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First published online October 17, 2007
J Nucl Med 2007, doi:10.2967/jnumed.107.043372
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The Additional Value of SPECT/CT in Lymphatic Mapping in Breast Cancer and Melanoma

Iris M.C. van der Ploeg 1*, Renato A. Valdés Olmos 2, Omgo E. Nieweg 1, Emiel J.Th. Rutgers 1, Bin B.R. Kroon 1, and Cornelis A. Hoefnagel 2

1 Department of Surgery, The Netherlands Cancer Institute–Antoni van Leeuwenhoek Hospital, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
2 Department of Nuclear Medicine, The Netherlands Cancer Institute–Antoni van Leeuwenhoek Hospital, Amsterdam, The Netherlands

* To whom correspondence should be addressed. E-mail: i.vd.ploeg{at}nki.nl.


  Abstract

The recently introduced SPECT/CT integrates the physiologic data of SPECT with the anatomic data of CT into a single image. The purpose of this pilot study was to explore the additional value of SPECT/CT in breast cancer patients and melanoma patients with inconclusive planar image findings. Methods: Thirty-one patients had planar lymphoscintigrams showing unexpected lymphatic drainage, 6 had lymphoscintigrams that were difficult to interpret, and 3 showed no drainage on planar imaging. SPECT/CT was performed immediately after delayed planar imaging. Results: In 4 patients, SPECT/CT showed 6 additional sentinel nodes, of which 2 were tumor-positive and led to upstaging and tailored management in 5% of patients. SPECT/CT depicted sentinel nodes in 3 patients whose delayed planar imaging had shown no drainage. Conclusion: SPECT/CT was of additional value in finding the exact anatomic location of sentinel nodes in patients with inconclusive planar image findings. SPECT/CT also detected sentinel nodes in addition to those found on planar images, and SPECT/CT detected sentinel nodes in patients whose planar images had shown none.

Key Words: radionuclide imaging, breast neoplasms, melanoma, sentinel lymph node biopsy, single-photon emission computed tomography




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