Abdominal Wall Granulomatous Inflammation Mimicking Malignancy on FDG PET/CT. (March 2020)

• Record Type: Journal Article
• Authors: Shen, Guohua; Kuang, Anren
• Is Part Of: Clinical nuclear medicine. Volume 45:Number 3(2020)
• Publication Date: 2020-03
• Subjects: granulomatous inflammation -- FDG PET/CT -- abdominal wall mass; Nuclear medicine -- Periodicals; Radioisotope scanning -- Periodicals; Nuclear Medicine -- Periodicals; 616.07575
• DOI: 10.1097/RLU.0000000000002868
• Languages: English
• ISSNs: 0363-9762

Abstract

Abstract : Abstract: An old woman with abdominal pain complained a palpable mass on the right anterior abdominal wall. On PET/CT images, the lesion presented as a soft tissue mass with irregular shape, invading adjacent peritoneum and showing intense FDG uptake. Based on imaging findings, a malignancy was suspected, and she underwent surgical resection. However, the abdominal wall mass was diagnosed as granulomatous inflammation with a little necrosis by pathological results. Awareness of this benign disease is helpful for an accurate diagnosis of abdominal wall mass.