title: Colorectal tubulovillous adenomas identified on fluoro-2-deoxy-d-glucose positron emission tomography/computed tomography scans.
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  The aim of this retrospective study was to assess the significance of incidental focal colonic lesions on fluoro-2-deoxy-d-glucose positron emission tomography/computed tomography (FDG PET/CT) scans in patients undergoing staging for noncolorectal cancer.
  
  
  METHODS
  Of the 110 patients in our PET/CT database, 10 were found to have abnormally high uptake of tracer in their large bowel.
  
  
  RESULTS
  Seven patients who underwent further endoscopic evaluation of these abnormalities had intermediate to high-risk adenomatous polyps.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  Benign colonic polyps produce high-intensity focal FDG uptake in large bowel. Endoscopic evaluation is recommended before curative resectional surgery of the presenting cancer where appropriate.
authors.affiliation: Poole General Hospital, Poole, Dorset BH15 2JB, UK. akhemandas@yahoo.com
authors.forename: A K
authors.initials: AK
authors.lastname: Hemandas
authors.forename: N K
authors.initials: NK
authors.lastname: Robson
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Hickish
authors.forename: R W
authors.initials: RW
authors.lastname: Talbot
mesh_terms: D018253:Adenoma, Villous / Q000175:diagnosis*; D018256:Adenomatous Polyps / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*; D000368:Aged; D000369:Aged, 80 and over; D015179:Colorectal Neoplasms / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*; D005260:Female; D019788:Fluorodeoxyglucose F18; D005770:Gastrointestinal Neoplasms / Q000473:pathology; D006258:Head and Neck Neoplasms / Q000473:pathology; D006801:Humans; D033162:Incidental Findings; D008175:Lung Neoplasms / Q000473:pathology; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D009367:Neoplasm Staging / Q000379:methods; D049268:Positron-Emission Tomography; D012189:Retrospective Studies; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed
chemical_list: D019788:Fluorodeoxyglucose F18