The clinical significance of incidental intra-abdominal findings on positron emission tomography performed to investigate pulmonary nodules

Table 2 Diagnosis and Treatment of Incidental Colonic Findings

Pt	ABDO FDG+ PET site	SUVmax	Investigations	Intraabdominal Diagnosis	Treatment	Final Pathology
1	Colon	4.1	Colonoscopy	Lipoma in colon	Endoscopic Polypectomy	Lipoma
2	Colon	5.7	Colonoscopy	Normal	-	Normal
7	Right Colon	3.8	Colonoscopy	Normal	-	Normal
8	Right colon	9.5	CT Abdomen	Normal	-	Normal
9	Transverse Colon	5.3	CT Abdomen	Metastatic Colon Cancer	Right Hemicolectomy	Metastatic Colon Adenocarcinoma
10	Left colon	6.1	Colonoscopy	Villous Adenoma	Left Hemicolectomy	Colon Adenocarcinoma
11	Left Colon	8.8	Colonoscopy	Colon Cancer	Endoscopic Polypectomy	Colon Adenocarcinoma
13	Sigmoid Colon	N/A	Colonoscopy	Tubulovillous Adenoma	Endoscopic Polypectomy	Adenoma
17	Rectosigmoid Colon	12.8	Endoscopy	Villous Adenoma	Endoscopic Polypectomy	Adenoma
24	Pancreas	6.1	CT Abdomen	Endocrine tumor	Whipple's Procedure	Islet Cell Tumor
25	ABDO wall	1.5	US Abdomen	Normal	-	Normal

ABDO = abdominal; FDG = fluorodeoxyglucose; + = positive; US = ultrasound; CT = computed tomography; SUVmax = maximum standardized uptake value; N/A = not available

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