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Clinical Significance of Unexplained Abnormal Focal FDG Uptake in the Abdomen During Whole-Body PET

¹ All authors: Department of Radiology, Nuclear Medicine Service, Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center, 1275 York Ave., New York, NY 10021.

View larger version (80K): [in a new window]   Fig. 1A. —75-year-old man with nasopharyngeal carcinoma (patient 11 in Table 1). Coronal (A) and sagittal (B) PET and PET/CT fusion images show focal FDG uptake (arrow, A) in left hemipelvis.

View larger version (51K): [in a new window]   Fig. 1B. —75-year-old man with nasopharyngeal carcinoma (patient 11 in Table 1). Coronal (A) and sagittal (B) PET and PET/CT fusion images show focal FDG uptake (arrow, A) in left hemipelvis.

View larger version (58K): [in a new window]   Fig. 1C. —75-year-old man with nasopharyngeal carcinoma (patient 11 in Table 1). Transaxial PET/CT fusion images localize this abnormality to sigmoid colon. Histopathology showed tubulovillous adenoma.

View larger version (52K): [in a new window]   Fig. 1D. —75-year-old man with nasopharyngeal carcinoma (patient 11 in Table 1). Transaxial PET/CT fusion images localize this abnormality to sigmoid colon. Histopathology showed tubulovillous adenoma.

View larger version (111K): [in a new window]   Fig. 2A. —59-year-old woman with ovarian cancer (patient 10 in Table 1). Coronal (A), sagittal (B), and transaxial (C) PET images show focal FDG uptake (arrow) in left lower abdomen. Patient underwent surgery and resection of tumor. Histopathology confirmed metastatic adenocarcinoma in mesentery consistent with primary ovarian cancer.

View larger version (82K): [in a new window]   Fig. 2B. —59-year-old woman with ovarian cancer (patient 10 in Table 1). Coronal (A), sagittal (B), and transaxial (C) PET images show focal FDG uptake (arrow) in left lower abdomen. Patient underwent surgery and resection of tumor. Histopathology confirmed metastatic adenocarcinoma in mesentery consistent with primary ovarian cancer.

View larger version (61K): [in a new window]   Fig. 2C. —59-year-old woman with ovarian cancer (patient 10 in Table 1). Coronal (A), sagittal (B), and transaxial (C) PET images show focal FDG uptake (arrow) in left lower abdomen. Patient underwent surgery and resection of tumor. Histopathology confirmed metastatic adenocarcinoma in mesentery consistent with primary ovarian cancer.

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