Table 1 Clinical, radiological, and PET/CT characteristics of the enrolled patients
From: Clinical utility of 18F-FDG PET/CT imaging in patients with pulmonary artery sarcoma
Characteristics | All patients | PAS | PTE | P value |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Age (median, range, years) | 59 (15–88) | 50 (27–69) | 62 (15–88) | 0.053 |
< 59, n | 23 | 11 | 12 | 0.011* |
≥ 59, n | 24 | 3 | 21 | |
Gender, n | ||||
Male | 29 | 9 | 20 | 0.812 |
Female | 18 | 5 | 13 | |
Symptom, n | ||||
Dyspnea | ||||
Yes | 19 | 8 | 11 | 0.128 |
No | 28 | 6 | 22 | |
Chest tightness | ||||
Yes | 12 | 4 | 8 | 0.731 |
No | 35 | 10 | 25 | |
Chest pain | ||||
Yes | 12 | 6 | 6 | 0.076 |
No | 35 | 8 | 27 | |
Cough | ||||
Yes | 20 | 7 | 13 | 0.501 |
No | 27 | 7 | 20 | |
Hemoptysis | ||||
Yes | 5 | 2 | 3 | 0.627 |
No | 42 | 12 | 30 | |
Fever | ||||
Yes | 6 | 2 | 4 | 1.000 |
No | 41 | 12 | 29 | |
D-dimer level, n | ||||
Abnormal | 39 | 9 | 30 | 0.087 |
Normal | 7 | 4 | 3 | |
Location, n | ||||
With PT involved | 14 | 11 | 3 | < 0.001* |
PT only | 2 | 1 | 1 | |
PT and RPA | 3 | 3 | 0 | |
PT and LPA | 1 | 1 | 0 | |
PT, RPA, and LPA | 8 | 6 | 2 | |
Without PT involved | 33 | 3 | 30 | |
RPA | 16 | 2 | 14 | |
LPA | 6 | 1 | 5 | |
RPA and LPA | 11 | 0 | 11 | |
Non-enhanced CT value (HU) | 36 (18–63) | 34 (18–47) | 39 (24–63) | 0.062 |
< 36, n | 21 | 8 | 13 | 0.263 |
≥ 36, n | 26 | 6 | 20 | |
Enhanced CT value (HU) | 49 (26–76) | 67 (31–76) | 45 (26–64) | < 0.001* |
< 49, n | 23 | 3 | 20 | 0.024* |
≥ 49, n | 24 | 11 | 13 | |
ΔCT value (HU) | 5 (0–44) | 25 (13–44) | 4 (0–18) | < 0.001* |
< 20, n | 36 | 3 | 33 | < 0.001* |
≥ 20, n | 11 | 11 | 0 | |
SUVmax | 2.0 (0.8–17.2) | 8.9 (3.0–17.2) | 1.8 (0.8–3.7) | < 0.001* |
< 2.0, n | 21 | 0 | 21 | < 0.001* |
≥ 2.0, n | 36 | 14 | 12 |