구강암 환자에서 경부 임파절 평가에 대한 18F-FDG PET (Fluorine 18-Labelled Deoxyglucose Positron Emission Tomography)의 유용성

• Published in: Journal of the Korean Association of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgeons Vol. 33; no. 6; pp. 597 - 600
• Main Authors: 최은주(Eun-Joo Choi), 강상훈(Sang-Hoon Kang), 김기호(Ki-Ho Kim), 남웅(Woong Nam), 김형준(Hyung-Jun Kim), 차인호(In-Ho Cha)
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: Korean
• Published: 대한구강악안면외과학회 30.12.2007; Korean Association Of Oral And Maxillofacial Surgeons
• Subjects: 치의학; PET; Neck metastasis; Oral squamous cell carcinoma
• ISSN: 2234-7550; 2234-5930

PET is one of the most widely used verification methods for evaluation of metastasis on the lymph nodes of the neck in oral cancer patients. The purpose of this study was to assess the correlation between PET findings and histopathologic findings in patients who had been diagnosed as squamous cell carcinoma and performed neck dissection. Thirty-four necks in 25 patients had been evaluated on pathologic lymph nodes and the data were compared with preoperative PET scan. The sensitivity of PET at the level of the neck was 72.7%, specificity was 60%, and accuracy was 79.2%. Since FDG-PET show high false-positive results, it should be used with other diagnostic tools for evaluation of lymph node metastasis. KCI Citation Count: 0