Comparison of 201Tl-chloride SPECT with 99mtc-MIBI SPECT in the depiction of malignant head and neck tumors

Annals of Nuclear Medicine
N TomuraJ Watarai

Abstract

Comparison of 201Tl chloride SPECT (TI-SPECT) with 99mTc-MIBI SPECT (MIBI-SPECT) in the depiction of malignant head and neck tumors was prospectively studied. Forty-one patients with various tumors of the head and neck were included in this prospective study. Histologically, 36 patients had squamous cell carcinomas, 3 undifferentiated carcinomas, 1 transitional cell carcinoma, and 1 MALT lymphoma. All patients underwent a simultaneous dual-isotope SPECT of the head and neck with 201Tl and 99mTc-MIBI. Dual-isotope SPECT for early (n=41) and delayed acquisition (n=21) was performed. Qualitatively, 3 observers evaluated both TI-SPECT and MIBI-SPECT individually. The interpretation criteria were graded as grade 1 (no abnormal increased uptake) to 5 (definitely increased uptake of a degree equal to or greater than that of normal salivary gland). Statistical analysis of the comparison of Tl-SPECT and MIBI-SPECT was performed. The interobserver difference was evaluated using the kappa-coefficient. Quantitatively, T/N ratio (the ratio of the counts in the tumor divided by that in the normal nuchal muscles) and retention index were compared between TI-SPECT and MIBI-SPECT. On both the early and delayed images, the grades of uptake of th...Continue Reading

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