Abdominal Wall Granulomatous Inflammation Mimicking Malignancy on FDG PET/CT. 2020

Guohua Shen, and Anren Kuang
From the Department of Nuclear Medicine, Laboratory of Clinical Nuclear Medicine, West China Hospital of Sichuan University, Chengdu, Sichuan, People's Republic of China.

An old woman with abdominal pain complained a palpable mass on the right anterior abdominal wall. On PET/CT images, the lesion presented as a soft tissue mass with irregular shape, invading adjacent peritoneum and showing intense FDG uptake. Based on imaging findings, a malignancy was suspected, and she underwent surgical resection. However, the abdominal wall mass was diagnosed as granulomatous inflammation with a little necrosis by pathological results. Awareness of this benign disease is helpful for an accurate diagnosis of abdominal wall mass.

UI MeSH Term Description Entries
D003937 Diagnosis, Differential Determination of which one of two or more diseases or conditions a patient is suffering from by systematically comparing and contrasting results of diagnostic measures. Diagnoses, Differential,Differential Diagnoses,Differential Diagnosis
D005260 Female Females
D006099 Granuloma A relatively small nodular inflammatory lesion containing grouped mononuclear phagocytes, caused by infectious and noninfectious agents. Granulomas
D006801 Humans Members of the species Homo sapiens. Homo sapiens,Man (Taxonomy),Human,Man, Modern,Modern Man
D000008 Abdominal Neoplasms New abnormal growth of tissue in the ABDOMEN. Abdominal Neoplasm,Neoplasm, Abdominal,Neoplasms, Abdominal
D000072078 Positron Emission Tomography Computed Tomography An imaging technique that combines a POSITRON-EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY (PET) scanner and a CT X RAY scanner. This establishes a precise anatomic localization in the same session. CT PET,CT PET Scan,PET CT Scan,PET-CT,PET-CT Scan,Positron Emission Tomography-Computed Tomography,CT PET Scans,CT Scan, PET,CT Scans, PET,PET CT Scans,PET Scan, CT,PET Scans, CT,PET-CT Scans,Scan, CT PET,Scan, PET CT,Scan, PET-CT,Scans, CT PET,Scans, PET CT,Scans, PET-CT
D000368 Aged A person 65 years of age or older. For a person older than 79 years, AGED, 80 AND OVER is available. Elderly
D019788 Fluorodeoxyglucose F18 The compound is given by intravenous injection to do POSITRON-EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY for the assessment of cerebral and myocardial glucose metabolism in various physiological or pathological states including stroke and myocardial ischemia. It is also employed for the detection of malignant tumors including those of the brain, liver, and thyroid gland. (From Martindale, The Extra Pharmacopoeia, 30th ed, p1162) 18F Fluorodeoxyglucose,18FDG,2-Fluoro-2-deoxy-D-glucose,2-Fluoro-2-deoxyglucose,Fludeoxyglucose F 18,18F-FDG,Fluorine-18-fluorodeoxyglucose,Fluorodeoxyglucose F 18,2 Fluoro 2 deoxy D glucose,2 Fluoro 2 deoxyglucose,F 18, Fludeoxyglucose,F 18, Fluorodeoxyglucose,F18, Fluorodeoxyglucose,Fluorine 18 fluorodeoxyglucose,Fluorodeoxyglucose, 18F
D034861 Abdominal Wall The outer margins of the ABDOMEN, extending from the osteocartilaginous thoracic cage to the PELVIS. Though its major part is muscular, the abdominal wall consists of at least seven layers: the SKIN, subcutaneous fat, deep FASCIA; ABDOMINAL MUSCLES, transversalis fascia, extraperitoneal fat, and the parietal PERITONEUM. Wall, Abdominal

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