Table 2.
Patient ID |
Age, years |
Sex | Interpretation of FDGal PET images |
Interpretation of ceCT images |
Other imaging modalities or follow-up |
T/B-ratio on FDGal PET |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1 | 71 | F | Multinodular disease | Multinodular disease | 1.6 | |
3 | 61 | M | Multinodular disease | Multinodular disease | 1.6 | |
4 | 52 | M | Multinodular disease | Multinodular disease | 2.0 | |
5 | 73 | M | Multinodular disease | Multinodular disease | 1.7 | |
6 | 48 | M | Several suspicious nodules | Four nodules | Rapid progression to multinodular | 1.3 |
7 | 70 | F | Multinodular disease | Multinodular disease | 1.4 | |
8 | 50 | M | Two lesions | Several dense areas, one suspicious | US: two lesions | Both 1.2 |
9 | 71 | M | One lesion in right lobe, one suspicious in left lobe | One lesion in left liver lobe | US: one lesion | Both 1.4 |
10 | 40 | F | Multinodular disease | Multinodular disease | 1.8 | |
12 | 71 | M | Necrotic tumour | Necrotic/hypoperfused | 0.8 | |
15 | 69 | F | Necrotic tumour | Necrotic tumour | 0.7 | |
17 | 64 | M | Multinodular disease | Multinodular disease | US: one minor lesion | 1.4 – 1.8 |
19 | 64 | M | Multinodular disease with necrotic areas | Multinodular disease with necrotic areas | 1.3 (viable) 0.4 (necrosis) |
|
20 | 49 | M | Multinodular disease | One small suspicious lesion | US: no lesions Died 7 weeks later (multinodular HCC) |
1.4 |
21 | 51 | M | Large necrotic tumour | Large necrotic tumour | US: two lesions | 0.3 |
22 | 77 | M | Large tumour with central necrosis | Lager tumour with central necrosis | 1.5 (viable) 0.3 (necrosis) |
|
24 | 86 | F | Two lesions | One lesion | Progression in PET positive areas | 1.7; 1.3 |
27 | 59 | M | Three distinct lesions | No lesions | MRI: one lesion, biopsy positive Follow-up: several lesions on US |
1.4 – 1.8 |
28 | 73 | F | No lesions | One lesion | US: one lesion, biopsy-positive | n.d. |
32 | 61 | M | Multinodular disease | Multinodular disease | US: Multinodular | 1.3 – 2.8 |
33 | 63 | M | Three lesions | Three lesions | US: two lesions | 1.6 – 1.9 |
35 | 78 | F | Large necrotic tumour | Large necrotic tumour | 0.6 | |
36 | 85 | M | Large necrotic tumour | Large necrotic tumour | 0.2 |
FDGal, 2-[18F]fluoro-2-deoxy-d-galactose; ceCT, contrast-enhanced CT; T/B-ratio, tumour-to-background ratio; F, female; M, male; US, ultrasound sonography; MRI, magnetic resonance imaging; n.d., not determined.