Abdominal Tuberculosis: peritoneal involvement shown by F-18 FDG PET.
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.
Shimamoto
Hiroaki
H
Department of Nuclear Medicine and Tracer Kinetics, Osaka University Graduate School of Medicine, Suita, Osaka, Japan. h-shima@tracer.med.osaka-u.ac.jp
Hamada
Kenichiro
K
Higuchi
Ichiro
I
Tsujihata
Masao
M
Nonomura
Norio
N
Tomita
Yasuhiko
Y
Okuyama
Akihiko
A
Aozasa
Katsuyuki
K
Hatazawa
Jun
J
D000005:Abdomen / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*; D000368:Aged; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D005260:Female; D019788:Fluorodeoxyglucose F18; D006801:Humans; D010534:Peritoneal Neoplasms / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*; D014395:Peritonitis, Tuberculous / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*; D049268:Positron-Emission Tomography / Q000379:methods*; D019275:Radiopharmaceuticals
D019275:Radiopharmaceuticals; D019788:Fluorodeoxyglucose F18