18F-FDG PET/CT Assessment of Malignant Granular Cell Tumor of the Soft Tissue.

ABSTRACT: Malignant granular cell tumor variant is rare and even more if lower extremities are involved. We present a rare case with images of 18F-FDG PET/CT showing 2 hypermetabolic lesions on the right tight with an elevated SUVmax value of 7.50 and 2 adenopathies with an SUVmax almost as high as the lesions. Histopathologic sample after complete excision confirmed malignant granular cell tumor with lymph node metastases.

Biopsia de médula ósea en el linfoma de Hodgkin. Comparación con la PET-TC en 65 pacientes / Bone marrow trephine biopsy in Hodgkin's lymphoma. Comparison with PET-CT scan in 65 patients

Fundamento y objetivo: Comparar la biopsia de médula ósea (BMO) y la PET/CT en la detección de la afectación medular en el linfoma de Hodgkin. Material y métodos: Análisis retrospectivo de 65 pacientes con realización de ambas pruebas en la estadificación inicial o en recaída con especial atención al patrón de la PET/CT. Resultados: En 3 pacientes (4,6%) la BMO mostró afectación medular, siendo la PET/CT positiva en todos ellos: 2 con patrón difuso+multifocal y uno solo difuso. En 11 pacientes más (total 14/65, 21%) se estimó que había afectación medular ósea por PET/CT al tener un consumo de médula ósea superior al hepático. El patrón fue focal único en 2 casos, multifocal en 5, difuso en 3 casos y difuso+multifocal en uno. En estos últimos 4 casos la BMO mostró una mielopatía inespecífica. Conclusiones: La PET/CT detecta todos los casos con BMO afectada y muchos que se escapan a la biopsia; sin embargo, cuando el patrón de captación es difuso puede ser por afectación o por hiperplasia reactiva y en esos casos debería mantenerse la BMO (AU)

Background and objectives: To compare bone marrow biopsy (BMB) and PET/CT in detecting bone marrow involvement in Hodgkin's lymphoma. Material and methods: Retrospective analysis of 65 patients with both tests in the initial staging or in relapse with special attention to the PET/CT uptake pattern. Results: In 3 patients (4.6%), the BMB showed bone marrow involvement with the PET/CT being positive in them all: 2 with diffuse+multifocal pattern and one diffuse only. In 11 additional patients (total 14/65, 21%), bone marrow involvement was diagnosed by PET/CT because bone marrow uptake was above hepatic one. The pattern was focal only in 2 cases, multifocal in 5, diffuse in 3 and diffuse+multifocal in one. In these last 4 cases the BMB showed an unspecific myelopathy. Conclusions: PET/CT detects all cases with BMB affected and many that escape to biopsy, however when the uptake pattern is diffuse it could be by involvement or reactive hyperplasia and in those cases the BMB should be done (AU)

Bone marrow trephine biopsy in Hodgkin's lymphoma. Comparison with PET-CT scan in 65 patients. / Biopsia de médula ósea en el linfoma de Hodgkin. Comparación con la PET-TC en 65 pacientes.

BACKGROUND AND OBJECTIVES: To compare bone marrow biopsy (BMB) and PET/CT in detecting bone marrow involvement in Hodgkin's lymphoma MATERIAL AND METHODS: Retrospective analysis of 65 patients with both tests in the initial staging or in relapse with special attention to the PET/CT uptake pattern. RESULTS: In 3 patients (4.6%), the BMB showed bone marrow involvement with the PET/CT being positive in them all: 2 with diffuse+multifocal pattern and one diffuse only. In 11 additional patients (total 14/65, 21%), bone marrow involvement was diagnosed by PET/CT because bone marrow uptake was above hepatic one. The pattern was focal only in 2 cases, multifocal in 5, diffuse in 3 and diffuse+multifocal in one. In these last 4 cases the BMB showed an unspecific myelopathy. CONCLUSIONS: PET/CT detects all cases with BMB affected and many that escape to biopsy, however when the uptake pattern is diffuse it could be by involvement or reactive hyperplasia and in those cases the BMB should be done.

Fluorine-18 fluorodeoxyglucose PET in the preoperative staging of colorectal cancer.

INTRODUCTION: In patients with colorectal cancer (CC), preoperative evaluation and staging should focus on techniques that might alter the preoperative or intraoperative surgical plan. Conventional imaging methods (CT, MRI) have low accuracy for identifying the depth of tumour infiltration and have limited ability to detect regional lymph node involvement. The aim of this study was to evaluate the utility of FDG-PET in the initial staging of patients with CC in comparison with conventional staging methods and to determine its impact on therapeutic management. METHODS: One hundred and four patients with a diagnosis of CC (53 males and 51 females; mean age 66.76+/-12.36 years), selected prospectively, were studied for staging using a standard procedure (CT) and FDG-PET. When possible, the reference method was histology. RESULTS: In 14 patients, surgery was contraindicated by FDG-PET owing to the extent of disease (only 6/14 suspected by CT). FDG-PET revealed four synchronous tumours. For N staging, both procedures showed a relatively high specificity but a low diagnostic accuracy (PET 56%, CT 60%) and sensitivity (PET 21%, CT 25%). For M assessment, diagnostic accuracy was 92% for FDG-PET and 87% for CT. FDG-PET results led to modification of the therapy approach in 50% of patients with unresectable disease. FDG-PET findings were important, revealing unknown disease in 19.2%, changing the staging in 13.46% and modifying the scope of surgery in 11.54% (with a change in the therapeutic approach in 17.85% of those patients with rectal cancer). CONCLUSION: Compared with conventional techniques, FDG-PET appears to be useful in pre-surgical staging of CC, revealing unsuspected disease and impacting on the treatment approach.