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. 2019 Nov 1;45(6):423–430. doi: 10.5152/tud.2019.84453

Table 2.

Rates of determination of metastatic lesions by the imaging modalities based on the number of patients (number of patients: %)

Regions FDG-PET/CT CT MRI
Pelvic lymph node 20/83, 24% 14/80, 17.5% 3/19, 15.7%
Abdominal lymph node 14/83, 16.8% 8/80, 10% 1/19, 5.2%
Mediastinal lymph node 6/83, 7.2% 2/80, 2.5% 1/2, 50%*
Lung 23/83, 27.7% 17/80, 21.2% 2/2, 100%*
Bone 20/83, 24% 3/80, 3.75% 1/19, 5.2%
Liver 7/83, 8.4% 4/80, 5% 0/19, 0%
Sub-renal 7/83, 8.4% 6/80, 7.5% 1/19, 5.2%
*

Only two patients have thoracic MRI images.

In thoracic, abdominal, and pelvic image regions.

PET/CT: positron emission tomography/computed tomography; TURBT: transurethral resection of bladder tumor; MRI: magnetic resonance imaging