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Table 1 Five most common colon locations of 18F-fluorodeoxyglucose ([18 F]FDG) uptake in patients who underwent colonoscopya

From: Clinical significance of incidental [18 F]FDG uptake in the gastrointestinal tract on PET/CT imaging: a retrospective cohort study

Malignant lesions, no. (%)

Premalignant lesions, no. (%)

All, no. (%)

Cecum

5 (25)

Cecum

16 (28)

Cecum

65 (21)

Ascending colon

5 (25)

Ascending colon

16 (28)

Sigmoid

60 (20)

Transverse colon

4 (20)

Sigmoid

13 (23)

Ascending colon

50 (17)

Descending colon

3 (15)

Transverse colon

6 (11)

Transverse colon

36 (12)

Rectum

3 (15)

Descending colon

4 (7)

Descending colon

29 (10)

  1. a = 20 areas of uptake in patients that were later found to have malignancies, 56 areas of uptake in patients that were later found to have premalignant lesions, 303 all areas of incidental uptake