Nuclear medicine communications
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Comparative Study
Comparison of 18F-FDG PET/CT scan and 99mTc-MDP bone scintigraphy in detecting bone metastasis in head and neck tumors.
The aim of this study was to evaluate the efficacy of fluorine-18 fluorodeoxyglucose (F-FDG) PET/computed tomography (CT) compared with bone scan in detecting bone metastases in patients with head and neck cancer. ⋯ F-FDG PET/CT is superior to Tc-methylene diphosphonate bone scan in detecting bone metastases in head and neck cancer.
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Fluorine-18 fluorodeoxyglucose (F-FDG) PET/computed tomography (CT) has proven to be a valuable imaging modality with high diagnostic accuracy for the detection of bone infections. However, the physiological uptake values for F-FDG in the long bones of the lower extremity have not been established yet. This hampers correct interpretation of a F-FDG-PET/CT scan. ⋯ For a correct interpretation of the F-FDG-PET/CT scan, we have determined the F-FDG uptake values in the long bones of the femur and the tibia. A SUVmean less than 0.5 and a SUVmax less than 0.8 can be considered as normal bone, irrespective of sex or age.