Mesenteric panniculitis presenting with acute non-occlusive colonic ischemia
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Mesenteric panniculitis presenting with acute non-occlusive colonic ischemia
BACKGROUND The role of positron emission tomography (PET) of the mesentery as a diagnostic modality in cases of mesenteric panniculitis is unclear. CASE PRESENTATION A 67-year-old woman presented with rectal bleeding due to nonocclusive colonic ischemia. Abdominal CT showed features of mesenteric panniculitis. PET-CT demonstrated no abnormal fluorine-18 fluordeoxyglucose uptake in the affecte...
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عنوان ژورنال: International Archives of Medicine
سال: 2011
ISSN: 1755-7682
DOI: 10.1186/1755-7682-4-22