18F-Fluorodeoxyglucose uptake in uterine leiomyomas in healthy women

Received 20 December 2008; accepted 10 February 2009. published online 10 July 2009.

Abstract

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.

Keywords: FDG-PET, Uterine leiomyoma, Increased FDG uptake, Apparently healthy women

a Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Tokai University Oiso Hospital, Kanagawa, 259-0198 Japan

b Department of Surgery, Tokai University School of Medicine, Isehara City, Kanagawa, 259-1193 Japan

c HIMEDIC Imaging Center, Lake Yamanaka, Yamanashi, 401-0502 Japan

Corresponding author. Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Tokai University Oiso Hospital, Oiso Town Kanagawa, 259-0198 Japan. Tel.: +81 463 72 3211; fax: +81 463 72 2256.

PII: S0899-7071(09)00086-2

doi:10.1016/j.clinimag.2009.02.005

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