Retroperitoneal fibrosis as a cause of positive FDG PET/CT.

نویسندگان

  • Amar Mehta
  • Todd M Blodgett
چکیده

This article educates the reader on idiopathic retroperitoneal fibrosis and emphasizes the importance of considering conditions that mimic this disease on PET/CT through an illustrative case of a 58 year-old man presenting with intermittent abdominal, back, and scrotal pain undergoing successive PET/CT scans, both for diagnosis and following treatment.

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عنوان ژورنال:
  • Journal of radiology case reports

دوره 5 7  شماره 

صفحات  -

تاریخ انتشار 2011