PURPOSE: To evaluate whether standardized uptake value (SUV) and/or metabolic rate of glucose (MRglu) are different among epithelioid, mixed, and spindle cell uveal melanomas, as well as between low and high risk melanomas; to correlate ultrasonographic data and metabolic parameters with histopathological features; and to assess the role of (18)F-FDG PET/CT for evaluating prognosis. METHODS: Of 34 eligible patients prospectively enrolled with clinical suspicion of medium/large uveal melanoma, 26 (15 men, mean age 62.8 ± 11.8 years) were evaluated. All patients underwent metastatic work-up, 3-D dynamic brain and whole-body (18)F-FDG PET/CT, and surgery. RESULTS: Of the 26 ocular lesions, 23 showed (18)F-FDG uptake, with a sensitivity of 88 %. MRglu was significantly higher in the epithelioid cell melanomas than in the spindle cell melanomas, as well as in high-risk lesions than in low-risk lesions (p = 0.01, p = 0.02, respectively). SUV and MRglu were correlated with histopathological features while ultrasonographic data were not. CONCLUSION: MRglu is useful for distinguishing the different cell types in uveal melanoma, as well as high-risk from low-risk lesions, while SUV is not. MRglu provides a more accurate evaluation of glucose consumption, whereas SUV provides only an estimation. In addition, the metabolic parameters correlate with histopathological features, well also reflecting cellular behaviour in ocular malignancy. A longer follow-up is needed to assess the role of (18)F-FDG in evaluating prognosis.

Calcagni, M. L., Mattoli, M. V., Blasi, M. A., Petrone, G., Sammarco, M. G., Indovina, L., Mule', A., Rufini, V., Giordano, A., A prospective analysis of ¹⁸F-FDG PET/CT in patients with uveal melanoma: comparison between metabolic rate of glucose (MRglu) and standardized uptake value (SUV) and correlations with histopathological features., <<EUROPEAN JOURNAL OF NUCLEAR MEDICINE AND MOLECULAR IMAGING>>, 2013; 40 (11): 1682-1691. [doi:10.1007/s00259-013-2488-6] [http://hdl.handle.net/10807/53821]

A prospective analysis of ¹⁸F-FDG PET/CT in patients with uveal melanoma: comparison between metabolic rate of glucose (MRglu) and standardized uptake value (SUV) and correlations with histopathological features.

Calcagni, Maria Lucia;Mattoli, Maria Vittoria;Blasi, Maria Antonietta;Petrone, Gianluigi;Sammarco, Maria Grazia;Indovina, Luca;Mule', Antonino;Rufini, Vittoria;Giordano, Alessandro
2013

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PURPOSE: To evaluate whether standardized uptake value (SUV) and/or metabolic rate of glucose (MRglu) are different among epithelioid, mixed, and spindle cell uveal melanomas, as well as between low and high risk melanomas; to correlate ultrasonographic data and metabolic parameters with histopathological features; and to assess the role of (18)F-FDG PET/CT for evaluating prognosis. METHODS: Of 34 eligible patients prospectively enrolled with clinical suspicion of medium/large uveal melanoma, 26 (15 men, mean age 62.8 ± 11.8 years) were evaluated. All patients underwent metastatic work-up, 3-D dynamic brain and whole-body (18)F-FDG PET/CT, and surgery. RESULTS: Of the 26 ocular lesions, 23 showed (18)F-FDG uptake, with a sensitivity of 88 %. MRglu was significantly higher in the epithelioid cell melanomas than in the spindle cell melanomas, as well as in high-risk lesions than in low-risk lesions (p = 0.01, p = 0.02, respectively). SUV and MRglu were correlated with histopathological features while ultrasonographic data were not. CONCLUSION: MRglu is useful for distinguishing the different cell types in uveal melanoma, as well as high-risk from low-risk lesions, while SUV is not. MRglu provides a more accurate evaluation of glucose consumption, whereas SUV provides only an estimation. In addition, the metabolic parameters correlate with histopathological features, well also reflecting cellular behaviour in ocular malignancy. A longer follow-up is needed to assess the role of (18)F-FDG in evaluating prognosis.
2013
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Calcagni, M. L., Mattoli, M. V., Blasi, M. A., Petrone, G., Sammarco, M. G., Indovina, L., Mule', A., Rufini, V., Giordano, A., A prospective analysis of ¹⁸F-FDG PET/CT in patients with uveal melanoma: comparison between metabolic rate of glucose (MRglu) and standardized uptake value (SUV) and correlations with histopathological features., <<EUROPEAN JOURNAL OF NUCLEAR MEDICINE AND MOLECULAR IMAGING>>, 2013; 40 (11): 1682-1691. [doi:10.1007/s00259-013-2488-6] [http://hdl.handle.net/10807/53821]
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