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Abdominal Tuberculosis: peritoneal involvement shown by F-18 FDG PET
Hiroaki Shimamoto1, Kenichiro Hamada, Ichiro Higuchi
1Department of Nuclear Medicine and Tracer Kinetics, Osaka University Graduate School of Medicine, Suita, Osaka, Japan. h-shima@tracer.med.osaka-u.ac.jp
Abstract:
We present a case of a right renal tumor associated with increased accumulation of F-18 FDG in the peritoneum and ileocecum on PET imaging. The FDG-PET images suggested peritoneal carcinomatosis, but the histopathology of the open biopsy proved tuberculous peritonitis. Tuberculous peritonitis should be considered as a potential interpretive pitfall in mimicking peritoneal carcinomatosis.
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