While uterine leiomyosarcomas usually have moderate to intense FDG uptake and uterine leiomyomas usually have low to moderate FDG uptake, there is overlap in findings on FDG-PET. This, unfortunately, means that FDG PET cannot reliably differentiate leiomyosarcoma from leiomyoma.
The image above shows a uterine leiomyoma (arrow) with intense FDG activity (maximum SUV of around 10). It has remained stable in size and activity on 4 years of follow-up PET/CT.
References
- Kitajima K, Murakami K, Kaji Y, Sugimura K. Spectrum of FDG PET/CT findings of uterine tumors. AJR Am J Roentgenol. 2010 Sep;195(3):737-43.
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