Table 1.
Five most common colon locations of 18F-fluorodeoxyglucose ([18 F]FDG) uptake in patients who underwent colonoscopya
| Malignant lesions, no. (%) | Premalignant lesions, no. (%) | All, no. (%) | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cecum | 5 (25) | Cecum | 16 (28) | Cecum | 65 (21) |
| Ascending colon | 5 (25) | Ascending colon | 16 (28) | Sigmoid | 60 (20) |
| Transverse colon | 4 (20) | Sigmoid | 13 (23) | Ascending colon | 50 (17) |
| Descending colon | 3 (15) | Transverse colon | 6 (11) | Transverse colon | 36 (12) |
| Rectum | 3 (15) | Descending colon | 4 (7) | Descending colon | 29 (10) |
a = 20 areas of uptake in patients that were later found to have malignancies, 56 areas of uptake in patients that were later found to have premalignant lesions, 303 all areas of incidental uptake