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Semi-quantitative method for the assessment of focal lesions in parathyroid scintigraphy with relation to histopathology: a prospective study

Maria Henryka Listewnik, Hanna Piwowarska-Bilska, Mirela Kurantowicz, Marek Ostrowski, Andrzej Borowiecki, Krzysztof Safranow, Krystyna Jasiakiewicz, Jacek Iwanowski, Maria Chosia, Maria Laszczyńska, Bożena Birkenfeld
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Pubmed: 27813617
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Nucl. Med. Rev 2017;20(1):18-24.

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Vol 20, No 1 (2017)
Original articles
Submitted: 2016-08-03
Accepted: 2016-09-14
Published online: 2016-11-30

Abstract

BBACKGROUND: The aim of this paper was to analyse our own semi-quantitative method of assessing focal lesions localised in pre-operative diagnostic scintigraphy of primary hyperparathyroidism (PHPT) using 99mTc-MIBI with washout and comparing these data with the result of the histopathological examination (HP).

MATERIAL AND METHODS: A total of 40 (37 female, 3 male, average age 58.7 years) patients with a suspicion of PHPT were enrolled for prospective analysis. Dual phase planar and SPECT/CT examination with 99mTc-MIBI were performed. The tumour to background ratios in the 10th and 120th minute were calculated (TBR10 and TBR120) on the basis of the planar acquisition. PTH, ionised calcium and phosphate levels were measured. Parathyroid surgery alone or combined with subtotal/total thyreoidectomy was conducted in 23 (57.5%) and 17 (42.5%) patients, respectively. A HP was performed in all patients.

RESULTS: Average concentration of PTH in the whole group was 243.95 pg/ml. There was a statistically significant correlation between medians of PTH concentration and parathyroid histopathological results (p = 0.01). A total of 45 lesions of increased uptake were found in 32 (80.0%) and 34 (85%) patients in the early phase and the delayed phase, respectively. The post-operative material contained 20 (44.5%) parathyroid adenomas, 11 (24.5%) cases of hyperplasia, 2 (4.4%) cancers, 4 (8.9%) cases of normal parathyroid tissue, 2 (4.4%) lymph nodes and 6 (13.3%) cases of thyroid gland tissue. The medians of TBR10 and TBR120 for lesions examined in the HP were respectively: 3.64 and 2.59 for adenoma; 3.08 and 2.18 for hyperplasia; 7.7 and 5.5 for parathyroid cancer, 4.89 and 3.16 for normal tissue and 5.26 and 2.95 for lymph nodes or thyroid gland tissue. A high correlation coefficient of TBR10 to TBR120 in the parathyroid adenoma and parathyroid hyperplasia groups was observed with r = 0.867 and r = 0.964, respectively. The ρr correlation coefficient of TBR10 to TBR120 for normal parathyroid was 0.4. There was a statistically significant association between the HP and TBR10 medians (p = 0.047), but not between histopathology and TBR120 medians (p = 0.840).

CONCLUSIONS: The washout technique in pre-operative 99mTc-MIBI scintigraphy is effective in detecting lesions of the parathyroid (cancer, adenoma, hyperplasia, normal tissue of the parathyroid). Parathyroid cancers in semi-quantitative analysis were characterised by a slightly higher TBR. However, it is impossible to differentiate lesions based on this data. Histopathology results are significantly associated with TBR and PTH.

Abstract

BBACKGROUND: The aim of this paper was to analyse our own semi-quantitative method of assessing focal lesions localised in pre-operative diagnostic scintigraphy of primary hyperparathyroidism (PHPT) using 99mTc-MIBI with washout and comparing these data with the result of the histopathological examination (HP).

MATERIAL AND METHODS: A total of 40 (37 female, 3 male, average age 58.7 years) patients with a suspicion of PHPT were enrolled for prospective analysis. Dual phase planar and SPECT/CT examination with 99mTc-MIBI were performed. The tumour to background ratios in the 10th and 120th minute were calculated (TBR10 and TBR120) on the basis of the planar acquisition. PTH, ionised calcium and phosphate levels were measured. Parathyroid surgery alone or combined with subtotal/total thyreoidectomy was conducted in 23 (57.5%) and 17 (42.5%) patients, respectively. A HP was performed in all patients.

RESULTS: Average concentration of PTH in the whole group was 243.95 pg/ml. There was a statistically significant correlation between medians of PTH concentration and parathyroid histopathological results (p = 0.01). A total of 45 lesions of increased uptake were found in 32 (80.0%) and 34 (85%) patients in the early phase and the delayed phase, respectively. The post-operative material contained 20 (44.5%) parathyroid adenomas, 11 (24.5%) cases of hyperplasia, 2 (4.4%) cancers, 4 (8.9%) cases of normal parathyroid tissue, 2 (4.4%) lymph nodes and 6 (13.3%) cases of thyroid gland tissue. The medians of TBR10 and TBR120 for lesions examined in the HP were respectively: 3.64 and 2.59 for adenoma; 3.08 and 2.18 for hyperplasia; 7.7 and 5.5 for parathyroid cancer, 4.89 and 3.16 for normal tissue and 5.26 and 2.95 for lymph nodes or thyroid gland tissue. A high correlation coefficient of TBR10 to TBR120 in the parathyroid adenoma and parathyroid hyperplasia groups was observed with r = 0.867 and r = 0.964, respectively. The ρr correlation coefficient of TBR10 to TBR120 for normal parathyroid was 0.4. There was a statistically significant association between the HP and TBR10 medians (p = 0.047), but not between histopathology and TBR120 medians (p = 0.840).

CONCLUSIONS: The washout technique in pre-operative 99mTc-MIBI scintigraphy is effective in detecting lesions of the parathyroid (cancer, adenoma, hyperplasia, normal tissue of the parathyroid). Parathyroid cancers in semi-quantitative analysis were characterised by a slightly higher TBR. However, it is impossible to differentiate lesions based on this data. Histopathology results are significantly associated with TBR and PTH.

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hyperparathyroidism, adenoma, localization, nuclear scanning, sestamibi

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Semi-quantitative method for the assessment of focal lesions in parathyroid scintigraphy with relation to histopathology: a prospective study

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Nuclear Medicine Review

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Vol 20, No 1 (2017)

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2016-11-30

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10.5603/NMR.a2016.0038

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Nucl. Med. Rev 2017;20(1):18-24.

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hyperparathyroidism
adenoma
localization
nuclear scanning
sestamibi

Authors

Maria Henryka Listewnik
Hanna Piwowarska-Bilska
Mirela Kurantowicz
Marek Ostrowski
Andrzej Borowiecki
Krzysztof Safranow
Krystyna Jasiakiewicz
Jacek Iwanowski
Maria Chosia
Maria Laszczyńska
Bożena Birkenfeld

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