Role of ¹⁸<scp>F</scp>‐fluorodeoxyglucose positron emission tomography/computed tomography in the characterization of pancreatic masses: Experience from tropics

Abstract

The FDG uptake pattern in PET/CT can differentiate malignant from benign mass-forming lesions of the pancreas with high accuracy and a discrete cut-off value of SUVmax could not be defined for the same as even lesions with pancreatic tuberculosis showed very high FDG uptake. Hence, in patients with a suspicion of malignancy in the pancreas, a focally increase FDG uptake in PET/CT suggests the diagnosis of malignancy.