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Idiopathic Retroperitoneal Fibrosis: Clinical Role of 18F-Fluorodeoxyglucose Positron Emission Tomography for Differential Diagnosis from Malignancy
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Chang Seung Liu, Seung Hun Seol, Jong Wan Im, Moung Jin Lee, Yeon Won Park, Seung Ki Min
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Korean J Urogenit Tract Infect Inflamm 2008;3(1):108-115. Published online April 30, 2008
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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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