A Case Of Retroperitoneal Fibrosis As A Confusing Reason Of Positive FDG/PET.
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2016-03
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Retroperitoneal fibrosis is a rare disease and characterized by the presence of fibrous and inflammatory
retroperitoneal tissue. Fluorine-18-fluorodeoxyglucose positron emission tomography (FDG/PET)is a beneficial
methods for inflammatory dieseases. We presented here a case of 40 year old woman with idiopathic retroperitoenal
fibrosis which detected high SUVmax level (21.4) on FDG/PET and had high erythrocyte sedimentatiton rate
(140mm/h). If high SUVmax is detected, histologic confirmation is necessary to exclude malignancies.
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Retroperitoneal fibrosis, Fluorodeoxyglucose positron emission tomography, high erythrocyte sedimentatiton rate
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Demirbaş Şeref, Aykan Musa Barış, Arslan Erol, Sağlam Kenan, Okuyucu Kurşat. A Case Of Retroperitoneal Fibrosis As A Confusing Reason Of Positive FDG/PET. National Journal of Integrated Research in Medicine. 2016 Mar-Apr; 7(2): 123-125.