Abstract
IgG4-related disease (IgG4-RD) continues to be a diagnostic challenge and a great mimicker of malignancies. We report here a case of young man who presented with subacute intestinal obstruction with initial imaging and clinical features suggestive of carcinoma colon. 18F-FDG PET/CT showed diffuse peritoneal carcinomatosis pattern typically seen with abdominal malignancies. However, the histopathology and the raised IgG4 levels diagnosed it to be IgG4-RD. Although 18F-FDG PET/CT has typical patterns corresponding to the multisystemic involvement of IgG4-RD, the index case did not show any such findings.
| Original language | English |
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| Pages (from-to) | e247-e249 |
| Journal | Clinical nuclear medicine |
| Volume | 43 |
| Issue number | 7 |
| DOIs | |
| State | Published - Jul 1 2018 |
Keywords
- F-FDG PET/CT
- IgG4-RD
- carcinoma colon
- peritoneal carcinomatosis