High SUVmax Value of Ovarian Tubercular Mass: Conflict in Diagnosis

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Ucpinar B. A., Ozmen E., Mut D. T., Erturk Ş. M.

JOURNAL OF ACADEMIC RESEARCH IN MEDICINE-JAREM, cilt.10, sa.1, ss.94-96, 2020 (ESCI) identifier

  • Yayın Türü: Makale / Tam Makale
  • Cilt numarası: 10 Sayı: 1
  • Basım Tarihi: 2020
  • Doi Numarası: 10.4274/jarem.galenos.2018.2401
  • Dergi Adı: JOURNAL OF ACADEMIC RESEARCH IN MEDICINE-JAREM
  • Derginin Tarandığı İndeksler: Emerging Sources Citation Index (ESCI), TR DİZİN (ULAKBİM)
  • Sayfa Sayıları: ss.94-96
  • Anahtar Kelimeler: Abdomino-peritoneal tuberculosis, ovarian tuberculosis, standardized uptake value, PERITONEAL TUBERCULOSIS
  • İstanbul Üniversitesi Adresli: Evet

Özet

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.