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Table 2 Patterns of [18 F]FDG uptake among malignant, premalignant and non-neoplastic lesions

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. (%)

Non-neoplastic lesions per endoscopya,b, no. (%)

Focal uptake, no. (% of cases with known pattern of uptake)

12 (100)

46 (98)

38b (88)

Diffuse uptake, no (% of cases with known pattern of uptake)

0 (0)

1 (2)

4 (9)

  1. a = 54 areas of uptake
  2. b = 12 patients had an unknown pattern of uptake