Normal Positron Emission Tomography-Computerized Tomogram in a Patient with Apparent Mesenteric Panniculitis: Biopsy Is Still the Answer
- Resource Type
- Authors
- Thomas Pae; Archana S. Rao; Eli D. Ehrenpreis; Heather Brown; Robert Aki; Ian Boiskin
- Source
- Case Reports in Gastroenterology, Vol 3, Iss 1, Pp 131-137 (2009)
Case Reports in Gastroenterology
- Subject
- medicine.medical_specialty
Positron emission tomography
Lymphoma
Biopsy
Connective tissue
Sclerosing mesenteritis
Medicine
Mesentery
lcsh:RC799-869
Mesenteric Panniculitis
Mesenteric panniculitis
medicine.diagnostic_test
business.industry
Gastroenterology
Mass
medicine.disease
medicine.anatomical_structure
Published: April 2009
lcsh:Diseases of the digestive system. Gastroenterology
Tomography
Radiology
business
- Language
- English
- ISSN
- 1662-0631
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.