TABLE 2.

Twenty-two findings in 20 patients called suspicious/malignant on initial outside hospital PET/CT report were called benign on the second opinion report. In all 20 cases with a diagnosis on follow-up, a benign etiology was confirmed.

	n	n with follow-up
FDG-avid symmetric mediastinal/hilar nodes	4	3
FDG-avid adnexal cyst in premenopausal woman	3	3
FDG-avid rectal sphincter	3	3
FDG-avid post-radiation pneumonitis	2	1
FDG-avid thyroid lobes called nodes	1	1
FDG-avid thymus	1	1
Loculated pleural effusion called a mass	1	1
FDG-avid post-surgical inflammation	1	1
FDG-avid symmetric palatine tonsils	1	1
FDG-avid posterior cricoarytenoid muscle	1	1
FDG-avid brown fat	1	1
Bone marrow statistical noise	1	1
FDG-avid subcentimeter neck node	1	1
FDG-avid ulcerative colitis	1	1
Total	22	20