JOPIC
Journal of Pulmonology and Intensive Care

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Investigation of nuclear medicine techniques in surgically treated lung carcinoid tumors
Abstract
Aims: Our aim in this study is to examine PET CT imaging techniques in patients with lung carcinoid tumors and to find the most appropriate preoperative nuclear medicine technique that can be performed for diagnosis or staging of these tumors.
Methods: The data of 123 patients who were operated on for lung carcinoid tumors in our center between 2009 and 2021 were evaluated retrospectively. Out of 123 patients, 123 had preoperative FDG-18 PET, 17 patients had preoperative GA-68 PET and 11 patients had postoperative GA-68 PET. Of the 123 patients, 17 were underwent both PET techniques preoperatively.
Results: In our lung carcinoid tumor patients, SUVmax of GA-68 PET was found to be much higher than FDG-18 PET (mean SUVmax : 20 vs 4.4). In GA-68 PET, mean SUVmax of the primary mass was 26 in typical carcinoid tumors, while 5.6 in atypical carcinoid tumors. In FDG-18 PET, mean SUVmax of the primary mass was 3.8 in the typical carcinoid tumors, while 5.4 in atypical carcinoid tumors.
Conclusion: GA-68 PET and FDG-18 PET SUVmax values in lung carcinoid tumors vary according to the subtype of the tumor. GA-68 PET shows higher SUVmax in typical carcinoid tumors, making GA-68 PET superior to FDG-18 PET in typical carcinoids. Although GA-68 PET shows higher SUVmax than FDG-18 PET in atypical carcinoid tumors, this difference does not reach a statistically significant level.

Keywords : Gallium-68 DOTATE PET CT, lung carcinoid tumor, FDG-18 PET CT

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Article available in :
Volume 2, Issue 4, 2024
Page : 77-81
https://doi.org/10.51271/JOPIC-0042
Article Information
Received : 06 Eyl 2024
Accepted : 12 Kas 2024
Published : 20 Kas 2024
Corresponding Author :

Muhyettin Aslan: Department of Thoracic Surgery, Diyarbakır Gazi Yaşargil Training and Research Hospital, Diyarbakır, Turkiye

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Citation : Aslan M, Bıçakçıoğlu P, Aydoğdu K et al. Comparison of nuclear medicine techniques in surgically treated lung carcinoid tumors. J Pulmonol Intens Care. 2024;2(4):77-81.

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