Diffusely increased colonic F-18 FDG uptake in acute enterocolitis.
A 60-year-old woman with a remote history of colon carcinoma was studied with F-18 FDG PET imaging 5 days after admission for acute toxigenic enterocolitis. Marked and diffusely increased uptake was noticed throughout the ascending and transverse colon, which was noticed to be edematous and thickened on contrast CT examination. The study emphasizes the need to consider nonneoplastic entities, such as enterocolitis in the differential diagnosis of intensely hypermetabolic colonic lesions on F-18 FDG PET examinations.
Meyer
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MA
Department of Radiology University of Tennessee PET Imaging Center, Knoxville, USA.
D000208:Acute Disease; D003106:Colon / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D003110:Colonic Neoplasms / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D003847:Deoxyglucose / Q000031:analogs & derivatives*; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D004760:Enterocolitis / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*; D005260:Female; D005462:Fluorine Radioisotopes; D019788:Fluorodeoxyglucose F18; D006801:Humans; D008875:Middle Aged; D009364:Neoplasm Recurrence, Local / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D013997:Time Factors; D014055:Tomography, Emission-Computed
D005462:Fluorine Radioisotopes; D019788:Fluorodeoxyglucose F18; D003847:Deoxyglucose