Abstract:
Objective To compare the value of 99Tcm-methylene diphosphonate(99Tcm-MDP)bone scintigraphy, 99Tcm-MDP SPECT-CT and 18F-FDG in detecting bone metastases of spine.
Methods Retro-spective analysis of 88 tumor patients who underwent 99Tcm-MDP planar bone scintigraphy, then performed 99Tcm-MDP SPECT-CT immediately, and then underwent 18F-FDG SPECT-CT within 2 weeks apart. The diagnostic results were confirmed by biopsy, MRI/CT and clinical follow-up.
Results Fouty-eight of 88 patients were comfirmed to be spine bone metastases, 19 to be spine benigns, 21 to be non-metastases. The sensitivity, specificity, positivity predicitive value, negative predictive value, and accuracy of 99Tcm-MDP bone scintigraphy were 89.6%(43/48), 62.5%(25/40), 74.1%(43/58), 83.3%(25/30)and 63.4%(68/88). Those of 99Tcm-MDP SPECT-CT were 93.8%(45/48), 92.5%(35/40), 90.0%(45/50), 92.1%(35/38)and 81.6%(80/88). Those of 18F-FDG SPECT-CT were 97.9%(47/48), 97.5%(39/40), 97.9%(48/49), 97.5%(39/40)and 87.8%(86/88). SPECT-CT is resolving the problem in conventional bone scintigraphy on anatomical localization of the positive lesions on bone, and reducing the false positive rate. 18F-FDG SPECT-CT is more specific than 99Tcm-MDP bone scintigraphy to the bone metastases of spine, and increasing the ability to identify bone lesion malignant or benign, and increasing the specificity(χ2=15.313, P < 0.001) and accuracy(χ2=16.831, P < 0.001).
Conclusion The dia-gnostic accuracy of 99Tcm-MDP SPECT-CT and 18F-FDG SPECT-CT in detecting bone metastases of spine are both better than 99Tcm-MDP BS.They are valuable for detecting bone metastases of spine.