[A man with an abnormal PET-CT scan].
A 65-year-old patient with rectal carcinoma underwent an 18FDG PET-CT scan. The scan showed nodular foci of 18FDG uptake against the ventral abdominal wall, possibly carcinomatous peritonitis. These abnormalities were caused by a foreign body reaction to a mesh that was placed five months earlier because of an umbilical hernia repair.
Albert Schweitzer Ziekenhuis, Dordrecht.
Tamara J
TJ
Meulman
Shiuw H
SH
Ho-Han
Tadek R
TR
Hendriksz
D000368:Aged; D019788:Fluorodeoxyglucose F18 / Q000627:therapeutic use; D005549:Foreign-Body Reaction; D006554:Hernia, Umbilical / Q000601:surgery; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D049268:Positron-Emission Tomography / Q000379:methods*; D019736:Prostheses and Implants; D019275:Radiopharmaceuticals; D013526:Surgical Mesh / Q000009:adverse effects*
D019275:Radiopharmaceuticals; D019788:Fluorodeoxyglucose F18