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Tomographic imaging of the spleen: the role of morphological and metabolic features in differentiating benign from malignant diseases
- Source :
- Clinical imaging 36 (2012): 559–567. doi:10.1016/j.clinimag.2012.01.015, info:cnr-pdr/source/autori:Pier Paolo Mainenti, Delfina Iodice, Immacolata Cozzolino, Sabrina Segreto, Sergio Capece, Giacomo Sica, Mario Magliulo, Giuseppe Ciancia, Leonardo Pace, Marco Salvatore/titolo:Tomographic imaging of the spleen: the role of morphological and metabolic features in differentiating benign from malignant diseases/doi:10.1016%2Fj.clinimag.2012.01.015/rivista:Clinical imaging/anno:2012/pagina_da:559/pagina_a:567/intervallo_pagine:559–567/volume:36
- Publication Year :
- 2012
- Publisher :
- Elsevier, [New York] , Stati Uniti d'America, 2012.
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Abstract
- To evaluate the tomographic features in differentiating benign from malignant splenic diseases, 54 patients with a cytohistological examination and a contrast-enhanced multidetector computed tomography (ce-MDCT) and/or positron emission tomography/computed tomography (PET/CT) were retrospectively selected. Significant associations were observed between ce-MDCT Pattern 3 (focal hyperdense lesion) and Pattern 4 (infarcts/cysts) as well as PET/CT Pattern 3 (focal photopenia/diffuse uptakeliver) and benign pathologies, and between ce-MDCT Pattern 1 (splenomegaly without focal lesions) and Pattern 2 (focal hypodense lesion) as well as PET/CT Pattern 1 (diffuse uptake ≥ liver) and Pattern 2 (focal increased uptake) and malignant diseases. No significant association between benign or malignant diseases and spleen volumes and maximum standardized uptake value (SUV(max)) as well as lesion characteristics was observed. The metabolic data do not improve the performance of morphological patterns.
- Subjects :
- Adult
Male
medicine.medical_specialty
Adolescent
PET/CT
Iohexol
Contrast Media
Spleen
Multimodal Imaging
Diagnosis, Differential
Lesion
Multidetector computed tomography
medicine
Humans
Radiology, Nuclear Medicine and imaging
cardiovascular diseases
Child
Malignant disease
Aged
Retrospective Studies
Splenic Diseases
PET-CT
Tomographic reconstruction
medicine.diagnostic_test
business.industry
Benign disease
Middle Aged
medicine.disease
medicine.anatomical_structure
Positron emission tomography
Positron-Emission Tomography
cardiovascular system
Radiographic Image Interpretation, Computer-Assisted
Female
CT
Radiology
medicine.symptom
Splenic disease
Tomography, X-Ray Computed
business
METABOLIC FEATURES
Subjects
Details
- Language :
- English
- Database :
- OpenAIRE
- Journal :
- Clinical imaging 36 (2012): 559–567. doi:10.1016/j.clinimag.2012.01.015, info:cnr-pdr/source/autori:Pier Paolo Mainenti, Delfina Iodice, Immacolata Cozzolino, Sabrina Segreto, Sergio Capece, Giacomo Sica, Mario Magliulo, Giuseppe Ciancia, Leonardo Pace, Marco Salvatore/titolo:Tomographic imaging of the spleen: the role of morphological and metabolic features in differentiating benign from malignant diseases/doi:10.1016%2Fj.clinimag.2012.01.015/rivista:Clinical imaging/anno:2012/pagina_da:559/pagina_a:567/intervallo_pagine:559–567/volume:36
- Accession number :
- edsair.doi.dedup.....8845a4ad58a21f65a2c55def923ab013