Normal Positron Emission Tomography-Computerized Tomogram in a Patient with Apparent Mesenteric Panniculitis: Biopsy Is Still the Answer | Zendy

Eli D. Ehrenpreis | Zendy; Archana S. Rao | Zendy; Robert Aki | Zendy; Heather J. Brown | Zendy; Thomas Pae | Zendy; Ian Boiskin | Zendy

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Normal Positron Emission Tomography-Computerized Tomogram in a Patient with Apparent Mesenteric Panniculitis: Biopsy Is Still the Answer

Author(s) -

Eli D. Ehrenpreis,

Archana S. Rao,

Robert Aki,

Heather J. Brown,

Thomas Pae,

Ian Boiskin

Publication year - 2009

Publication title -

case reports in gastroenterology

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Journals

SCImago Journal Rank - 0.247

H-Index - 18

ISSN - 1662-0631

DOI - 10.1159/000213653

Subject(s) - medicine , positron emission tomography , radiology , lymphoma , tomography , biopsy , positron emission tomography computed tomography , panniculitis , nuclear medicine , pathology

Mesenteric panniculitis (also known as sclerosing mesenteritis) is a chronic inflammatory disease of the mesenteric connective tissue. It is known to have a wide spectrum of clinical and radiological presentations. In general, biopsy is recommended for diagnosis; however, a recent study proposed that a negative positron emission tomography- computerized tomography (PET-CT) scan is accurate in differentiating benign and neoplastic mesenteric processes [Br J Radiol 2006;79:37-43]. The following case report questions the accuracy of PET-CT in this setting and confirms the requirement for biopsy to rule out the presence of mesenteric lymphoma.

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