PT  - JOURNAL ARTICLE
AU  - Bertó Botella, Juan
AU  - López Zalduendo, Esmeralda
AU  - Gonzalez Gutierrez, Jessica
AU  - Sánchez Salcedo, Pablo
AU  - Rivera, Pilar
AU  - Campo, Arantxa
AU  - Alcaide, Ana Belen
AU  - De Torres, Juan Pablo
AU  - Martínez Urbistondo, Diego
AU  - Zulueta, Javier
TI  - PET and endobronchial ultrasound. SUV value of mediastinal lymph nodes suspicious for malignancy
AID  - 10.1183/13993003.congress-2015.PA4326
DP  - 2015 Sep 01
TA  - European Respiratory Journal
PG  - PA4326
VI  - 46
IP  - suppl 59
4099  - http://erj.ersjournals.com/content/46/suppl_59/PA4326.short
4100  - http://erj.ersjournals.com/content/46/suppl_59/PA4326.full
SO  - Eur Respir J2015 Sep 01; 46
AB  - Using positron emission tomography (PET) in the diagnosis of suspected malignant lymph nodes in non-small cell lung cancer is well established. The main problem is that false positives values derived from SUV low (<3). The main objective of this study is to establish an optimal value for predicting malignancy. This is a retrospective analysis of 50 patients who underwent FNA of mediastinal lymphadenopathy endobronchial ultrasound guided. Anthropometric variables, six-minute walking test, pulmonary function tests were collected and and biopsied lymph nodes and values of SUV on PET of these lymph nodes were analyzed. A statistical study was performed with the SPSS statistics program. Analyzes of sensitivity, specificity and ROC curves were done. The minimum value of SUV was 1.80 and the maximum of 25.23. 21 cancers were diagnosed. ROC curve results and sensitivity study is shown in figure added. Using a range of from 2.5 SUV, in our cohort we have observed that a value of SUV of 2.5 had 85.7% sensitivity and 62.5% specificity (p <0.05) for the diagnosis of suspected malignant lymphadenopathy.