title: Abdominal Tuberculosis: peritoneal involvement shown by F-18 FDG PET.
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.
authors: Department of Nuclear Medicine and Tracer Kinetics, Osaka University Graduate School of Medicine, Suita, Osaka, Japan. h-shima@tracer.med.osaka-u.ac.jp
authors: Hiroaki
authors: H
authors: Shimamoto
authors: Kenichiro
authors: K
authors: Hamada
authors: Ichiro
authors: I
authors: Higuchi
authors: Masao
authors: M
authors: Tsujihata
authors: Norio
authors: N
authors: Nonomura
authors: Yasuhiko
authors: Y
authors: Tomita
authors: Akihiko
authors: A
authors: Okuyama
authors: Katsuyuki
authors: K
authors: Aozasa
authors: Jun
authors: J
authors: Hatazawa
mesh_terms: 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
chemical_list: D019275:Radiopharmaceuticals; D019788:Fluorodeoxyglucose F18