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Mesenteric Panniculitis Appears as Metastatic Disease on <sup>18</sup>F-FDG-PET/CT Scan
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VOLUME: 31 ISSUE: 2
P: 154-156
June 2022

Mesenteric Panniculitis Appears as Metastatic Disease on 18F-FDG-PET/CT Scan

Mol Imaging Radionucl Ther 2022;31(2):154-156
DOI: 10.4274/mirt.galenos.2021.95914
Özgül Ekmekçioğlu 1
Selim Bakan 2
Kerim Sönmezoğlu 3
1. University of Health Sciences Turkey, Şişli Hamidiye Etfal Training and Research Hospital, Clinic of Nuclear Medicine, İstanbul, Turkey
2. İstanbul University-Cerrahpaşa, Cerrahpaşa Faculty of Medicine, Department of Radiology, İstanbul, Turkey
3. İstanbul University-Cerrahpaşa, Cerrahpaşa Faculty of Medicine, Department of Nuclear Medicine, İstanbul, Turkey
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Received Date: 13.11.2020
Accepted Date: 13.02.2021
Publish Date: 27.06.2022
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ABSTRACT

Mesenteric panniculitis is a rare benign inflammatory process involving mesenteric adipose tissue and the pathogenesis is still unknown. It may present 18Fluorine-fluorodeoxyglucose (18F-FDG) uptake and appear like a malign tumor or metastatic disease. We report a case of 47 year-old woman with serous ovarian adenocarcinoma demonstrating intense 18F-FDG uptake and hyperdense nodularity in mesenteric fatty tissue on post-chemotherapy positron emission tomography/computed tomography imaging. The serum tumor marker (CA-125) level was within the normal range. A correlative magnetic resonance imaging highlighted the diagnosis of mesenteric panniculitis that was also confirmed by clinical follow-up.

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