18F-fluorodeoxyglucose uptake in uterine leiomyomas in healthy women.
The purpose of this study was to evaluate the incidence and features of increased FDG uptake in uterine leiomyomas in apparently healthy women. The incidence of increased FDG uptake is 0.1% in all 2193 women, 0.5% in women with uterine leiomyoma, and 3.4% in women with degenerated leiomyoma. There was no relationship between the intensity of FDG uptake and the size/site of leiomyoma or the tendency of degeneration in leiomyoma. The women with the increased uptake were not limited at premenopause.
Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Tokai University Oiso Hospital, Kanagawa, 259-0198 Japan.
Hitomi
H
Tsukada
Masaru
M
Murakami
Masako
M
Shida
Kimitaka
K
Kikuchi
Mio
M
Watanabe
Seiei
S
Yasuda
Yutaka
Y
Suzuki
D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D000369:Aged, 80 and over; D005260:Female; D019788:Fluorodeoxyglucose F18 / Q000493:pharmacokinetics*; D006801:Humans; D007889:Leiomyoma / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging* / Q000378:metabolism*; D008657:Metabolic Clearance Rate; D008875:Middle Aged; D049268:Positron-Emission Tomography / Q000379:methods*; D019275:Radiopharmaceuticals / Q000493:pharmacokinetics; D012016:Reference Values; D014594:Uterine Neoplasms / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging* / Q000378:metabolism*
D019275:Radiopharmaceuticals; D019788:Fluorodeoxyglucose F18