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01.05.2011 | Endocrine Tumors
Characteristics of Primary Papillary Thyroid Carcinoma with False-Negative Findings on Initial 18F-FDG PET/CT
Erschienen in: Annals of Surgical Oncology | Ausgabe 5/2011
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Background
We often observe that uptake of tracer is not detected in the primary cancer focus in patients with histologically proven papillary thyroid carcinoma (PTC) on preoperative 18F-fluorodeoxyglucose positron emission tomography-computed tomography (18F-FDG PET/CT). Therefore, we analyzed the clinical and pathologic variables affecting false-negative findings in primary tumors on preoperative 18F-FDG PET/CT.
Methods
We retrospectively reviewed the medical records of 115 consecutive patients who underwent 18F-FDG PET/CT for initial evaluation and were diagnosed with PTC by postoperative permanent biopsy. The clinical and pathologic characteristics that influence the 18F-FDG PET/CT findings in these patients were analyzed with respect to the following variables: age, gender, tumor size, multifocality of the primary tumor, perithyroidal invasion, lymphovascular or capsular invasion, and central lymph node metastasis-based final pathology.
Results
Twenty-six (22.6%) patients had false-negative 18F-FDG PET/CT findings. In patients with negative 18F-FDG PET/CT findings, tumor size, and perithyroidal and lymphovascular invasion were significantly less than in patients with positive 18F-FDG PET/CT findings. Tumors >1 cm in size were correlated with 18F-FDG PET/CT positivity. On multivariate analysis, perithyroidal invasion (P = 0.026, odds ratio = 7.714) and lymphovascular invasion (P = 0.036, odds ratio = 3.500) were independent factors for 18F-FDG PET/CT positivity. However, there were no significant differences between 18F-FDG PET/CT positivity and age, gender, capsular invasion, and central lymph node metastasis based on final pathology.
Conclusions
Tumor size and perithyroidal and lymphovascular invasion of papillary carcinoma can influence 18F-FDG PET/CT findings. Absence of perithyroidal and lymphovascular invasion were independent variables for false-negative findings on initial 18F-FDG PET/CT in patients with PTC.