Differentiation of single solid lesions in the lungs by means of single-photon emission tomography with technetium-99m methoxyisobutylisonitrile.
The value of technetium-99m methoxyisobutylisonitrile (MIBI) single-photon emission tomography (SPET) of the chest in differentiating lung carcinomas of various histological types and benign lesions was assessed in 54 patients (47 males and 7 females aged 19-77 years) with single solid lung masses. Chest radiography had indicated that 46 of the lesions were malignant (8 small cell carcinomas, 14 epidermoid carcinomas, 18 adenocarcinomas and 6 undifferentiated large cell carcinomas) and eight, benign. Ten, volunteers who also agreed to undergo 99mTc-MIBI SPET of the chest served as a control group. The results showed that only 65% (30/46) of the lung malignancies were detected by 99mTc-MIBI SPECT, including 63% (5/8) of the small cell carcinomas, 64% (9/14) of the epidermoid carcinomas, 72% (13/18) of the adenocarcinomas and 50% (3/6) of the undifferentiated large cell carcinomas. However, 75% (6/8) of the benign lesions were also detected. The diagnostic sensitivity, specificity and accuracy in differentiating malignant and benign lesions were 65%, 57% and 70%, respectively. We conclude that 99mTc-MIBI is of limited use in the differentiation of single solid lesions in the lungs.
Department of Nuclear Medicine, Taichung Veterans General Hospital, Taiwan, Republic of China.
C H
CH
Kao
S J
SJ
Wang
W Y
WY
Lin
C Y
CY
Hsu
S Q
SQ
Liao
S H
SH
Yeh
D000230:Adenocarcinoma / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D018288:Carcinoma, Small Cell / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D002294:Carcinoma, Squamous Cell / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008168:Lung / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*; D008171:Lung Diseases / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*; D008175:Lung Neoplasms / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D012680:Sensitivity and Specificity; D017256:Technetium Tc 99m Sestamibi; D015899:Tomography, Emission-Computed, Single-Photon
D017256:Technetium Tc 99m Sestamibi