Open AccessVisual PET/CT scoring of mesenteric fdg uptake to differentiate between tuberculous peritonitis and peritoneal carcinomatosis
Author(s) -
Shaobo Wang,
Hong He,
Dongdong Xv,
Bo She,
Lu Rencai,
Zhaohui Yang,
Hong Shi,
Xie Rong
Publication year - 2020
Publication title -
diagnostic and interventional radiology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.754
H-Index - 43
eISSN - 1305-3612
pISSN - 1305-3825
DOI - 10.5152/dir.2020.20088
Subject(s) - medicine , peritoneal carcinomatosis , radiology , peritonitis , tuberculous peritonitis , mesentery , positron emission tomography computed tomography , pet ct , positron emission tomography , pathology , colorectal cancer , cancer
We aimed to differentiate tuberculous peritonitis (TBP) from peritoneal carcinomatosis (PC) using a visual positron-emission tomography/computed tomography (PET/CT) scoring system based on mesenteric fluorodeoxyglucose (FDG) uptake.