Prediction of Meningioma WHO Grade Using PET Findings: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis.

K Mariam SlotDagmar VerbaanDennis R BuisLinda J SchoonmadeBart N M BerckelW Peter Vandertop

Published in: Journal of neuroimaging : official journal of the American Society of Neuroimaging (2020)

We found that SUV and T/N ratio in 18F-FDG PET may be useful to noninvasively differentiate benign from malignant meningiomas. T/N ratio seems to have a high specificity for the detection of high-grade meningiomas. Other PET tracers were studied too infrequently to draw definitive conclusions. Before treatment strategies can be adapted based on 18F-FDG PET, prospective studies in larger cohorts are warranted to validate the optimal T/N ratio cutoff point.

Keyphrases

pet ct
positron emission tomography
pet imaging
computed tomography
high grade
optical coherence tomography