Should we worry about incidental gastrointestinal tract involvement in positron emission tomography/computed tomography as gastroenterologist?

Abstract

Background and aim : Positron emission tomography/computed tomography(PET/CT) scans detects benign clinical conditions in addition to malignancy, and this leads to additional investigation and expenditure. The purpose of our study was to assess the endoscopic and histupathologic results of incidental 18F-FDG uptake in the GI tract.