Keywords:
Small bowel, PET-CT
Authors:
S. Puri, L. Jones, J. Strang; Rochester, NY/US
Methods and Materials
Methods
We conducted computerized text search for the word duodenum appearing anywhere within the PET/CT report on all patients undergoing FDG- PET/CT at the University of Rochester Medical Center from January 1,
2009 - July 30,
2012.
Three expert radiologists reviewed those cases and classified cases with duodenal uptake as focal,
multifocal,
segmental,
or diffuse.
Results were correlated with histopathology,
other imaging studies,
and clinical follow up.
Exclusion criteria included:
- Use of the word duodenum unassociated with FDG uptake
- Extra-duodenal tumors invading the duodenum
- Duplicated follow-up studies
Fig. 1