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What are hypometabolic tumors mean on pet/ct scan?
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May be benign tumor: PET scan shows the degree of metabolic activity and the CT shows the dimensions of the lesion that is producing metabolic activity(or lacking it.). Increased metabolic activity is a common feature of cancer as well as Inflammation. If there is no increased uptake of PET material(that means it is hypometabolic, as opposed to hypermetabolic, the lesion/tumor is unlikely to be Cancer(with a few exe
Answered 9/23/2015
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Hypometabolism...: Certain tumors are not very FDG-avid (do not take up much glucose tracer). This includes mucinous tumors and several other types of tumors such as carcinoid, bronchoalveolar lung cancer, and lobular breast cancer. Benign lesions such as cysts can also appear hypometabolic on PET.
Answered 10/4/2015
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