Abstract
Objective: The purpose of this study was to assess the features of bronchial alveolar carcinoma in fluorine-18 fluorodeoxyglucose (FDG) uptake by Positron emission tomography(PET). Methods: From December 1998 to October 2004, 35 patients with bronchial alveolar carcinoma (BAC) were imaged with FDG-PET before surgery. The PET results were interpreted using visual and semiquantitative assessment. For semiquantitative analysis, standardized uptake value (SUV) was calculated. Results: All tumors of the patients could be detected by FDG-PET and identified by visual method. By semiquantitative analysis, FDG uptake of the tumor (SUVmax and SUVmean) was higher than that of normal lung (SUVlung) (P<0.001), SUVmax, SUVmean of the tumor and SUVlung were 3.14±1.65, 2.40±1.34 and 0.38±0.08 respectively. Correlations were found between FDG uptake and tumor size (P<0.05). SUVmean in 21 tumors (21/35, 60.0%) and SUVmax in 15 tumors (15/35, 42.9%) were lower than 2.5. These 21 tumors were all considered as benign by visual method and semiquantitative analysis. Conclusion: (1) FDG uptake was higher in bronchial alveolar carcinoma than that in normal lung tissue. (2) FDG uptake and tumor size appear to be correlated with each other. (3) Bronchial alveolar carcinomas lead to many false negative cases in FDG-PET.
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