Figure 8.

Incidental uptake in the endometrium. An 80-year-old female had a PET/CT to investigate for a paraneoplastic cause of her large fibre sensory neuropathy. Intensely increased uptake (SUVmax 12.4) was present in the endometrial cavity, shown on the axial (a) coronal (b) and sagittal images (c) which was shown to be grade 1 endometrioid endometrial carcinoma on biopsy. Although this was thought unlikely to be inducing a paraneoplastic neuropathy, the patient had a hysterectomy but without any improvement in her symptoms, it was, therefore, an incidental finding. PET, positron emission tomography; SUV, standardized uptake value.