作者
Ji Y Kim, Myung-Hwan Kim, Tae Y Lee, Chang Y Hwang, Jae S Kim, Sung-Cheol Yun, Sang S Lee, Dong W Seo, Sung K Lee
发表日期
2008/5/1
期刊
Official journal of the American College of Gastroenterology| ACG
卷号
103
期号
5
页码范围
1145-1151
出版商
LWW
简介
OBJECTIVES
This study was conducted to evaluate the clinical role of integrated positron emission and computed tomography (PET-CT) in patients with suspected and potentially operable cholangiocarcinoma.
METHODS
Between October 2005 and May 2007, 123 patients with suspected cholangiocarcinoma were enrolled in this study after diagnostic workup, including biliary dynamic computed tomography (CT) and magnetic resonance imaging/magnetic resonance cholangiopancreatography (MRI/MRCP) with magnetic resonance (MR) angiography. Patients with overt unresectable cholangiocarcinoma or gallbladder cancer diagnosed via conventional imaging were excluded. Consecutively, each enrolled patient underwent PET-CT. Data were prospectively collected and analyzed in comparison with CT and MRI/MRCP.
RESULTS
The overall values for sensitivity, specificity, positive predictive value (PPV …
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