本研究旨在比较全身磁共振成像(WB-MRI)和放射性碘标记的间碘苄基胍(mIBG)成像技术在转移性嗜铬细胞瘤和副神经节瘤(PPGL)患者中的肿瘤病变可检测性和诊断准确性。这项回顾性研究包括13例嗜铬细胞瘤和5例副神经节瘤患者,都被怀疑患有转移性肿瘤。每位患者均接受WB-MRI和123I-mIBG作为131I-mIBG治疗的预处理筛查。两名专家评审人员评估了WB-MRI,123I-mIBG图像,和治疗后的131I-mIBG图像显示肺部转移性病变的存在,骨头,肝脏,淋巴结,和其他器官。检测转移病灶的诊断措施,包括灵敏度,特异性,准确度,阳性预测值(PPV),负预测值(NPV),和接收器工作特性(ROC)-曲线下面积(AUC),对每种成像技术进行了计算。我们分析了WB-MRI图像以检测转移灶,这证明了敏感性,特异性,准确度,PPV,NPV,AUC为82%,97%,90%,96%,86%,和0.92。这些值是83%,95%,89%,94%,86%,123I-mIBG图像中的0.90和85%,92%,89%,91%,87%,治疗后131I-mIBG图像为0.91,分别。我们的结果揭示了WB-MRI与mIBG图像之一的诊断准确性。
This study aimed to compare tumor lesion detectability and diagnostic accuracy of whole-body magnetic resonance imaging (WB-MRI) and radioiodine-labeled meta-iodo-benzylguanidine (mIBG) imaging techniques in patients with metastatic pheochromocytoma and paraganglioma (PPGL). This retrospective study included 13 patients had pheochromocytoma and 5 had paraganglioma, who were all suspected of having metastatic tumors. Each patient underwent WB-MRI and 123I-mIBG as a pretreatment screening for 131I-mIBG therapy. Two expert reviewers evaluated WB-MRI, 123I-mIBG images, and post-therapy 131I-mIBG images for the presence of metastatic lesions in the lungs, bones, liver, lymph nodes, and other organs. Diagnostic measures for detecting metastatic lesions, including sensitivity, specificity, accuracy, positive predictive value (PPV), negative predictive value (NPV), and receiver operating characteristics (ROC)-area under the curve (AUC), were calculated for each imaging technique. We analyzed WB-MRI images for detecting metastatic lesions, which demonstrated sensitivity, specificity, accuracy, PPV, NPV, and AUC of 82%, 97%, 90%, 96%, 86%, and 0.92, respectively. These values were 83%, 95%, 89%, 94%, 86%, and 0.90 in 123I-mIBG images and 85%, 92%, 89%, 91%, 87%, and 0.91 in post-therapy 131I-mIBG images, respectively. Our results reveal the comparable diagnostic accuracy of WB-MRI to one of the mIBG images.