scholarly journals Increased Metabolic Activity in Abdominal Aortic Aneurysm Detected by 18F-Fluorodeoxyglucose (18F-FDG) Positron Emission Tomography/Computed Tomography (PET/CT)

2009 ◽  
Vol 38 (1) ◽  
pp. 93-99 ◽  
Author(s):  
C.W. Kotze ◽  
L.J. Menezes ◽  
R. Endozo ◽  
A.M. Groves ◽  
P.J. Ell ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Computed Tomography ◽  
Positron Emission Tomography ◽  
Abdominal Aortic Aneurysm ◽  
Aortic Aneurysm ◽  
Metabolic Activity ◽  
Emission Tomography ◽  
Positron Emission ◽  
Abdominal Aortic ◽  
Pet Ct ◽  
18F Fdg

Abstract 484: Uptake of 18F-Fluorodeoxyglucose Detected by Positron Emission Tomography in the Abdominal Aortic Aneurysm is Correlated With Endoleaks and Predicts the Adverse Outcome of Aneurysm After Endovascular Aortic Repair

2014 ◽  
Vol 34 (suppl_1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Audrey Courtois ◽  
Gauthier Namur ◽  
Mounia El Hachemi ◽  
Etienne Cremmers ◽  
Betty Nusgens ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Positron Emission Tomography ◽  
Abdominal Aortic Aneurysm ◽  
Aortic Aneurysm ◽  
Open Surgery ◽  
Endovascular Aortic Repair ◽  
Emission Tomography ◽  
Fdg Uptake ◽  
Positron Emission ◽  
Abdominal Aortic ◽  
Pet Ct

Endovascular aortic repair (EVAR) has been applied to abdominal aortic aneurysm (AAA) to decrease and prevent morbidity and mortality due to open surgery. However, this therapeutic approach may lead to complications such as occurrence of endoleaks which may result in rupture of the aneurysm. Decisions for complementary treatment after EVAR to prevent aneurysm rupture are based on endoleak characterization and aortic diameter evolution. The presence of endoleak or enlarging diameter is however not always predictive of rupture. Recent reports support the view that 18F-fluorodeoxyglucose (FDG) positron emission tomography/computed tomography (PET/CT) provides unique information on cellular metabolic activity thought to drive aneurysm expansion and rupture. We evaluated if FDG/PET could predict the outcome of aneurysm repaired by endoprosthesis. A cohort of 56 AAA patients (55 male; mean age of 74.6 years), treated by EVAR, underwent one or several PET/CT before and/or after surgery with a total number of 108 examinations. The quantification analysis of FDG uptake was not correlated to the AAA diameter but was strongly correlated with the presence of endoleak (55% of endoleak in patients with significant FDG uptake (PET+) versus 25% in PET0). Moreover, the PET+ AAA presented symptoms such as increasing diameter of aneurysmal sac (64% in PET+ versus 33% in PET0). On the other hand, two PET+ patients underwent conversion for open surgery for rapid growth and rupture with leaking. These outcomes did not occur among the PET0 patients. Increased circulating levels of fibrinolytic factors (D-dimers, thrombin/anti-thrombin and plasmin/anti-plasmin complexes) and inflammatory cytokines IL6 and IL8, were found in patients with endoleak while the collagenase MMP1 was largely decreased. Finally, two other MMPs, MMP12 and MMP13 were correlated with the uptake level of FDG. Altogether, these results suggest that the presence of endoleak is associated with an activation of the fibrinolytic pathway and PET positivity induces factors involved in the extracellular matrix remodeling leading to instability of the wall and its rupture. This study suggests that PET/CT might predict the negative outcome of EVAR and represent a beneficial tool for patient management.

scholarly journals Role of Positron Emission Tomography with 2-Deoxy-2-[fluorine-18]fluoro-D-glucose Integrated with Computed Tomography in the Evaluation of Hepatic Metabolic Activity due to Steatosis in Lymphoma Patients and its Impact on Deauville Score

2021 ◽  
Vol 9 (A) ◽  
pp. 865-870
Author(s):  
Marwa Adel ◽  
Ashraf Fawzy ◽  
Jehan Younes ◽  
Shiamaa ElRasad
Keyword(s):  
Computed Tomography ◽  
Positron Emission Tomography ◽  
Body Weight ◽  
Hepatic Steatosis ◽  
Metabolic Activity ◽  
Emission Tomography ◽  
Liver Uptake ◽  
Positron Emission ◽  
Pet Ct ◽  
18F Fdg

BACKGROUND: Liver uptake of 2-Deoxy-2-[fluorine-18]fluoro-D-glucose integrated (18F-FDG) is taken as the reference tissue in interpretation of Deauville score (DS), which is considered a response assessment. AIM: This study was conducted to evaluate the prevalence of hepatic steatosis in patients with lymphoma and the impact of hepatic metabolic activity due to steatosis on 18F-FDG liver uptake and its effect on DS. MATERIAL AND METHODS: This prospective study was conducted on 77 cases. Seventy-seven patients had baseline positron emission tomography/computed tomography (PET/CT), 69 patients had interim PET/CT, 31 patients had end of treatment (EOT) PET/CT, and 3 patients had follow-up (FU) PET/CT after EOT. The study included 49 female patients (63.6%) and 28 male patients (36.4%). The mean age = 39.5 + 13. Forty-one patients (53.2%) diagnosed as non-Hodgkin lymphoma [HL] while 36 patients (46.8%) diagnosed as HL. Steatosis was diagnosed on the unenhanced CT part of PET/CT examinations using a cutoff value of 42 Hounsfield units. Both maximum standardized uptake value (SUVmax) and SULmax were recorded on the liver and the tumor target lesion. DS was then computed. RESULTS: Among 77 cases, prevalence of steatosis in baseline (10/77, 12.9%), interim (13/69, 18.8%), and EOT/FU (4/31, 12.9%), there was no significant difference in hepatic steatosis during their time course of their treatment. There was correlation between Liver SUVmax with body mass index (BMI) in each of interim and EOT PET/CT. Regarding SULmax, there was no correlation with BMI. There was no change in interpretation of DS using either SUVmax or SULmax. CONCLUSION: Steatosis has no practical issue regarding liver metabolic activity (either SUVmax or SULmax) in interpretation of DS. Liver SUVmax is affected by body weight. Unlike, SULmax is not affected by body weight.

scholarly journals Prospect of positron emission tomography for abdominal aortic aneurysm risk stratification

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Richa Gandhi ◽  
Michael Bell ◽  
Marc Bailey ◽  
Charalampos Tsoumpas
Keyword(s):  
Positron Emission Tomography ◽  
Abdominal Aortic Aneurysm ◽  
Aortic Aneurysm ◽  
Risk Stratification ◽  
Patient Management ◽  
Emission Tomography ◽  
Clinical Implementation ◽  
Positron Emission ◽  
Abdominal Aortic

AbstractAbdominal aortic aneurysm (AAA) disease is characterized by an asymptomatic, permanent, focal dilatation of the abdominal aorta progressing towards rupture, which confers significant mortality. Patient management and surgical decisions rely on aortic diameter measurements via abdominal ultrasound surveillance. However, AAA rupture can occur at small diameters or may never occur at large diameters, implying that anatomical size is not necessarily a sufficient indicator. Molecular imaging may help identify high-risk patients through AAA evaluation independent of aneurysm size, and there is the question of the potential role of positron emission tomography (PET) and emerging role of novel radiotracers for AAA. Therefore, this review summarizes PET studies conducted in the last 10 years and discusses the usefulness of PET radiotracers for AAA risk stratification. The most frequently reported radiotracer was [18F]fluorodeoxyglucose, indicating inflammatory activity and reflecting the biomechanical properties of AAA. Emerging radiotracers include [18F]-labeled sodium fluoride, a calcification marker, [64Cu]DOTA-ECL1i, an indicator of chemokine receptor type 2 expression, and [18F]fluorothymidine, a marker of cell proliferation. For novel radiotracers, preliminary trials in patients are warranted before their widespread clinical implementation. AAA rupture risk is challenging to evaluate; therefore, clinicians may benefit from PET-based risk assessment to guide patient management and surgical decisions.

POSITRON EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY WITH 18F -FDG IN THE DIAGNOSIS OF PROSTHETIC HEART VALVE ENDOCARDITIS

2021 ◽  
Vol 5 (1) ◽  
pp. 1151-1160
Author(s):  
A.S. Lukashevich ◽  
Keyword(s):  
Computed Tomography ◽  
Positron Emission Tomography ◽  
Fdg Pet ◽  
Prosthetic Heart Valve ◽  
Emission Tomography ◽  
Whole Body ◽  
Positron Emission ◽  
Pet Ct ◽  
18F Fdg ◽  
Fdg Pet Ct

Purpose. The purpose of the article is to evaluate the diagnostic significance of positron emission tomography / computed tomography with 18F -fluorodeoxyglucose (18F -FDG PET/CT) for the diagnosis of prosthetic endocarditis. Methods of research. The study included 82 patients with suspected prosthetic endocarditis in accordance with the criteria proposed by Duke University [1-5]. The patients received hospital treatment at the State Institution RSPC "Cardiology" from January 2016 to March 2021. The study was of a prospective, non-randomized, single-center cohort design. The duration of the monitor period was 12 months from the moment of patients’ inclusion in the study. Whole-body positron emission tomography / computed tomography (PET/CT) examinations were performed in 82 patients. 27 patients were selected for surgical treatment. Conservative treatment group included 16 patients. 27 patients were selected into the observation group, they were suspected to have prosthetic heart valve infection in the primary referral and underwent PET/CT scanning, according to which the diagnosis of prosthetic endocarditis was excluded. The event under the study did not develop in this group during the year of observation. Results and conclusion. The history of infective endocarditis was not statistically significant and did not increase the risk of developing prosthetic endocarditis in the sample presented. The Duke criteria are less reliable in establishing the diagnosis of prosthetic endocarditis. The median number of days from the date of the first prosthesis implantation to the onset of prosthetic endocarditis was about 4 years. This study revealed that the development of the infectious process in the area of the prosthesis was noted in a more distant postoperative period compared to literature data. Histological confirmation of infection was noted in 100% (27 patients) of cases in reoperated patients. The presence of a more formidable complication such as valve ring abscess located mainly in the projection of the aortic valve ring was quite common in both groups. Presepsin and Interleukin-6 have a statistically significant (U = 394,50 p = 0,01 and U = 94,50 p = 0.004) value in the prognosis of prosthetic endocarditis. Considering the data obtained from ROC analysis, it can be said that the cut-off point at which it is possible to diagnose prosthetic endocarditis based on PETCT is 2.85. The presented methods for the interpretation of whole-body FDG-PET/CT images of patients with suspected infectious complications after cardiac surgery, as well as with the presence of prosthetic endocarditis, show high sensitivity and specificity.

scholarly journals Clinical Impact of 18F-FDG PET/CT in the Diagnostic Workup of Pancreatic Ductal Adenocarcinoma: A Systematic Review

Diagnostics ◽  
2020 ◽  
Vol 10 (12) ◽  
pp. 1042
Author(s):  
Annachiara Arnone ◽  
Riccardo Laudicella ◽  
Federico Caobelli ◽  
Priscilla Guglielmo ◽  
Marianna Spallino ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Computed Tomography ◽  
Positron Emission Tomography ◽  
Pancreatic Ductal Adenocarcinoma ◽  
Fdg Pet ◽  
Emission Tomography ◽  
Ductal Adenocarcinoma ◽  
Positron Emission ◽  
Pet Ct ◽  
18F Fdg ◽  
Fdg Pet Ct

In this review, the performance of fluorodeoxyglucose (FDG)-positron emission tomography (PET)/computed tomography (CT) in the diagnostic workup of pancreatic ductal adenocarcinoma (PDAC) is evaluated. A comprehensive literature search up to September 2020 was performed, selecting studies with the presence of: sample size ≥10 patients and index test (i.e., “FDG” or “18F-FDG” AND “pancreatic adenocarcinoma” or “pancreas cancer” AND “PET” or “positron emission tomography”). The methodological quality was evaluated using the revised quality assessment of diagnostic accuracy studies (QUADAS-2) tool and presented according to the preferred reporting items for systematic reviews and meta-analyses (PRISMA) guidelines. Basic data (authors, year of publication, country and study design), patients’ characteristics (number of enrolled subjects and age), disease phase, type of treatment and grading were retrieved. Forty-six articles met the adopted research criteria. The articles were divided according to the considered clinical context. Namely, besides conventional anatomical imaging, such as computed tomography (CT) and magnetic resonance imaging (MRI), molecular imaging with FDG PET/CT is an important tool in PDAC, for all disease stages. Further prospective studies will be necessary to confirm the cost-effectiveness of such imaging techniques by testing its real potential improvement in the clinical management of PDAC.

Positron Emission Tomography/Computed Tomography Predicts and Detects Complications After Endovascular Repair of Abdominal Aortic Aneurysms

2019 ◽  
Vol 26 (4) ◽  
pp. 520-528 ◽  
Author(s):  
Audrey Courtois ◽  
Georgios Makrygiannis ◽  
Mounia El Hachemi ◽  
Rebecka Hultgren ◽  
Eric Allaire ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Computed Tomography ◽  
Positron Emission Tomography ◽  
Endovascular Aneurysm Repair ◽  
Aortic Aneurysms ◽  
Emission Tomography ◽  
Fdg Uptake ◽  
Positron Emission ◽  
Abdominal Aortic ◽  
Pet Ct ◽  
D Dimer

Purpose: To assess if aortic 18F-fluorodeoxyglucose (FDG) uptake on positron emission tomography/computed tomography (PET/CT) could play a role in predicting complications after endovascular aneurysm repair (EVAR). Materials and Methods: This study involved 2 cohorts of men with abdominal aortic aneurysm treated by EVAR: those who underwent a PET/CT scan before EVAR (n=17) and those who had a PET/CT during follow-up (n=34). Uptake of FDG was measured as the standardized uptake value (SUV). D-dimer, a marker of fibrinolysis, was measured in blood drawn concomitantly with the PET/CT. Results: A significant uptake of FDG in the aneurysm wall was detected by PET/CT before EVAR in 6 of 17 patients. During the first year after EVAR, type II endoleaks developed in 5 of these FDG+ patients vs 3 of 11 FDG– patients (p=0.04). Two of the FDG+ patients had continued sac growth and required conversion to open repair. A significant association between sac growth rate, SUV, and the presence of endoleak was found in the 34 patients who underwent PET/CT after EVAR. Finally, D-dimer was significantly increased in patients with both endoleak and positive PET/CT in the post-EVAR group. Conclusion: This study suggests that the presence of FDG uptake in the aortic wall might be a useful tool to predict patients at high risk of developing post-EVAR complications.

scholarly journals CCR2 Positron Emission Tomography for the Assessment of Abdominal Aortic Aneurysm Inflammation and Rupture Prediction

2020 ◽  
Vol 13 (3) ◽  
Author(s):  
Sean J. English ◽  
Sergio E. Sastriques ◽  
Lisa Detering ◽  
Deborah Sultan ◽  
Hannah Luehmann ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Positron Emission Tomography ◽  
Abdominal Aortic Aneurysm ◽  
Aortic Aneurysm ◽  
Emission Tomography ◽  
Positron Emission ◽  
Abdominal Aortic
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