Importance of endoscopic diagnostics in cases with asymptomatic accidental findings of the gastrointestinal tract in PET-CT-imaging
T Kratt, P Aschoff, C Pfannenberg, M Küper, M von Feilitzsch, D Stüker, C Hann von Weyhern, F Fend, A Königsrainer · Zeitschrift für Gastroenterologie · 2010 · Heft 08
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Aims: Due to the increasing spread of PET-CT-technique, ambiguous, asymptomatic, surprising findings in projection on the gastrointestinal tract occur more frequently. The clinical relevance of these findings remained unclear so far. Methods: We prospectively evaluated 1247 patients with PET-CT for staging of primary cancer or suspected relapse of non-gastrointestinal tumor origin. In 56 cases (4.5%) suspect asymptomatic PET-spots in the GI-Tract were described. Among them in 35 patients the findings were accessible for endoscopic evaluation. Results: Upper GI-tract: 14 patients (40%). In 3 cases (21.4%) false-p…
