Table 9 Characteristics of skeletal metastatic lesions, n = 56
From: Extrahepatic metastases of hepatocellular carcinoma on 18F FDG PET CT
a. Lesion appearance on CT | n (%) |
Lytic lesion(s) without associated soft tissue | 9 (16.07%) |
Sclerotic lesion(s) | 0 |
Lytic lesion(s) with associated soft tissue | 7 (12.5%) |
No CT abnormality | 4 (7.14%) |
b. FDG avidity | n (%) |
FDG-positive lesion(s) only | 16 (28.57%) |
FDG-negative lesion(s) only | 1 (1.79%) |
FDG-positive and FDG-negative lesion(s) both | 0 |
c. SUVmax (gm/ml) | 5.35 ± 2.11 |
d. Association | n (%) |
Skeletal metastasis with lymph nodes | 1(1.79%) |
Skeletal metastasis with other distant metastases | 7 (12.50%) |
Only skeletal lesions | 9 (16.07%) |