title: Role of 18F-FDG PET/CT in the staging of pediatric peritoneal mesothelioma.
abstract: A 7-year-old girl with a 1-month history of diffuse abdominal pain underwent an ultrasound which showed a pelvic mass with multiple peritoneal implants and ascites. An US-guided core biopsy of one of the implants as well as a transrectal biopsy of the pelvic tumor showed pathological findings consistent with epithelioid mesothelioma. We describe the findings on (18)F-FDG PET/CT in pediatric peritoneal mesothelioma.
authors.affiliation: Department of Nuclear Medicine, Rambam Health Care Campus, Haifa, Israel. gad101@hotmail.com
authors.forename: Gad
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Abikhzer
authors.forename: Konstantin
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Gourevich
authors.forename: Marc
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Arkovitz
authors.forename: Sergey
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Postovsky
authors.forename: Zohar
authors.initials: Z
authors.lastname: Keidar
mesh_terms: D002648:Child; D005260:Female; D019788:Fluorodeoxyglucose F18; D006801:Humans; D008654:Mesothelioma / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000473:pathology*; D064847:Multimodal Imaging; D009367:Neoplasm Staging; D010534:Peritoneal Neoplasms / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000473:pathology*; D049268:Positron-Emission Tomography; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed
chemical_list: D019788:Fluorodeoxyglucose F18