High SUVmax Value of Ovarian Tubercular Mass: Conflict in Diagnosis
Journal Title: Journal of Academic Research in Medicine - Year 2020, Vol 10, Issue 1
Abstract
Abdomino-peritoneal tuberculosis is a commonly encountered infectious disease especially in endemic areas. Abdomino-peritoneal tuberculosis should be kept in mind in assessing patients with elevated blood CA125 levels, abdominal ascites and adnexal mass since these signs may indicate both advanced ovarian cancer and ovarian tuberculosis as a known dilemma. In the literature, standardized uptake values (SUV) of malignant ovarian tumors and inflammatory/infectious conditions of ovaries on Positron emission tomography/computed tomography (PET/CT) scan have been demonstrated so far. In this case report, we present a 13-year-old female patient who was living in an endemic area for tuberculosis and complaining of abdominal distention and blunt abdominal and back pain, and whose F-18 Fluorodeoxyglucose (FDG)-PET scan revealed adnexal mass with avid FDG uptake with the SUVmax value of 16.6 which was highly suggestive for ovarian cancer.
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Burçin Ağrıdağ Üçpınar, Evrim Özmen, Deniz Türkyılmaz Mut, Şükrü Mehmet Ertürk
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