A Case of Mesenteric Inflammatory Myofibroblastic Tumor with high FDG Accumulation on FDG-PET

We report a case of mesenteric inflammatory myofibroblastic tumor (IMT). A 78-year-old man was found in computed tomography to have a mesenteric mass. The tumor was identified by fluorine-18-fluorodeoxyglucose and positron emission tomography (FDG-PET) as potentially malignant, necessitating jejunos...

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Published inThe Japanese Journal of Gastroenterological Surgery Vol. 43; no. 9; pp. 964 - 969
Main Authors Kobayashi, Shinichiro, Nagata, Yasuhiro, Tokai, Hirotaka, Kitazato, Amane, Nakata, Tetsuo, Maeda, Shigeto, Onizuka, Shinya, Fujioka, Hikaru, Ito, Masahiro
Format Journal Article
LanguageJapanese
Published The Japanese Society of Gastroenterological Surgery 01.09.2010
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fluorine-18-fluorodeoxyglucose and positron emission tomography
inflammatory myofibroblastic tumor
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Summary:We report a case of mesenteric inflammatory myofibroblastic tumor (IMT). A 78-year-old man was found in computed tomography to have a mesenteric mass. The tumor was identified by fluorine-18-fluorodeoxyglucose and positron emission tomography (FDG-PET) as potentially malignant, necessitating jejunostomy. The solid surgical tumor specimen was determined histopathologically to be an IMT. FDG-PET is thus useful for diagnosing IMT. We review the Japanese literature on mesenteric IMT and FDG-PET findings in such cases.
ISSN:0386-9768
1348-9372
DOI:10.5833/jjgs.43.964