Normal Positron Emission Tomography-Computerized Tomogram in a Patient with Apparent Mesenteric Panniculitis: Biopsy Is Still the Answer

Mesenteric panniculitis (also known as sclerosing mesenteritis) is a chronic inflammatory disease of the mesenteric connective tissue. It is known to have a wide spectrum of clinical and radiological presentations. In general, biopsy is recommended for diagnosis; however, a recent study proposed tha...

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Autores principales: Ehrenpreis, Eli D., Rao, Archana S., Aki, Robert, Brown, Heather, Pae, Thomas, Boiskin, Ian
Formato: Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: S. Karger AG 2009
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Published: April 2009
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2895190/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/20651979
http://dx.doi.org/10.1159/000213653
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Sumario:Mesenteric panniculitis (also known as sclerosing mesenteritis) is a chronic inflammatory disease of the mesenteric connective tissue. It is known to have a wide spectrum of clinical and radiological presentations. In general, biopsy is recommended for diagnosis; however, a recent study proposed that a negative positron emission tomography- computerized tomography (PET-CT) scan is accurate in differentiating benign and neoplastic mesenteric processes [Br J Radiol 2006;79:37–43]. The following case report questions the accuracy of PET-CT in this setting and confirms the requirement for biopsy to rule out the presence of mesenteric lymphoma.

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