Utility of 18FDG-PET for differentiating the grade of malignancy in thymic epithelial tumors

Diagnostic Utility of PET CT in Thymic Tumours with Emphasis on 68Ga-DOTATATE PET CT in Thymic Neuroendocrine Tumour - Experience at a Tertiary Level Hospital in India

“…In our case series we found that patient with B3 had a higher SUVmax. Consistent with previous reports [4][5][6][7][8], our study found higher FDG uptake in thymic carcinoma than in thymoma although there were no significant differences in uptake among high and low risk groups of thymoma. Sharma et al, [9] studied the role of 18F-FDG PET/ CT in thymic carcinoma diagnosis and reported that SUVmax of >/=7 in the presence of lobulated masses with areas of necrosis and calcification, encasement of mediastinal structures, pleural thickening, mediastinal lymphadenopathy and distant metastases was suggestive of thymic carcinoma.…”

The Usefulness of Positron-Emission Tomography Findings in the Management of Anterior Mediastinal Tumors

“…[1][2][3]7) In this study, the SUV max values of low-grade thymomas, high-grade thymomas and TCs were 3.14 ± 0.73, 4.34 ± 1.49, and 8.59 ± 3.05, respectively; with significant differences between the low-grade and high-grade thymomas, and between the TCs. These results revealed that the SUV max is useful for differentiating the grade of malignancy in thymic epithelial tumors.…”

“…Hospital, Yokohama, Kanagawa, Japan 2 Division of Chest Surgery, Showa University School of Medicine, Tokyo, Japan epithelial tumors. [1][2][3][4][5][6][7] However, little is known about the usefulness of FDG-PET imaging in anterior mediastinal lesions that are not thymomas or thymic carcinomas (TCs).…”

“…[1][2][3][4][5][6][7] However, little is known about the usefulness of FDG-PET imaging in anterior mediastinal lesions that are not thymomas or thymic carcinomas (TCs). 8,9) The differential diagnosis of such tumors is important since tumors with a variety of histological types can occur in the anterior mediastinum.…”

Positron Emission Tomography/Computed Tomography in Mediastinal Masses

“…Timomayı timik karsinomadan ayırmada SUVmaks'ın optimal eşik değeri çalışmalarda 4.6 ile 6 arası değişmektedir (14). Karşıt sonuçlar olsa da (15,16,17), genel görüş düşük risk timomaları yüksek risk timomalardan ayırmada SUV maks değerinin faydalı olmadığı yönündedir (18,19,20,21,22,23).…”