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European Journal of Nuclear Medicine and Molecular Imaging
Published in: European Journal of Nuclear Medicine and Molecular Imaging 1/2010

01-01-2010 | Original Article

Validation of cardiac 123I-MIBG scintigraphy in patients with Parkinson’s disease who were diagnosed with dopamine PET

Authors: Kenji Ishibashi, Yuko Saito, Shigeo Murayama, Kazutomi Kanemaru, Keiichi Oda, Kiichi Ishiwata, Hidehiro Mizusawa, Kenji Ishii

Published in: European Journal of Nuclear Medicine and Molecular Imaging | Issue 1/2010

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Abstract

Purpose

The aim of this study was to evaluate the diagnostic potential of cardiac 123I-labelled metaiodobenzylguanidine (123I-MIBG) scintigraphy in idiopathic Parkinson’s disease (PD). The diagnosis was confirmed by positron emission tomography (PET) imaging with 11C-labelled 2β-carbomethoxy-3β-(4-fluorophenyl)-tropane (11C-CFT) and 11C-raclopride (together designated as dopamine PET).

Methods

Cardiac 123I-MIBG scintigraphy and dopamine PET were performed for 39 parkinsonian patients. To estimate the cardiac 123I-MIBG uptake, heart to mediastinum (H/M) ratios in early and delayed images were calculated. On the basis of established clinical criteria and our dopamine PET findings, 24 patients were classified into the PD group and 15 into the non-PD (NPD) group.

Results

Both early and delayed images showed that the H/M ratios were significantly lower in the PD group than in the NPD group. When the optimal cut-off levels of the H/M ratio were set at 1.95 and 1.60 in the early and delayed images, respectively, by receiver-operating characteristic analysis, the sensitivity of cardiac 123I-MIBG scintigraphy for the diagnosis of PD was 79.2 and 70.8% and the specificity was 93.3 and 93.3% in the early and delayed images, respectively. In the Hoehn and Yahr 1 and 2 PD patients, the sensitivity decreased by 69.2 and 53.8% in the early and delayed images, respectively.

Conclusion

In early PD cases, cardiac 123I-MIBG scintigraphy is of limited value in the diagnosis, because of its relatively lower sensitivity. However, because of its high specificity for the overall cases, cardiac 123I-MIBG scintigraphy may assist in the diagnosis of PD in a complementary role with the dopaminergic neuroimaging.
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Metadata
Title
Validation of cardiac 123I-MIBG scintigraphy in patients with Parkinson’s disease who were diagnosed with dopamine PET
Authors
Kenji Ishibashi
Yuko Saito
Shigeo Murayama
Kazutomi Kanemaru
Keiichi Oda
Kiichi Ishiwata
Hidehiro Mizusawa
Kenji Ishii
Publication date
01-01-2010
Publisher
Springer-Verlag
Published in
European Journal of Nuclear Medicine and Molecular Imaging / Issue 1/2010
Print ISSN: 1619-7070
Electronic ISSN: 1619-7089
DOI
https://doi.org/10.1007/s00259-009-1202-1

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