Retroperitoneal fibrosis masquerading as para-aortic lymphadenopathy on F-18 FDG PET/CT in a patient with carcinoma cervix

Retroperitoneal fibrosis masquerading as para-aortic lymphadenopathy on F-18 FDG PET/CT in a patient with carcinoma cervix

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.

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Main Authors: R. Kashyap, B. Mittal, S. Kumari, A. Bhattacharya, B. Singh
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Thieme Medical and Scientific Publishers Pvt. Ltd. 2011-01-01
Series:World Journal of Nuclear Medicine
Subjects:
carcinoma cervix
retroperitoneal fibrosis
f-18 fdg
pet-ct
Online Access:http://www.thieme-connect.de/DOI/DOI?10.4103/1450-1147.82113
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