• Eur J Radiol · Jun 2019

    Loco-regional staging of malignant pleural mesothelioma by integrated 18F-FDG PET/MRI.

    • D J Murphy, S M Mak, A Mallia, S Jeljeli, J J Stirling, V Goh, A Bille, and CookG J RGJRKing's College London & Guy's and St Thomas' PET Centre, London UK; Department of Cancer Imaging, School of Biomedical Engineering and Imaging Sciences, King's College London, London UK..
    • King's College London & Guy's and St Thomas' PET Centre, London UK; Department of Cancer Imaging, School of Biomedical Engineering and Imaging Sciences, King's College London, London UK. Electronic address: david.murphy@st-vincents.ie.
    • Eur J Radiol. 2019 Jun 1; 115: 46-52.

    AimTo examine the performance of 18F-FDG PET/MRI in the loco-regional staging of malignant pleural mesothelioma (MPM).MethodsConsecutive subjects with MPM undergoing pre-operative staging with 18F-FDG PET/CT who underwent a same day integrated 18F-FDG PET/MRI were prospectively studied. Clinical TNM staging (AJCC 7th edition) was performed separately and in consensus by two readers on the 18F-FDG PET/MRI studies, and compared with staging by 18F-FDG PET/CT, and with final pathological stage, determined by a combination of intra-operative and histological findings.Results10 subjects (9 male, mean age 68 years) with biopsy-proven MPM (9 epithelioid tumours, 1 biphasic) were included. One subject underwent neo-adjuvant chemotherapy between imaging and surgery and was excluded from the clinical versus pathological stage analysis. Pathological staging was concordant with staging by 18F-FDG PET/MRI in 67% (n = 6) of subjects, and with 18F-FDG PET/CT staging in 33% (n = 3). Pathological T stage was concordant with 18F-FDG PET/MRI in 78% (n = 7), and with 18F-FDG PET/CT in 33% (n = 3) of subjects. Pathological N stage was concordant with both 18F-FDG PET/MRI and 18F-FDG PET/CT in 78% (n = 7) of cases. No subject had metastatic disease. There was good inter-observer agreement for overall PET/MRI staging (weighted kappa 0.63) with moderate inter-reader agreement for T staging (weighted kappa 0.59). All 6 subjects with prior talc pleurodesis demonstrated mismatch between elevated FDG uptake and restricted diffusion in areas of visible talc deposition.ConclusionClinical MPM staging by 18F-FDG PET/MRI is feasible, and potentially provides more accurate loco-regional staging than PET/CT, particularly in T staging.Copyright © 2019 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.

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