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Table 2 Comparison of diagnostic sensitivity between CT and PET-CT

From: Diagnosis value of 18F-Fluoro-d-glucose positron emission tomography-computed tomography in pulmonary hamartoma: a retrospective study and systematic review

Diagnostic tool

Benign diagnosis

Malignant diagnosis

Total (literature)

Diagnostic sensitivity (%)

False negative rate (%)

CT

44

40

84 [3, 4, 11, 13, 15,16,17]

52.4

47.6

PET-CT

66

18

84 [3, 4, 11, 13, 15,16,17]

78.6

21.4