18F-FDG Distribution Patterns in Bowel Regions after Exclusion of Patients with History of Colon Cancer
| 18F-FDG uptake | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| None | Mild | Moderate | Severe | ||||||
| Pattern of 18F-FDG distribution | RD | LCHFD | RD | LCHFD | RD | LCHFD | RD | LCHFD | P |
| Cecum | 0 | 0 | 74 (76.29) | 66 (79.52) | 1 (1.03) | 0 | 22 (22.68) | 17 (20.48) | 0.6 |
| Ascending colon | 61 (62.89) | 56 (67.47) | 14 (14.43) | 18 (21.69) | 17 (17.53) | 6 (7.23) | 5 (5.15) | 3 (3.61) | 0.1 |
| Transverse colon | 80 (82.47) | 76 (91.57) | 8 (8.25) | 5 (6.02) | 8 (8.25) | 2 (2.41) | 1 (1.03) | 0 | 0.2 |
| Descending colon | 8 (8.25) | 24 (28.92) | 53 (54.64) | 44 (53.01) | 26 (26.80) | 11 (13.25) | 10 (10.31) | 4 (4.82) | <0.001 |
| Hepatic flexure | 0 | 0 | 82 (84.54) | 73 (87.95) | 0 | 1 (1.20) | 15 (15.46) | 9 (10.84) | 0.37 |
| Splenic flexure | 0 | 1 (1.20) | 81 (83.51) | 68 (81.93) | 0 | 0 | 16 (16.49) | 14 (16.87) | 0.5 |
| Small intestine | 17 (17.53) | 22 (26.51) | 62 (63.92) | 56 (67.47) | 18 (18.56) | 4 (4.82) | 0 | 1 (1.20) | 0.02 |