Correlation of Tissue Biopsy and Fine Needle Aspiration Cytology with Positron Emission Tomography Results

Table 5

Clinical characteristics of the 8 biopsy-FNA positive procedures with SUV < 2.5.

Patient	Age	Organ	Procedure	PET impression	SUV	Diagnosis
1	68	Supraclavicular lymph node	US FNA	Inconclusive	1.5	Metastatic adenocarcinoma
2	77	Mediastinal lymph node	TBNA	Suspicious	2.1	Poorly differentiated squamous cell carcinoma
3	77	Lung	TBNA	Suspicious	2.4	Basaloid carcinoma
4	82	Axillary lymph node	CT FNA	Suspicious	2.3	B-cell lymphoma, follicular type
5	42	Neck lymph node	CT FNA	Suspicious	2.1	Small lymphocytic lymphoma
6	55	Paratracheal lymph node	Biopsy	Negative	0	Poorly differentiated squamous cell carcinoma
6		Paratracheal lymph node	Biopsy	Negative	0	Poorly differentiated squamous cell carcinoma
6		Lung	Biopsy	Negative	0	Poorly differentiated squamous cell carcinoma

US FNA: ultrasound guided FNA, TBNA: transbronchial needle aspirate, CT FNA: CT-guided FNA.