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CC BY-NC-ND 4.0 · World J Nucl Med 2015; 14(02): 131-133
DOI: 10.4103/1450-1147.154230
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Retroperitoneal Endometriosis: A Possible Cause of False Positive Finding at 18 F-Fluorodeoxyglucose Positron Emission Tomography/Computed Tomography

Anna Maffione
Department of Nuclear Medicine, Santa Maria Della Misericordia Hospital, Rovigo, Italy
,
Riccardo Panzavolta
1   Department of Radiology, Santa Maria Della Misericordia Hospital, Rovigo, Italy
,
Laura Lisato
2   Department of Pathology, Santa Maria Della Misericordia Hospital, Rovigo, Italy
,
Maria Ballotta
2   Department of Pathology, Santa Maria Della Misericordia Hospital, Rovigo, Italy
,
Mariangela D′Isanto
1   Department of Radiology, Santa Maria Della Misericordia Hospital, Rovigo, Italy
,
Domenico Rubello
Department of Nuclear Medicine, Santa Maria Della Misericordia Hospital, Rovigo, Italy
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Endometriosis is a frequent and clinically relevant problem in young women. Laparoscopy is still the gold standard for the diagnosis of endometriosis, but frequently both morphologic and functional imaging techniques are involved in the diagnostic course before achieving a conclusive diagnosis. We present a case of a patient affected by infiltrating retroperitoneal endometriosis falsely interpreted as a malignant mass by contrast-enhanced magnetic resonance imaging and 18 F-fluorodeoxyglucose positron emission tomography/computed tomography.

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Endometriosis - false positive - fluorodeoxyglucose - magnetic resonance imaging - menstrual cycle - positron emission tomography/computed tomography


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21 May 2022

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