Is dedicated chest CT needed in addition to PET/CT for evaluation of pediatric oncology patients?

Sarah Z. Goodman; Jeremy Rosenblum; Ibrahim Tuna; Jeffrey M. Levsky; Rosanna Ricafort; Benjamin Taragin

doi:10.1016/j.clinimag.2015.05.005

Is dedicated chest CT needed in addition to PET/CT for evaluation of pediatric oncology patients?

Sarah Z. Goodman, Jeremy Rosenblum, Ibrahim Tuna, Jeffrey M. Levsky, Rosanna Ricafort, Benjamin Taragin

Medical School for International Health

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Abstract

Purpose: To assess the computed tomography (CT) portion of a positron emission tomography (PET)/CT, at lower dose without breath holding, as compared to diagnostic chest CT (dCTC), performed at regular dose with breath holding, and question the necessity of both for patient care in pediatric oncology. Materials and Methods: This retrospective study included 46 pediatric patients with histologically proven malignant tumors that had a total of 119 scans. Results: A total of 29 discrepancies were found between dCTC and PET/CT reports. Conclusion: In the evaluation of metastatic thoracic disease in pediatric oncology patients, the non-breath holding CT portion of PET/CT has sensitivity and specificity that approaches dCTC.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	794-798
Number of pages	5
Journal	Clinical Imaging
Volume	39
Issue number	5
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1016/j.clinimag.2015.05.005
State	Published - 1 Sep 2015

Keywords

Imaging
Oncology
PET/CT
Pediatric
Utilization

ASJC Scopus subject areas

Radiology Nuclear Medicine and imaging

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