Abstract:
Objective To explore the imaging findings of colorectal peritoneal carcinomatosis (CRPC) on 18F-FDG PET/CT and to explore the relationship between PET/CT parameters and location and pathological type of primary colorectal cancer (CRC).
Methods The imaging data of 132 CRPC patients who met the inclusion and exclusion criteria and completed 18F-FDG PET/CT examination in the PET/CT center of the nuclear medicine department of the Affiliated Hospital of Nantong University from May 30, 2016 to December 31, 2019 were collected and analyzed. The observation indexes included the location and pathological type of CRC, peritoneal carcinomatosis index (PCI), maximum standard uptake value (SUVmax) and retention index (RI). According to the location of CRC, the patients were divided into three groups (right colon cancer group, left colon cancer group and rectal cancer group), and according to the specific pathological type of CRC, the patients were divided into three groups (moderately and well-differentiated adenocarcinoma group, poorly differentiated adenocarcinoma group and mucinous adenocarcinoma group).
Results 132 CRPC patients were enrolled in the study, including 82 males and 50 females, with an average age of (61.81±11.52) years. 88 cases of CRC lesions were diagnosed with specific pathological types by surgery, and 44 cases only obtained general pathological type. The diagnostic methods of CRPC included surgical pathology (15 cases), puncture biopsy (32 cases), finding exfoliated cells in ascites (13 cases), and imaging follow-up (4 cases of lesions improved, 68 cases of progressed lesions). The PCI range of 132 patients with CRPC was 2-30, with an average of 7.40±8.14. The SUVmax range of CRPC was 1.2-31.0, the average SUVmax was 9.65±6.01. The range of RI in 72 patients with CRPC was -10.0%-112.2%. 65 cases were positive for RI ≥ 5%, and 7 cases were negative for RI < 5%. The pathological type of CRC (P=0.009) and PCI score (P=0.02) in the right colon cancer group and the rectal cancer group, and the RI (P=0.02) between the right colon cancer group and the other two groups were statistically significant (P < 0.05). Grouped according to the pathological type of CRC, the difference between the CRC position (P=0.003), the SUVmax (P=0.03) between the moderately and well-differentiated adenocarcinoma group and the mucinous adenocarcinoma group was statistically significant (P < 0.05).
Conclusion The PET/CT parameters of CRPC has a certain relationship with the location and pathological type of the primary CRC, the PCI of the mucinous adenocarcinoma of the right colon is higher than that of the moderately and well-differentiated adenocarcinoma of the rectum, but the glucose metabolism indexes (SUVmax and RI) are relatively low.