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World J Clin Cases. Jan 7, 2022; 10(1): 155-165
Published online Jan 7, 2022. doi: 10.12998/wjcc.v10.i1.155
Published online Jan 7, 2022. doi: 10.12998/wjcc.v10.i1.155
Table 3 Examples of F-18 fluorodeoxyglucose positron emission tomography-computed tomography parameters
| Parameters | Malignant (n = 26) | Benign (n = 20) | P value |
| SUVmax | 10.8 ± 7.5 | 6.5 ± 3.0 | 0.012 |
| SUVpeak | 6.8 ± 5.7 | 4.4 ± 2.0 | 0.058 |
| MTV2 | 5.06 ± 5.2 | 6.7 ± 6.6 | 0.354 |
| SUVmean2 | 3.8 ± 1.5 | 3.0 ± 0.5 | 0.011 |
| TLG2 | 25.5 ± 48.9 | 21.3 ± 24.0 | 0.735 |
| MTV2.5 | 3.5 ± 4.5 | 3.7 ± 4.2 | 0.872 |
| SUVmean2.5 | 4.5 ± 1.6 | 3.6 ± 0.7 | 0.014 |
| TLG2.5 | 22.0 ± 47.6 | 14.8 ± 19.0 | 0.532 |
- Citation: Lee H, Chung YS, Lee JH, Lee KY, Hwang KH. Characterization of focal hypermetabolic thyroid incidentaloma: An analysis with F-18 fluorodeoxyglucose positron emission tomography/computed tomography parameters. World J Clin Cases 2022; 10(1): 155-165
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- DOI: https://dx.doi.org/10.12998/wjcc.v10.i1.155