Affiliations 

  • 1 Department of Nuclear Medicine, Penang Adventist Hospital, Penang, Malaysia
  • 2 Department of Surgery, Penang Adventist Hospital, Penang, Malaysia
World J Nucl Med, 2021 08 20;20(3):322-323.
PMID: 34703405 DOI: 10.4103/wjnm.wjnm_8_21

Abstract

Leiomyomatosis peritonealis disseminata (LPD) is a rare benign condition characterized by multiple smooth muscle implants in the peritoneal cavity. The clinical presentation is usually nonspecific abdominal discomfort and nontender abdominal mass. Preoperative imaging usually points to suggests malignancy due to its unusual location, but the diagnosis can only be confirmed by histopathological examination. We share 18F-Fluorodeoxyglucose positron emission tomography-computed tomography images of a 43-year-old woman diagnosed with LPD and briefly discuss the clinical aspects of this disease.

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