Linda......Hooray! I know how anxiety-provoking the spot must have been. I, also, had an area of "increased uptake" on my one-year PET/CT just a few weeks ago. My radiologist said that it didn't present like tumor, and that it was most likely inflammation....that he sees a lot of that this time of year on films. My surgeon concurred when he saw the film and examined me, saying that there will often be inflammation with head and neck surgery patients, because of the changes in our anatomies. What a relief! Now I know not to immediately panic when a scan shows a ghastly-looking dark area. This one was fairly large, but diffuse, not clear like a tumor.