18F-FDG Imaging of Chronic Inflammation Associated With Promontofixation of the Uterus.
A high F-FDG uptake was found in a mesh of promontofixation in a 74-year-old woman who underwent a PET/CT scan for initial staging of cervical cancer. The patient underwent a laparoscopic treatment for a prolapsed uterus 7 years before. Promontofixation can be associated with complications due to chronic inflammation. F-FDG-PET may diagnose chronic inflammation of the mesh.
From the Nuclear Medicine Department, Pellegrin Hospital, CHU of Bordeaux, France.
Marie
M
Meyer
Philippe
P
Fernandez
Paolo
P
Zanotti-Fregonara
D000368:Aged; D005260:Female; D019788:Fluorodeoxyglucose F18; D006801:Humans; D007249:Inflammation / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000209:etiology; D010535:Laparoscopy / Q000009:adverse effects*; D000072078:Positron Emission Tomography Computed Tomography; D019275:Radiopharmaceuticals; D013526:Surgical Mesh / Q000009:adverse effects; D014596:Uterine Prolapse / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging* / Q000601:surgery
D019275:Radiopharmaceuticals; D019788:Fluorodeoxyglucose F18