Increased bone marrow uptake of 18F-FDG in leukemia patients: preliminary findings

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Table 2 Patterns of Abnormal Bone Marrow Uptake of 18F-FDG

Patient	Skull	C	T	L	Pelvis	Sternum	Rib	Humerus	Radius/ulna	Femur	Tibia/fibula
1	–	D	D	D	D^a	D	D	D	D	D^b	D
2	–	–	–	–	–	D	–	D	D	F	D^a,b
3	–	–	–	D	D^a	–	–	F	NA	F^b	F
4	–	D	D	D	D^a	D	–	F^b	–	D	D
5	–	D	D	D	D^a	D	–	F	D	F^b	D
6	–	D	D	D^b	D^a	D	D	F	–	F	–
7	–	D	D	D	D^a,b	D	D	F	–	F	NA
8	–	D	D	D	D^a,b	D	–	D	–	F	F
9	D	D	D	D	D	D	D	D	D	D^b	F

C cervical vertebra, T thoracic vertebra, L lumbar vertebra, D diffuse and homogeneous increased uptake, F focal or inhomogeneous increased uptake, – no increased uptake, NA not available (out of scan)
^aThe bone marrow biopsy site was confirmed to contain leukemic cells
^bThe most intensive foci of each patient, in which SUV_max was measured