Retroperitoneal Endometriosis: A Possible Cause of False Positive Finding at (18)F-Fluorodeoxyglucose Positron Emission Tomography/Computed Tomography

Endometriosis is a frequent and clinically relevant problem in young women. Laparoscopy is still the gold standard for the diagnosis of endometriosis, but frequently both morphologic and functional imaging techniques are involved in the diagnostic course before achieving a conclusive diagnosis. We p...

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Autores principales: Maffione, Anna Margherita, Panzavolta, Riccardo, Lisato, Laura Camilla, Ballotta, Maria, D'Isanto, Mariangela Zanforlini, Rubello, Domenico
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Medknow Publications & Media Pvt Ltd 2015
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Case Report
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4455170/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/26097425
http://dx.doi.org/10.4103/1450-1147.154230
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author Maffione, Anna Margherita
Panzavolta, Riccardo
Lisato, Laura Camilla
Ballotta, Maria
D'Isanto, Mariangela Zanforlini
Rubello, Domenico
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description Endometriosis is a frequent and clinically relevant problem in young women. Laparoscopy is still the gold standard for the diagnosis of endometriosis, but frequently both morphologic and functional imaging techniques are involved in the diagnostic course before achieving a conclusive diagnosis. We present a case of a patient affected by infiltrating retroperitoneal endometriosis falsely interpreted as a malignant mass by contrast-enhanced magnetic resonance imaging and (18)F-fluorodeoxyglucose positron emission tomography/computed tomography.
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spelling pubmed-44551702015-06-19 Retroperitoneal Endometriosis: A Possible Cause of False Positive Finding at (18)F-Fluorodeoxyglucose Positron Emission Tomography/Computed Tomography Maffione, Anna Margherita Panzavolta, Riccardo Lisato, Laura Camilla Ballotta, Maria D'Isanto, Mariangela Zanforlini Rubello, Domenico World J Nucl Med Case Report Endometriosis is a frequent and clinically relevant problem in young women. Laparoscopy is still the gold standard for the diagnosis of endometriosis, but frequently both morphologic and functional imaging techniques are involved in the diagnostic course before achieving a conclusive diagnosis. We present a case of a patient affected by infiltrating retroperitoneal endometriosis falsely interpreted as a malignant mass by contrast-enhanced magnetic resonance imaging and (18)F-fluorodeoxyglucose positron emission tomography/computed tomography. Medknow Publications & Media Pvt Ltd 2015 /pmc/articles/PMC4455170/ /pubmed/26097425 http://dx.doi.org/10.4103/1450-1147.154230 Text en Copyright: © World Journal of Nuclear Medicine http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/3.0 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.
spellingShingle Case Report
Maffione, Anna Margherita
Panzavolta, Riccardo
Lisato, Laura Camilla
Ballotta, Maria
D'Isanto, Mariangela Zanforlini
Rubello, Domenico
Retroperitoneal Endometriosis: A Possible Cause of False Positive Finding at (18)F-Fluorodeoxyglucose Positron Emission Tomography/Computed Tomography
title Retroperitoneal Endometriosis: A Possible Cause of False Positive Finding at (18)F-Fluorodeoxyglucose Positron Emission Tomography/Computed Tomography
title_full Retroperitoneal Endometriosis: A Possible Cause of False Positive Finding at (18)F-Fluorodeoxyglucose Positron Emission Tomography/Computed Tomography
title_fullStr Retroperitoneal Endometriosis: A Possible Cause of False Positive Finding at (18)F-Fluorodeoxyglucose Positron Emission Tomography/Computed Tomography
title_full_unstemmed Retroperitoneal Endometriosis: A Possible Cause of False Positive Finding at (18)F-Fluorodeoxyglucose Positron Emission Tomography/Computed Tomography
title_short Retroperitoneal Endometriosis: A Possible Cause of False Positive Finding at (18)F-Fluorodeoxyglucose Positron Emission Tomography/Computed Tomography
title_sort retroperitoneal endometriosis: a possible cause of false positive finding at (18)f-fluorodeoxyglucose positron emission tomography/computed tomography
topic Case Report
url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4455170/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/26097425
http://dx.doi.org/10.4103/1450-1147.154230
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