Focal Peritoneal Mesothelioma Demonstrated on FDG PET/CT. (November 2019)

• Record Type: Journal Article
• Authors: Xiao, Jie; Yin, Hongyan; Cheng, Dengfeng; Shi, Hongcheng; Xiu, Yan
• Is Part Of: Clinical nuclear medicine. Volume 44:Number 11(2019)
• Publication Date: 2019-11
• Subjects: malignant peritoneal mesothelioma -- FDG -- PET/CT; Nuclear medicine -- Periodicals; Radioisotope scanning -- Periodicals; Nuclear Medicine -- Periodicals; 616.07575
• DOI: 10.1097/RLU.0000000000002630
• Languages: English
• ISSNs: 0363-9762

Abstract

Abstract : Abstract: A 48-year-old woman was experiencing abdominal pain and melena for 3 months. Because of these symptoms combined with increased level of tumor marker CA125, possible abdominal malignancy was considered, and an FDG PET/CT was performed to assess occult tumor. The images revealed multiple hypermetabolic lesions along the peritoneal surface. Pathological examination after biopsy demonstrated low-grade epithelioid peritoneal mesothelioma.