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. 2019 Sep;60(9):1234–1239. doi: 10.2967/jnumed.118.221770

TABLE 3.

Organ Involvement in Subjects with Systemic AL Amyloidosis: Active AL (n = 30) Versus Hematologic Remission of AL (n = 10)

Visual
Quantitative
SUVmax
Organ Active Remission Active Remission Active Remission
Parotid 15 (50%) 5 (50%) 14 (47%) 5 (50%) 2.7 ± 1.6 2.7 ± 1.6
Tongue 13 (43%) 4 (40%) 15 (50%) 6 (60%) 2.9 ± 1.3 2.8 ± 1.5
Thyroid 6 (20%) 3 (30%) 9 (31%) 5 (50%) 3.3 ± 4.9 3.0 ± 2.3
Lung 9 (30%) 2 (20%) 11 (37%) 2 (20%) 2.2 ± 2.8 1.7 ± 2.0
Gastric wall 13 (43%) 0 (0%) 14 (47%) 1 (10%) 3.5 ± 2.9 1.9 ± 0.4
Pancreas 5 (17%) 0 (0%) 13 (43%) 3 (30%) 2.5 ± 0.8 2.1 ± 0.7
Kidney 4 (13%) 0 (0%) 5 (17%) 0 (0%) 2.2 ± 0.7* 1.7 ± 0.3
Spleen 8 (27%) 0 (0%) 7 (23%) 1 (10%) 2.7 ± 2.6 1.5 ± 1.7
Gluteal muscle 1 (3%) 0 (0%) 3 (10%) 0 (0%) 1.5 ± 0.6 1.3 ± 0.2
Abdominal wall fat 4 (13%) 0 (0%) 3 (10%) 0 (0%) 1.2 ± 0.8 1.2 ± 0.4
Humeral head 8 (27%) 0 (0%) 6 (20%) 0 (0%) 1.8 ± 0.9 1.2 ± 0.5
*

P = 0.0002.

Qualitative data are expressed as numbers followed by percentages in parentheses; continuous data are expressed as mean ± SD. Involved organs defined as SUVmax ≥ 2.5. Liver was considered unevaluable because of known hepatobiliary excretion of 18F-florbetapir.