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Jha A, Patel M, Ling A, Shah R, Chen CC, Millo C, Nazari MA, Sinaii N, Charles K, Kuo MJM, Prodanov T, Saboury B, Talvacchio S, Derkyi A, Del Rivero J, O'Sullivan Coyne G, Chen AP, Nilubol N, Herscovitch P, Lin FI, Taieb D, Civelek AC, Carrasquillo JA, Pacak K. Diagnostic performance of [ 68Ga]DOTATATE PET/CT, [ 18F]FDG PET/CT, MRI of the spine, and whole-body diagnostic CT and MRI in the detection of spinal bone metastases associated with pheochromocytoma and paraganglioma. Eur Radiol 2024:10.1007/s00330-024-10652-4. [PMID: 38625612 DOI: 10.1007/s00330-024-10652-4] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/20/2023] [Revised: 01/07/2024] [Accepted: 01/19/2024] [Indexed: 04/17/2024]
Abstract
OBJECTIVE To compare the diagnostic performance of [68Ga]DOTATATE PET/CT, [18F]FDG PET/CT, MRI of the spine, and whole-body CT and MRI for the detection of pheochromocytoma/paraganglioma (PPGL)-related spinal bone metastases. MATERIALS AND METHODS Between 2014 and 2020, PPGL participants with spinal bone metastases prospectively underwent [68Ga]DOTATATE PET/CT, [18F]FDG PET/CT, MRI of the cervical-thoracolumbar spine (MRIspine), contrast-enhanced MRI of the neck and thoraco-abdominopelvic regions (MRIWB), and contrast-enhanced CT of the neck and thoraco-abdominopelvic regions (CTWB). Per-patient and per-lesion detection rates were calculated. Counting of spinal bone metastases was limited to a maximum of one lesion per vertebrae. A composite of all functional and anatomic imaging served as an imaging comparator. The McNemar test compared detection rates between the scans. Two-sided p values were reported. RESULTS Forty-three consecutive participants (mean age, 41.7 ± 15.7 years; females, 22) with MRIspine were included who also underwent [68Ga]DOTATATE PET/CT (n = 43), [18F]FDG PET/CT (n = 43), MRIWB (n = 24), and CTWB (n = 33). Forty-one of 43 participants were positive for spinal bone metastases, with 382 lesions on the imaging comparator. [68Ga]DOTATATE PET/CT demonstrated a per-lesion detection rate of 377/382 (98.7%) which was superior compared to [18F]FDG (72.0%, 275/382, p < 0.001), MRIspine (80.6%, 308/382, p < 0.001), MRIWB (55.3%, 136/246, p < 0.001), and CTWB (44.8%, 132/295, p < 0.001). The per-patient detection rate of [68Ga]DOTATATE PET/CT was 41/41 (100%) which was higher compared to [18F]FDG PET/CT (90.2%, 37/41, p = 0.13), MRIspine (97.6%, 40/41, p = 1.00), MRIWB (95.7%, 22/23, p = 1.00), and CTWB (81.8%, 27/33, p = 0.03). CONCLUSIONS [68Ga]DOTATATE PET/CT should be the modality of choice in PPGL-related spinal bone metastases due to its superior detection rate. CLINICAL RELEVANCE STATEMENT In a prospective study of 43 pheochromocytoma/paraganglioma participants with spinal bone metastases, [68Ga]DOTATATE PET/CT had a superior per-lesion detection rate of 98.7% (377/382), compared to [18F]FDG PET/CT (p < 0.001), MRI of the spine (p < 0.001), whole-body CT (p < 0.001), and whole-body MRI (p < 0.001). KEY POINTS • Data regarding head-to-head comparison between functional and anatomic imaging modalities to detect spinal bone metastases in pheochromocytoma/paraganglioma are limited. • [68Ga]DOTATATE PET/CT had a superior per-lesion detection rate of 98.7% in the detection of spinal bone metastases associated with pheochromocytoma/paraganglioma compared to other imaging modalities: [18]F-FDG PET/CT, MRI of the spine, whole-body CT, and whole-body MRI. • [68Ga]DOTATATE PET/CT should be the modality of choice in the evaluation of spinal bone metastases associated with pheochromocytoma/paraganglioma.
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- Abhishek Jha
- Section On Medical Neuroendocrinology, Eunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute of Child Health and Human Development, National Institutes of Health, Room 1E-3140, CRC, Bldg. 10, 10 Center Dr. MSC-1109, Bethesda, MD, 20892-1109, USA
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- Section On Medical Neuroendocrinology, Eunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute of Child Health and Human Development, National Institutes of Health, Room 1E-3140, CRC, Bldg. 10, 10 Center Dr. MSC-1109, Bethesda, MD, 20892-1109, USA
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- Radiology and Imaging Sciences, Warren Grant Magnuson Clinical Center, National Institutes of Health, Bldg. 10, 10 Center Dr., Bethesda, MD, 20892, USA
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- Radiology and Imaging Sciences, Warren Grant Magnuson Clinical Center, National Institutes of Health, Bldg. 10, 10 Center Dr., Bethesda, MD, 20892, USA
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- Nuclear Medicine Division, Radiology and Imaging Sciences, Warren Grant Magnuson Clinical Center, National Institutes of Health, Bldg. 10, 10 Center Dr., Bethesda, MD, 20892, USA
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- Positron Emission Tomography Department, Warren Grant Magnuson Clinical Center, National Institutes of Health, Bldg. 10, 10 Center Dr., Bethesda, MD, 20892, USA
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- Section On Medical Neuroendocrinology, Eunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute of Child Health and Human Development, National Institutes of Health, Room 1E-3140, CRC, Bldg. 10, 10 Center Dr. MSC-1109, Bethesda, MD, 20892-1109, USA
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- Biostatistics and Clinical Epidemiology Service, Warren Grant Magnuson Clinical Center, National Institutes of Health, Bldg. 10, 10 Center Dr., Bethesda, MD, 20892, USA
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- Section On Medical Neuroendocrinology, Eunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute of Child Health and Human Development, National Institutes of Health, Room 1E-3140, CRC, Bldg. 10, 10 Center Dr. MSC-1109, Bethesda, MD, 20892-1109, USA
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- Section On Medical Neuroendocrinology, Eunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute of Child Health and Human Development, National Institutes of Health, Room 1E-3140, CRC, Bldg. 10, 10 Center Dr. MSC-1109, Bethesda, MD, 20892-1109, USA
- Medical Genetics Branch, National Human Genome Research Institute, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, MD, 20892, USA
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- Section On Medical Neuroendocrinology, Eunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute of Child Health and Human Development, National Institutes of Health, Room 1E-3140, CRC, Bldg. 10, 10 Center Dr. MSC-1109, Bethesda, MD, 20892-1109, USA
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- Nuclear Medicine Division, Radiology and Imaging Sciences, Warren Grant Magnuson Clinical Center, National Institutes of Health, Bldg. 10, 10 Center Dr., Bethesda, MD, 20892, USA
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- Section On Medical Neuroendocrinology, Eunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute of Child Health and Human Development, National Institutes of Health, Room 1E-3140, CRC, Bldg. 10, 10 Center Dr. MSC-1109, Bethesda, MD, 20892-1109, USA
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- Section On Medical Neuroendocrinology, Eunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute of Child Health and Human Development, National Institutes of Health, Room 1E-3140, CRC, Bldg. 10, 10 Center Dr. MSC-1109, Bethesda, MD, 20892-1109, USA
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- Developmental Therapeutics Branch, National Cancer Institute, National Institutes of Health, Room 13C434, Bldg. 10, 10 Center Dr., Bethesda, MD, 20892, USA
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- Division of Cancer Treatment and Diagnosis, National Cancer Institute, National Institutes of Health, Room 8D53, Bldg. 10, 10 Center Dr., Bethesda, MD, 20892, USA
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- Division of Cancer Treatment and Diagnosis, National Cancer Institute, National Institutes of Health, Room 8D53, Bldg. 10, 10 Center Dr., Bethesda, MD, 20892, USA
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- Surgical Oncology Program, Center for Cancer Research, National Cancer Institute, Room 4-5952, Bldg. 10, 10 Center Dr., Bethesda, MD, 20892, USA
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- Positron Emission Tomography Department, Warren Grant Magnuson Clinical Center, National Institutes of Health, Bldg. 10, 10 Center Dr., Bethesda, MD, 20892, USA
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- Molecular Imaging Branch, National Cancer Institute, National Institutes of Health, Room 13C442, Bldg. 10, 10 Center Dr., Bethesda, MD, 20892, USA
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- Department of Nuclear Medicine, La Timone University Hospital, CERIMED, Aix-Marseille University, Marseille, France
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- Nuclear Medicine, Radiology and Radiological Science, Johns Hopkins Medicine, Baltimore, MD, USA
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- Molecular Imaging Branch, National Cancer Institute, National Institutes of Health, Room 13C442, Bldg. 10, 10 Center Dr., Bethesda, MD, 20892, USA
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- Section On Medical Neuroendocrinology, Eunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute of Child Health and Human Development, National Institutes of Health, Room 1E-3140, CRC, Bldg. 10, 10 Center Dr. MSC-1109, Bethesda, MD, 20892-1109, USA.
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Fargette C, Shulkin B, Jha A, Pacak K, Taïeb D. Clinical utility of nuclear imaging in the evaluation of pediatric adrenal neoplasms. Front Oncol 2023; 12:1081783. [PMID: 36733351 PMCID: PMC9886856 DOI: 10.3389/fonc.2022.1081783] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/09/2022] [Accepted: 12/30/2022] [Indexed: 01/18/2023] Open
Abstract
Adrenal neoplasms rarely occur in children. They can be diagnosed in the presence of endocrine, metabolic or neurological problems, an abdominal mass, more rarely an adrenal incidentaloma, or in the context of an adrenal mass discovered in the evaluation of childhood cancer including hematologic malignancy. According to standard medical practice, pediatric malignancies are almost always evaluated by 18F-fluorodeoxyglucose positron emission tomography with computed tomography ([18F]FDG PET/CT). Nuclear imaging using specific radiotracers is also an important tool for diagnosing and staging neuroblastoma, pheochromocytoma, hormone hypersecretion, or indeterminate adrenal masses. The Hippocratic oath "primum non nocere" encourages limitation of radiation in children per the ALARA concept (as low as reasonably achievable) but should not lead to the under-use of nuclear imaging because of the potential risk of inaccurate diagnosis or underestimation of the extent of disease. As in adults, nuclear imaging in children should be performed in conjunction with hormone evaluation and morphological imaging.
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- Christelle Fargette
- Department of Nuclear Medicine, La Timone University Hospital, Centre Européen de Recherche en Imagerie Médicale (CERIMED), Aix-Marseille University, Marseille, France
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- Department of Diagnostic Imaging, St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital, Memphis, TN, United States
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- Section on Medical Neuroendocrinology, Eunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute of Child Health and Human Development, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, MD, United States
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- Section on Medical Neuroendocrinology, Eunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute of Child Health and Human Development, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, MD, United States
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- Department of Nuclear Medicine, La Timone University Hospital, Centre Européen de Recherche en Imagerie Médicale (CERIMED), Aix-Marseille University, Marseille, France,*Correspondence: David Taïeb,
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