Diagnostic value of fluorine‑18 fluorodeoxyglucose positron emission tomography/computed tomography in sublingual and submandibular salivary gland tumors

  • Authors:
    • Sirui Ma
    • Yiyan Liu
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  • Published online on: July 20, 2020     https://doi.org/10.3892/mco.2020.2097
  • Article Number: 27
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Abstract

The aim of the present study was to compare the diagnostic accuracy of fluorine‑18 fluorodeoxyglucose positron emission tomography/computed tomography (F‑18 FDG PET/CT) with that of conventional imaging studies (CIS), such as CT or magnetic resonance imaging (MRI), in the clinical diagnosis and staging of submandibular and sublingual salivary gland tumors. In addition, the data obtained were used to evaluate the significance of maximum standardized uptake value (SUVmax) in diagnosing benign or malignant lesions. For the present study, 18 patients with submandibular or sublingual neoplasms underwent F‑18 FDG PET/CT imaging with accompanying CT or MRI. The diagnostic values from 43 F‑18 FDG PET/CT scans and 28 CIS of the 18 patients were compared to the gold standard histopathological and/or cytopathological diagnosis. The results demonstrated that the diagnostic accuracy for predicting primary tumors was similar between F‑18 FDG PET/CT and CIS. By contrast, PET/CT imaging was more accurate in detecting lymph node metastasis compared with CT or MRI (95.4 vs. 66.7%). F‑18 FDG PET/CT had a sensitivity of 88.9% and a specificity of 97.1%, whereas CT or MRI had a sensitivity of 54.5% and a specificity of 75.0%. F‑18 FDG PET/CT also enabled screening for distant metastasis, as observed in 10 cases in the present study. Furthermore, there were no significant differences in SUVmax between benign or malignant salivary gland lesions, as high glucose metabolism was also observed in benign tumors. In conclusion, F‑18 FDG PET/CT provides more accurate diagnostic information for the evaluation of submandibular and sublingual salivary gland tumors as compared with CIS in terms of lymph node and distant metastasis.
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Ma S and Ma S: Diagnostic value of fluorine‑18 fluorodeoxyglucose positron emission tomography/computed tomography in sublingual and submandibular salivary gland tumors. Mol Clin Oncol 13: 27, 2020
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Ma, S., & Ma, S. (2020). Diagnostic value of fluorine‑18 fluorodeoxyglucose positron emission tomography/computed tomography in sublingual and submandibular salivary gland tumors. Molecular and Clinical Oncology, 13, 27. https://doi.org/10.3892/mco.2020.2097
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Ma, S., Liu, Y."Diagnostic value of fluorine‑18 fluorodeoxyglucose positron emission tomography/computed tomography in sublingual and submandibular salivary gland tumors". Molecular and Clinical Oncology 13.4 (2020): 27.
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Ma, S., Liu, Y."Diagnostic value of fluorine‑18 fluorodeoxyglucose positron emission tomography/computed tomography in sublingual and submandibular salivary gland tumors". Molecular and Clinical Oncology 13, no. 4 (2020): 27. https://doi.org/10.3892/mco.2020.2097