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. 2007 Jun 7;5:64. doi: 10.1186/1477-7819-5-64

Table 2.

PET and histopathological findings in 26 patients with positive PET scan

No PET/Location SUV Pathology Location of RCRC
1* Rectum 5.8 Tubulovillous adenoma Rectum
2* Rectum 8 MD invasive adeno ca Rectum/P LN
3* Liver 3.4 Colon SD adeno ca met Liver
4* Lung 8.6 Colon adeno ca met Lung
5* Rectum 1.8 MD mucinous adeno ca Rectum
6* Liver 8.2 Colon adeno ca met Liver
7 Liver 6.3 MPD invasive adeno ca Liver
8 Liver 5.5 MD invasive adeno ca Liver
9 Liver 6.9 MPD invasive adeno ca Liver/sigmoid/A LN
Mediastinum 3.8 No biopsy
10 Lung 1.8 Colon IT adeno ca met Lung
Rectum 4.5 Inflammation/granulation
11 Rectum 4.8 MD invasive adeno ca Rectum
AP LN 6.3 No biopsy
12 Multiple liver 6 Colon adeno ca met Liver
13 Liver 3.8 Colon adeno ca met Liver/AP LN/Ovary
AP LN 3.6 Colon adeno ca met
14 Liver 3.1 MD adeno ca met Liver
15 Cecum 1.8 MD adeno ca Cecum/A LN
16 Portal 2.9 Colon adeno ca met Portal/Stomach wall
Upper A 6.1 Colon adeno ca met
17 Sigmoid/Rectum 8.2 Adeno ca Sigmoid/Rectum
18 Rectum 5.4 MD adeno ca Rectum
19 Right colon 11.4 MD adeno ca Right Colon/A LN/Liver
A LN 6.3 Colon adeno ca met
Mediastinium 6.3 No biopsy
20 Rectum 12 MD adeno ca Rectum
21 Rectum 3.2 Tubular adenoma Rectum
22 Rectum 4.3 MD mucinous adeno ca Rectum/Duodenum
Upper A 4 MD mucinous adeno ca
23* Splenic Flexure 6.5 Acute inflammation
24* Liver 3.1 Focal foreign body reaction
A LN 3.3 Acute inflammation
25* Rectum 16.7 Acute inflammation
26* Rectum 6.4 Acute inflammation
Bone 4.1 No biopsy

RCRC: Recurrent CRC, MD: Moderately differentiated, MPD: Moderate to poorly differentiated, SD: Squamoid differentiation, IT: Intestinal type, LN: Lymph nodes, A: Abdominal, P: Pelvic, AP: Abdominopelvic, *: Studies done on PET/CT camera.