Etiology and significance of incidentally detected focal colonic uptake on FDG PET/CT.

It is important to note that differentiation between inflammatory, premalignant, and malignant lesions solely on the basis of FDG uptake is difficult as shown in few studies.[ 16 , 18 ] Our study proves that the difference in FDG uptake between premalignant and malignant lesions did not reach statistical significance; however, similar inference could not be drawn for inflammatory lesions and physiological uptakes due to their small number (1 inflammatory and 3 physiological), though their uptake shows an obvious overlap with that of the malignant lesions.

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