Published 2011 | Version v1
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Retroperitoneal Fibrosis Masquerading as Para-aortic Lymphadenopathy on F-18 FDG PET/CT in a Patient with Carcinoma Cervix

Creators

  • 1. Department of Nuclear Medicine, Postgraduate Institute of Medical Education and Research, Chandigarh - 160 012 (India)

Description

We present a case of carcinoma cervix found to have a soft tissue lesion in retroperitoneal region with intense FDG uptake. However, this FDG uptake was false positive as the final diagnosis was retroperitoneal fibrosis

Availability note (English)

Available from http://dx.doi.org/10.4103/1450-1147.82113; Available from http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3198043

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Identifiers

URL
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3198043;
DOI
10.4103/1450-1147.82113;

Publishing Information

Journal Title
World Journal of Nuclear Medicine (Online)
Journal Volume
10
Journal Issue
1
Journal Page Range
p. 23-24
ISSN
1607-3312

INIS

Country of Publication
India
Country of Input or Organization
International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA)
INIS RN
52021761
Subject category
S62: RADIOLOGY AND NUCLEAR MEDICINE;
Descriptors DEI
ANIMAL TISSUES; CARCINOMAS; DIAGNOSIS; FIBROSIS; FLUORINE 18; PATIENTS; POSITRON COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY; UPTAKE
Descriptors DEC
BETA DECAY RADIOISOTOPES; BETA-PLUS DECAY RADIOISOTOPES; BODY; COMPUTERIZED TOMOGRAPHY; DIAGNOSTIC TECHNIQUES; DISEASES; EMISSION COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY; FLUORINE ISOTOPES; HOURS LIVING RADIOISOTOPES; ISOMERIC TRANSITION ISOTOPES; ISOTOPES; LIGHT NUCLEI; NANOSECONDS LIVING RADIOISOTOPES; NEOPLASMS; NUCLEI; ODD-ODD NUCLEI; PATHOLOGICAL CHANGES; RADIOISOTOPES; TOMOGRAPHY

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PMCID: PMC3198043; PMID: 22034580; PUBLISHER-ID: WJNM-10-23; OAI: oai:pubmedcentral.nih.gov:3198043; Copyright: (c) World Journal of Nuclear Medicine; This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution-Noncommercial-Share Alike 3.0 Unported, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.; This record replaces 47118440