18F-FDG Distribution Patterns in Bowel Regions
| 18F-FDG uptake | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| None | Mild | Moderate | Severe | ||||||
| Pattern of 18F-FDG distribution | RD | LCHFD | RD | LCHFD | RD | LCHFD | RD | LCHFD | P |
| Cecum | 0 | 0 | 83 (77.57) | 84 (78.50) | 1 (0.93) | 0 | 23 (21.50) | 23 (21.50) | 0.6 |
| Ascending colon | 66 (61.68) | 72 (67.29) | 17 (15.89) | 23 (21.50) | 19 (17.76) | 9 (8.41) | 5 (4.67) | 3 (2.80) | 0.1 |
| Transverse colon | 89 (83.18) | 97 (90.65) | 9 (8.41) | 7 (6.54) | 8 (7.48) | 3 (2.80) | 1 (0.93) | 0 | 0.2 |
| Descending colon | 9 (8.41) | 31 (28.97) | 59 (55.14) | 53 (49.53) | 29 (27.10) | 18 (16.82) | 10 (9.34) | 5 (4.67) | <0.001 |
| Hepatic flexure | 0 | 0 | 92 (85.98) | 92 (85.98) | 0 | 1 (0.93) | 15 (14.02) | 14 (13.08) | 0.5 |
| Splenic flexure | 0 | 1 (0.93) | 90 (84.11) | 87 (81.31) | 0 | 0 | 17 (15.89) | 19 (17.76) | 0.5 |
| Small intestine | 18 (16.82) | 28 (26.17) | 71 (66.36) | 73 (68.22) | 18 (16.82) | 5 (4.67) | 0 | 1 (0.93) | 0.01 |