PET/CT Findings of a Patient with Cardiac Metastasis of Subungual Malign Melanoma

A 58-year old patient with a history of subungual malign melanoma was referred to our department for a F-18-FDG positron emission tomography (PET)/computed tomography (CT) whole body scan. An unexpected F-18-FDG uptake in left ventricule which mimicked either trombus or physiological papillary muscle was detected. Filling defect of intravenous contrast in CT images was also demonstrated in left ventricule cavity. Magnetic resonance imaging scan confirmed cardiac mass with metastatic features of malign melanoma in left ventricule

The role of FDG PET/CT in detection of distant metastasis in theinitial staging of breast cancer

Background/aim: We aimed to evaluate the role of FDG PET/CT in the detection of extraaxillary regional nodal/distant metastasis in breast cancer patients and to assess the value of FDG PET/CT for detecting distant metastases in patient subgroups. Materials and methods: A total of 254 patients with breast cancer (248 female, 6 male) who underwent PET/CT for initial staging were enrolled. Patients were divided into four groups: Group 1 consisted of 154 patients diagnosed by tru-cut/core/FNAB, Group 2 comprised 32 patients diagnosed by excisional biopsy, Group 3 included 62 patients who had mastectomy-axillary lymph node dissection, and Group 4 consisted of 6 patients who had axillary lymph node metastasis diagnosed by excisional biopsy. Results: PET/CT detected distant metastasis in 76 of the 254 patients. Of these patients, 21.7% had bone/bone marrow metastasis, 7.1% had lung metastasis, 13% had mediastinal lymph node metastasis, 4.8% had liver metastasis, 9.8% had other organ/system metastasis, and 6% had other lymphadenopathies. According to T staging, the percentages of distant metastasis were as follows: 13.6% of the 66 T1 stage patients, 35.7% of the 129 T2 stage patients, 40% of the 20 T3 stage patients, and 33.3% of the 39 T4 stage patients. Conclusion: FDG-PET/CT led to a change in the stage of disease and the treatment approach in newly diagnosed breast cancer patients due to its superiority in detecting extraaxillary regional lymph node metastases and distant metastases

Correlation between 18F FDG Uptake with Pathological Prognostic Factors in Breast Carcinoma

25th Annual Congress of the European-Association-of-Nuclear-Medicine (EANM) -- OCT 27-31, 2012 -- Milan, ITALYSonmezoglu, Kerim/0000-0003-1215-5184WOS: 000309726603073…European Assoc Nucl Med (EANM

Correlation of F-18-fluorodeoxyglucose uptake with histopathological prognostic factors in breast carcinoma

Sonmezoglu, Kerim/0000-0003-1215-5184WOS: 000325095700003PubMed: 24025919ObjectiveThis study investigated the prognostic value of [F-18]-fluorodeoxyglucose (F-18-FDG) uptake in breast carcinomas by comparing F-18-FDG PET/computed tomography (CT) images with histopathological and immunohistochemical prognostic factors.MethodsThis study included 136 women and four men with positive biopsy breast carcinomas who underwent F-18-FDG PET/CT imaging for initial staging. Maximum standardized uptake values (SUVmax) and tumour-to-background SUVmax ratios were calculated and compared with histopathological and immunohistochemical tumour characteristics, patient properties and axillary lymph node involvement. Calculations of SUVmax for men were performed separately.ResultsFor the tumours in women, the mean SUVmax was 10.066.91 and the median SUVmax was 9.05 (0.7-35.0). Primary tumour F-18-FDG uptake and tumour-to-background SUVmax ratios were correlated with tumour size (P<0.001), histological type (P<0.001), histological grade (P=0.004), pleomorphism (P=0.010), mitosis count (P<0.001), lymphatic invasion (P=0.009), necrosis (P=0.005), oestrogen negativity (P=0.004), high Ki-67 level (P<0.001), axillary lymph node involvement (P<0.001) and triple negativity (P=0.002). High Ki-67 level (odds ratio=16; 95% confidence interval=1.6-160; P=0.016) and tumour size (odds ratio=4; 95% confidence interval=1.5-11; P=0.007) were determining factors for high F-18-FDG uptake values. Other clinicopathological and immunohistopathological parameters including progesterone receptor (P=0.211), CerbB2 overexpression (P=0.170), perineural invasion (P=0.053), intratumoural calcification (P=0.438), desmoplasia (P=0.112), tubular formation (P=0.768) and age (P=0.675) were not significantly correlated with F-18-FDG uptake. No significant relationship was observed between the tumour/contralateral breast SUVmax ratio and mitotic count, oestrogen receptor status or triple negativity.Conclusion(18)F-FDG uptake may serve as a prognostic indicator for biological behaviour in breast tumours. (C) 2013 Wolters Kluwer Health vertical bar Lippincott Williams & Wilkins

The value of FDG-PET/CT by using 3-dimensional stereotactic surface projection software analysis in the differential diagnosis of dementia

Sonmezoglu, Kerim/0000-0003-1215-5184WOS: 000362526300026PubMed: 26738361Background/aim: To retrospectively reevaluate brain fluor-18-fluorodeoxyglucose positron emission tomography (FDG-PET) imaging studies with 3-dimensional stereotactic surface projection (NEUROSTAT) software in order to detect changes in regional brain metabolism and to find out its contribution to the final diagnosis. Materials and methods: A total of 48 cases were included in this study. According to clinical evaluation and neuropsychometric test results, there were 17 (35%) patients with probable Alzheimer disease (AD), 17 (35%) patients with probable frontotemporal dementia (FTD), and 14 (30%) patients with undefined advanced dementia. Brain FDG-PET imaging studies were interpreted visually and also using 3-dimensional stereotactic surface projection. Results: Clinic and PET findings were consistent in 20 patients and inconsistent in 14 patients. When consensus diagnosis was taken as the reference, the sensitivity, specificity, accuracy, and positive and negative predictive values of FDG-PET imaging were 93%, 85%, 90%, 90%, and 89% respectively, for AD diagnosis. The same values were 85%, 93%, 90%, 89%, and 90%, respectively, for FTD definition. Conclusion: Using automatized programs that enable quantitative evaluation of regional brain glucose metabolism, in addition to visual evaluation, may increase diagnostic efficiency, as well as minimize interobserver and/or intercenter variability