Publication Name	World Journal of Radiology
Manuscript ID	5588
Country	United States

Received	2013-09-17 14:15
Peer-Review Started	2013-09-18 18:05
To Make the First Decision	2013-10-21 11:12
Return for Revision	2013-10-28 14:40
Revised	2013-10-29 21:31
Second Decision	2013-11-18 17:35
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Accepted by Executive Editor-in-Chief	2013-11-19 11:28
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Category	Radiology, Nuclear Medicine & Medical Imaging
Manuscript Type	Topic Highlights
Article Title	Fluorodeoxyglucose uptake in absence of CT abnormality on PET-CT: What is it?
Manuscript Source	Invited Manuscript
All Author List	Yiyan Liu
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Corresponding Author	Yiyan Liu, MD, PhD, Nuclear Medicine Service, Department of Radiology, University Hospital, H-141, 150 Bergen Street, Newark, NJ 07103, United States. liuyl@njms.rutgers.edu
Key Words	Fluorodeoxyglucose uptake; Positron emission tomography-computer tomography; ARTEF actual uptake; Mis-registration; Positron emission tomography interpretation
Core Tip	Abnormal focal uptake without corresponding anatomic abnormality on the integrated computer tomography (CT) imaging poses a dilemma in interpretation of whole-body fluorodeoxyglucose positron emission tomography (PET)-CT imaging. Most of the PET hot spots with the absence of CT lesions or abnormalities are artefactual or secondary to benign etiologies, but some may represent early staged or small sized neoplasm or metastases especially in the gastrointestinal tract and skeletons. Caution should be exercised to simply diagnose a pathology based on the presence of the uptake only, or exclude the disease based on the absence of anatomic abnormality.
Publish Date	2014-01-06 13:32
Citation	Liu Y. Fluorodeoxyglucose uptake in absence of CT abnormality on PET-CT: What is it? World J Radiol 2013; 5(12): 460-467
URL	http://www.wjgnet.com/1949-8470/full/v5/i12/460.htm
DOI	http://dx.doi.org/10.4329/wjr.v5.i12.460

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