Presurgical Identification of Uterine Smooth Muscle Malignancies through the Characteristic FDG Uptake Pattern on PET Scans

Table 1

General characteristics of the study patients ().

	LMS/STUMP		Benign leiomyoma
Number of patients, (%)	8 (38%)		13 (62%)
Age (years)
Median (range)	48 (42–81)		48 (32–54)
Tumor size (cm)
Median (range)	10.1 (5.5–17.4)		10.2 (4.5–16.7)
Pathology,	LMS	7	Ordinary leiomyoma	9
	STUMP	1	Degenerated leiomyoma	2
			Cellular leiomyoma	1
			Infarcted leiomyoma	1
Pathological staging,	T1bN0M0	5
	T2aN0M0	1
	T2bN0M0	1
	T1bN1M1	1
Primary surgery, (%)	ATH + BSO	8	ATH	12
			Hysteroscopic hysterectomy	1

LMS, leiomyosarcoma; STUMP, smooth muscle tumor with uncertain malignant potential; ATH, abdominal total hysterectomy; BSO, bilateral salpingo-oophorectomy.