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KMID : 1234520080030010108
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Korean Journal of Urogenital Tract Infection Inflammation
2008 Volume.3 No. 1 p.108 ~ p.115
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Idiopathic Retroperitoneal Fibrosis: Clinical Role of 18F-Fluorodeoxyglucose Positron Emission Tomography for Differential Diagnosis from Malignancy
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Liu Chang-Seung
Seol Seung-Hun
Im Jong-Wan
Lee Myung-Jin
Park Yeon-Won
Min Seung-Ki
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Abstract
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Retroperitoneal fibrosis sometimes causes urological problem involving the ureter, but the mechanism is uncertain. The most common treatment of retroperitoneal fibrosis is often a surgical exploration followed by urologic intervention, but medical therapy has been advocated recently. For medical therapy, there is necessary to exclude malignancy and 18F-fluorodeoxyglucose positron emission tomography (FDG-PET) scan may be an useful alternative tool to avoid invasive procedure including open biopsy. Here we report two patients who were undergone the FDG-PET scan to exclude malignancy and received successful treatment of retroperitoneal fibrosis with prednisolone.
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KEYWORD
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Retroperitoneal fibrosis, Diagnosis, Differential, Positron emission tomography
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