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What is the meaning of photopenic when it is written in the liver pet scan?
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Photopenic: Area in liver with reduced ability to absorb photons. Review with the Radiologist.
Answered 12/18/2018
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Photopenic....: A focus of photopenia in the liver means that there is decreased glucose uptake in this region. This is a nonspecific finding and could be benign or malignant. A benign simple cyst or a malignant tumor could both present as photopenia on PET. The CT finding on the corresponding CT images will tell more about the cause of the photopenic focus.
Answered 4/10/2019
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