International Journal of Molecular Imaging

Review Article

Fluorine-18-Fluorodeoxyglucose Positron Emission Tomography in Assessing Retroperitoneal Fibrosis: A Literature Review

Table 1

Characteristics of the included articles.
AuthorsYearCountryType of studyPatients evaluated by FDG-PETDevice usedAnalysis of PET imagesPET timing
Salvarani et al. [24]2005ItalyRetrospective5 IRF, 2 PRFPETVisualBefore treatment
Vaglio et al. [25]2005ItalyRetrospective7 IRFPETVisualAfter treatment
Nakajo et al. [26]2007JapanRetrospective6 IRFPET and PET/CTVisual and semi-quantitativeBefore treatment in 5 patients and after treatment in 1 patient
Young et al. [27]2008USARetrospective3 IRFPETVisual and semi quantitativeBefore treatment in 3 patients and after treatment in 1 patient
Jansen et al. [28]2010The NetherlandsProspective26 IRFPETVisualBefore treatment in 26 patients and after treatment in 18 patients
Piccoli et al. [29]2010ItalyProspective7 IRFPET/CTVisual and semi quantitativeBefore and after treatment
Pipitone et al. [30]2011ItalyRetrospective1 IRF; 3 SRFPETVisualBefore and after treatment
Ha et al. [31]2011KoreaRetrospective6 IRFPETVisualBefore treatment
Bertagna et al. [32]2012ItalyRetrospective25 IRFPET/CTVisual and semi quantitativeBefore treatment in 18 patients and after treatment in 17 patients
Guignard et al. [33]2012SwitzerlandRetrospective7 IRF, 3 SRFPET/CTVisual and semi quantitativeBefore and after treatment
Moroni et al. [34]2012ItalyProspective22 IRFPET/CTVisual and semi quantitativeBefore and after treatment
Legend: IRF: idiopathic retroperitoneal fibrosis, SRF: secondary retroperitoneal fibrosis; PRF: perianeurysmal retroperitoneal fibrosis.