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Two Cases of Peritoneal Tuberculosis Mimicking Peritoneal Carcinomatosis on F-18 FDG PET/CT  

Choi, Soon-Uk (Department of Internal Medicine, National Police Hospital)
Kim, Eun-Sil (Department of Internal Medicine, National Police Hospital)
Kim, So-Yon (Department of Internal Medicine, National Police Hospital)
Yu, Chang-Min (Department of Internal Medicine, National Police Hospital)
Lee, Se-Han (Department of Internal Medicine, National Police Hospital)
Hyun, Hee-Jae (Department of Internal Medicine, National Police Hospital)
Lee, Hyo-Jin (Department of Patholohy, National Police Hospital)
Kim, Seung-Yup (Department of Radiology, National Police Hospital)
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Nuclear Medicine and Molecular Imaging / v.43, no.5, 2009 , pp. 499-504 More about this Journal
Abstract
F-18 fluorodeoxyglucose positron emission tomography (F-18 FDG PET/CT) plays an important role in diagnosis of malignant tumors and adds to conventional imaging in the staging of pertoneal carcinomatosis. However, false positive cases resulting from benign disease such as tuberculosis may occur. We report two cases of peritoneal tuberculosis on F-18 FDG PET/CT which showed multiple hypermetabolic foci in the mesentery and peritoneum with increased serum cancer antigen 125 (CA 125). Subsequent F-18 FDG PET/CT showed a disappearance of pathologic uptake following treatment with anti-tuberculosis drugs.
Keywords
Peritoneal tuberculosis; F-18 FDG PET/CT; peritoneal carcinomatosis;
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