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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2014 Jul 21.
Published in final edited form as: Gynecol Oncol. 2013 Jan 29;129(3):586–592. doi: 10.1016/j.ygyno.2013.01.017

Fig. 5.

Fig. 5

A) Coronal MIP of an FDG PET scan of a 56 year old woman diagnosed with recurrent cervical cancer 8 months after completion of definitive chemoradiotherapy. The patient recurred 9 months after total exenteration, with negative surgical margins and died 16 months later. B, C) Transverse CT and fused PET/CT images, with the recurrence (arrow) involving the entire cervix and extending to the lower uterine segment and vagina. D, E) Sagittal CT and fused PET/CT images illustrating the recurrence without direct contact of the hypermetabolic tumor to bladder or rectum (arrow). Pathology confirmed invasion of the cervix, uterus, and vagina. The tumor had a high metabolic activity SUVmax 10.8, MTV 23.3 mL and TLG 134 g.