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Colonic mass with a positive positron emission tomography, is it a malignant lesion?
ELONA SHEHI
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November 16, 2020
Colonic malignancy generally presents as a mass lesion and lights up on positive positron emission tomography (PET) scan. Crohn’s Disease (CD) leads to transmural inflammation that can present as a colonic mass with a positive PET that can mimic malignancy. Early treatment improves outcomes.