Diagnostic performance of F-18 FDG PET/CT in differentiating autoimmune pancreatitis from pancreatic cancer: a systemic review and meta-analysis.

Deepanksha Datta Selvakumar B Akhil Dhnaesh Goel Sanskriti Chhibber Vaibhav Kumar Varshney Rajesh Kumar

Published in: Annals of nuclear medicine (2024)

On F-18 FDG PET/CT, a pancreatic lesion of AIP has a lower SUVmax value than CaP. A diffuse pattern of FDG uptake and presence of an extra-pancreatic FDG-avid site are nearly 21 times and twice more likely in AIP than CaP, respectively.

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