title: Multifocal Colonic Lesions Detected by (18)F-FDG PET/CT: Correlation with Histopathology and Gross Specimen.
abstract: A 73-year-old man underwent (18)F-fluorodeoxyglucose positron emission tomography/computed tomography ((18)F-FDG PET/CT) for the staging of colon cancer. The (18)F-FDG PET/CT revealed three colonic lesions. The histopathologic examination of the postoperative gross specimen revealed a tubular adenoma, a tubulovillous adenoma and an adenocarinoma. The maximal standardized uptake value (SUVmax) of a tubulovillous adenoma was much higher than that of adenocarcinoma. This patient could be considered as a representative case highlighting that SUVmax is not a reliable indicator for discriminating colon cancer from colonic adenomas.
authors.affiliation: Department of Nuclear Medicine, Wonkwang University School of Medicine, 344-2 Shinyong-Dong, Iksan, Jeollabuk-do 570-711 Republic of Korea.
authors.forename: Dae-Weung
authors.initials: DW
authors.lastname: Kim
authors.affiliation: Department of Nuclear Medicine, Wonkwang University School of Medicine, 344-2 Shinyong-Dong, Iksan, Jeollabuk-do 570-711 Republic of Korea.
authors.forename: Sang-Ah
authors.initials: SA
authors.lastname: Jung
authors.affiliation: Department of Nuclear Medicine, Wonkwang University School of Medicine, 344-2 Shinyong-Dong, Iksan, Jeollabuk-do 570-711 Republic of Korea ; Institute of Wonkwang Medical Science, Wonkwang University School of Medicine, 344-2 Shinyong-Dong, Iksan, Jeollabuk-do 570-711 Republic of Korea.
authors.forename: Soon-Ah
authors.initials: SA
authors.lastname: Park
authors.affiliation: Department of Nuclear Medicine, Wonkwang University School of Medicine, 344-2 Shinyong-Dong, Iksan, Jeollabuk-do 570-711 Republic of Korea ; Institute of Wonkwang Medical Science, Wonkwang University School of Medicine, 344-2 Shinyong-Dong, Iksan, Jeollabuk-do 570-711 Republic of Korea.
authors.forename: Chang Guhn
authors.initials: CG
authors.lastname: Kim
keywords: 18F-FDG PET/CT; Colon cancer; Colonic adenoma