IMAGING SCIENCE AND PHOTOCHEMISTRY ›› 2021, Vol. 39 ›› Issue (6): 808-812.DOI: 10.7517/issn.1674-0475.210520

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The Value of WBS Combined with SPECT/CT Tomographic Fusion in the Diagnosis of Solitary Bone Metastases in Extremities of Lung Cancer

WU Fengping, WU Jing   

  1. Department of Nuclear Medicine, Guigang People's Hospital, Guigang 537100, Guangxi, P. R. China
  • Received:2021-05-26 Online:2021-11-15 Published:2021-11-11

Abstract: The purpose of this study was to investigate the value of whole body bone scan (WBS) combined with single photon emission computed tomography (SPECT)/CT fusion in the diagnosis of single bone metastasis in lung cancer limbs. A retrospective study was conducted, 140 cases of lung cancer patients were selected and given WBS, SPECT/CT tomographic fusion examination. The proportion of adenocarcinoma in the bone metastasis group was significantly higher than that in benign bone lesions (P<0.05). The proportion of bone destruction, density change of bone marrow cavity and bone cortical defect in the bone metastasis group were significantly higher than that in benign bone lesions (P<0.05). The sensitivity, specificity, accuracy, positive predictive value and negative predictive value of WBS combined with SPECT/CT in diagnosis of bone metastasis were significantly higher than those of WBS (P<0.05). WBS combined with SPECT/CT fusion has a good value in the diagnosis of single bone metastasis in extremities of lung cance.

Key words: whole body bone scan, single photon emission computed tomography, computer tomo-graphy (CT), lung cancer, bone metastasis, diagnostic value