Umbilical Endometriosis Mimicking Malignancy on 18 F-FDG PET/CT

Clin Nucl Med. 2023 Jan 1;48(1):56-57. doi: 10.1097/RLU.0000000000004459. Epub 2022 Oct 14.

Abstract

Umbilical endometriosis is a rare event. A 44-year-old woman complained of a palpable abdominal mass with bloody secretion and chronic abdominal pain for 2 months. 18 F-FDG PET/CT images demonstrated multiple foci of increased tracer uptake indicating malignant tumor with metastases in the region of umbilicus and lower segment of the esophagus. Unexpectedly, the subsequent histology and immunohistochemistry of the umbilical lesion demonstrated endometriosis.

Publication types

  • Case Reports

MeSH terms

  • Adult
  • Diagnosis, Differential
  • Endometriosis* / diagnostic imaging
  • Endometriosis* / pathology
  • Female
  • Fluorodeoxyglucose F18
  • Humans
  • Neoplasms*
  • Positron Emission Tomography Computed Tomography
  • Umbilicus / diagnostic imaging

Substances

  • Fluorodeoxyglucose F18