroid carcinoma.