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Table 3 Details of false-positive and false-negative cases

From: Clinical impact of 18F-FDG PET-CT in recurrent stage III/IV melanoma: a tertiary centre Specialist Skin Cancer Multidisciplinary Team (SSMDT) experience

Case

18F-FDG PET-CT finding

SUVmax

Confirmed finding

 

False positives

1

FDG-avid cervical lymph nodes

4.6

Reactive lymphadenopathy only

2

FDG-avid soft-tissue lesion

2.8

Post-operative change

3

FDG-avid distal and (proximal) endobronchial lesions

18.1 (30.1)

Distal lesion = impacted mucus(Proximal lesion = MM)

4

FDG-avid lung nodulea

23

Lung adenocarcinoma

5

FDG-avid lung nodulea

4.3

Lung sarcoma

 

False negatives

6

FDG-negative lung nodule

N/A

Lung metastasis

7

FDG-negative liver lesion

N/A

Progressive hepatic disease on follow-up imaging

  1. aCases in which PET-CT was of benefit in non-melanoma lesions