Diagnostic role of 18F-FDG PET/CT in recurrence detection of surgically treated gastric cancer: a cross-sectional study

Egyptian Journal of Radiology and Nuclear Medicine

Table 4 Comparison between PET/CT findings and final diagnosis in the distant metastatic subgroups

PET/CT findings	Final diagnosis
	Present			Absent		P value
	n		%	n	%
Lung	Present	4	100.0%	0	0.0%	< 0.001
Lung	Absent	0	0.0%	46	100.0%	< 0.001
Bone	Present	2	100.0%	0	0.0%	0.001
Bone	Absent	0	0.0%	48	100.0%	0.001
Adrenal	Present	1	100.0%	2	4.1%	0.060
Adrenal	Absent	0	0.0%	47	95.9%	0.060
Mediastinal lymph nodes	Present	7	100.0%	2	4.7%	< 0.001
Mediastinal lymph nodes	Absent	0	0.0%	41	95.3%	< 0.001
Para-aortic lymph nodes	Present	5	100.0%	0	0.0%	< 0.001
Para-aortic lymph nodes	Absent	0	0.0%	45	100.0%	< 0.001
Subcutaneous/intramuscular nodules	Present	2	100.0%	0	0.0%	0.001
Subcutaneous/intramuscular nodules	Absent	0	0.0%	48	100.0%	0.001