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Published in: Annals of Nuclear Medicine 8/2020

01-08-2020 | Ultrasound | Original Article

Preoperative F-18 fluorocholine PET/CT for the detection of hyperfunctioning parathyroid glands in patients with secondary or tertiary hyperparathyroidism: comparison with Tc-99m sestamibi scan and neck ultrasound

Authors: Yu-Hung Chen, Hwa-Tsung Chen, Ming-Che Lee, Shu-Hsin Liu, Ling-Yi Wang, Kun-Han Lue, Sheng-Chieh Chan

Published in: Annals of Nuclear Medicine | Issue 8/2020

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Abstract

Objectives

Currently, neck ultrasound is the preferred preoperative imaging in patients with secondary/tertiary hyperparathyroidism, and the use of Tc-99m sestamibi scan is limited in these patients. We conducted this study to compare the diagnostic utilities of F-18 fluorocholine PET/CT, Tc-99m sestamibi scintigraphy, and neck ultrasound for localizing hyperfunctioning parathyroid glands in secondary/tertiary hyperparathyroidism.

Methods

We prospectively enrolled 30 dialysis patients with a diagnosis of secondary/tertiary hyperparathyroidism; of these, 27 participants underwent all three imaging modalities, including dual-phase F-18 fluorocholine PET/CT (PET acquired 5 and 60 min after tracer injection), dual-phase Tc-99 m sestamibi SPECT/CT, and neck ultrasound. All patients underwent parathyroidectomy after imaging. We compared the lesion-based sensitivity, specificity, and accuracy of the three image tools using histopathology as the reference.

Results

A total of 27 patients (107 lesions) underwent all three imaging modalities and entered the final analysis. The lesion-based sensitivities of F-18 fluorocholine PET/CT, Tc-99m sestamibi, and ultrasound were 86%, 55%, and 62%, respectively (both p < 0.001, when comparing F-18 fluorocholine PET/CT to Tc-99 m sestamibi scan and to ultrasound). F-18 fluorocholine PET/CT, Tc-99m sestamibi, and ultrasound had similar specificities of 93%, 80%, and 87%, respectively. The accuracy of F-18 fluorocholine PET/CT (87%) was significantly higher than that of Tc-99m sestamibi (59%) and ultrasound (65%) (both p < 0.001). F-18 fluorocholine PET/CT identified more hyperplastic glands than ultrasound in 52% (14/27) patients. The sensitivity of F-18 fluorocholine PET/CT reached 95% for hyperplastic parathyroid masses as low as 200 mg.

Conclusions

F-18 fluorocholine PET/CT shows superior accuracy over the conventional imaging modalities in patients with secondary or tertiary hyperparathyroidism. The combination of F-18 fluorocholine PET/CT and neck ultrasound may enable better surgical planning in these patients.

Registration identification number

NCT04316845.
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Metadata
Title
Preoperative F-18 fluorocholine PET/CT for the detection of hyperfunctioning parathyroid glands in patients with secondary or tertiary hyperparathyroidism: comparison with Tc-99m sestamibi scan and neck ultrasound
Authors
Yu-Hung Chen
Hwa-Tsung Chen
Ming-Che Lee
Shu-Hsin Liu
Ling-Yi Wang
Kun-Han Lue
Sheng-Chieh Chan
Publication date
01-08-2020
Publisher
Springer Singapore
Published in
Annals of Nuclear Medicine / Issue 8/2020
Print ISSN: 0914-7187
Electronic ISSN: 1864-6433
DOI
https://doi.org/10.1007/s12149-020-01479-2

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