Prediction of Early-stage Liver Fibrosis Using FDG-PET/CT.

Background/aim: F-fluorodeoxyglucose (FDG) is known to accumulate in the liver. We investigated whether accumulation of FDG was correlated with the degree of liver fibrosis and the grade of necro-inflammatory activity.

Patients And Methods: This retrospective study included 35 patients who underwent FDG-positron emission tomography (PET)/computed tomography (CT) before liver surgery.