Incidental FDG-Avid Focuses in Palatine Tonsils on PET/CT.

Autor: Reinholdt KB; Department of Otorhinolaryngology, Head and Neck Surgery, Aarhus University Hospital, Aarhus, Denmark., Dias AH; Department of Nuclear Medicine and PET Centre, Aarhus University Hospital, Aarhus, Denmark., Hoff CM; Department of Nuclear Medicine and PET Centre, Aarhus University Hospital, Aarhus, Denmark., Gormsen LC; Department of Nuclear Medicine and PET Centre, Aarhus University Hospital, Aarhus, Denmark., Klug TE; Department of Otorhinolaryngology, Head and Neck Surgery, Aarhus University Hospital, Aarhus, Denmark.
Jazyk: angličtina
Zdroj: The Laryngoscope [Laryngoscope] 2022 Dec; Vol. 132 (12), pp. 2370-2378. Date of Electronic Publication: 2022 Feb 28.
DOI: 10.1002/lary.30081
Abstrakt: Objectives: The management of incidental findings of FDG-avid tonsils on PET/CT (IFT) is unclear. We aimed to explore the prevalence of malignancy in IFT, identify risk factors for malignancy, and calculate optimal cutoffs of maximum standardized uptake values (SUV max ) to discriminate between benign and malignant lesions.
Methods: All patients who were tonsillectomized at our institution because of IFT from October 2011 to December 2020 were included. Patients undergoing PET/CT due to suspected tonsillar disease or cancer of unknown primary were excluded.
Results: In total, 77 patients were included, of which 11 (14%) of them had IFT malignancy. Dysphagia (p = 0.019) and alcohol abuse (p = 0.035) were associated with malignancy. Absolute SUV max cutoff (≥9: sensitivity 100%; specificity 53%) was superior to SUV max side-to-side ratio (≥1.5: sensitivity 64%; specificity 70%) to discriminate between benign and malignant lesions.
Conclusion: We recommend tonsillectomy for patients with IFT displaying SUV max  ≥ 9.0, ratio ≥ 1.5, or symptoms or findings suggesting malignancy.
Level of Evidence: 3 Laryngoscope, 132:2370-2378, 2022.
(© 2022 The Authors. The Laryngoscope published by Wiley Periodicals LLC on behalf of The American Laryngological, Rhinological and Otological Society, Inc.)
Databáze: MEDLINE
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