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1 Department of Radiology and Center for Imaging Science, Samsung Medical Center, Sungkyunkwan University School of Medicine, Seoul, Korea; 2 Department of Nuclear Medicine, Samsung Medical Center, Sungkyunkwan University School of Medicine, Seoul, Korea; 3 Division of Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine, Samsung Medical Center, Sungkyunkwan University School of Medicine, Seoul, Korea; and 4 Department of Thoracic Surgery, Samsung Medical Center, Sungkyunkwan University School of Medicine, Seoul, Korea
Correspondence: For correspondence or reprints contact: Kyung Soo Lee, MD, Department of Radiology, Samsung Medical Center, Sungkyunkwan University School of Medicine 50, Ilwon-Dong, Kangnam-Ku, Seoul 135-710, Korea. E-mail: kyungs.lee{at}samsung.com
Recent advances in the technology of helical multidetector CT allow precise evaluations of nodule hemodynamics. In addition, the efficacy of tissue characterization has improved, and now sensitivity and specificity of >90% are achieved. Moreover, the efficacy of PET for the tissue characterization of solitary pulmonary nodules (SPNs) has also become of importance. The purpose of this study was to compare the diagnostic accuracy of helical dynamic (HD) CT (HDCT) and integrated PET/CT for pulmonary nodule characterization. Methods: One hundred nineteen patients with an SPN underwent both HDCT (unenhanced scans, followed by series of images at 30, 60, 90, 120 s and at 5 and 15 min after intravenous injection of contrast medium) and integrated PET/CT. On HDCT, a nodule was regarded as malignant with a net enhancement of 
25 Hounsfield units (HU) and a washout of 5–31 HU. On integrated PET/CT, nodules were considered malignant with a 3.5 maximum standardized uptake value and an 18F-FDG uptake greater than that of mediastinal structures. The sensitivity, specificity, and accuracy of the 2 modalities for malignancy were compared using the McNemar test. Results: There were 79 malignant and 40 benign nodules. The sensitivity, specificity, and accuracy for malignancy on HDCT were 81% (64/79 nodules), 93% (37/40), and 85% (101/119), respectively, whereas those on integrated PET/CT were 96% (76/79), 88% (35/40), and 93% (111/119), respectively (P = 0.008, 0.727, and 0.011, respectively). All malignant nodules were interpreted correctly on either HDCT or PET/CT. Conclusion: Integrated PET/CT is more sensitive and accurate than HDCT for the malignant nodule characterization; therefore, PET/CT may be performed as the first-line evaluation tool for SPN characterization. Because HDCT has high specificity and acceptable sensitivity and accuracy, it may be a reasonable alternative for nodule characterization when PET/CT is unavailable.
Key Words: lung neoplasms, diagnosis • lung neoplasms, CT • lung neoplasms, PET
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