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Home / Publications / Pain Research Forum / Papers of the Week / F-FDG PET-CT in Fitz-Hugh-Curtis Syndrome.

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2022 Jun


World J Nucl Med


http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/35865150?dopt=Abstract


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F-FDG PET-CT in Fitz-Hugh-Curtis Syndrome.

Authors

F-FDG PET-CT in Fitz-Hugh-Curtis Syndrome.
Tan T H, Rajasuriar J S
World J Nucl Med. 2022 Jun; 21(2):166-168.
PMID: 35865150.

Abstract

Positron emission tomography-computed tomography (PET-CT) has demonstrated its usefulness in evaluating nonspecific abdominal and inflammatory symptoms. We report a case of young woman with chronic right upper quadrant abdominal pain. Fluorine-18 fluorodeoxyglucose PET-CT showed subhepatic hypermetabolism. Subsequent diagnostic laparoscopy confirmed the uncommon diagnosis of Fitz-Hugh-Curtis syndrome.
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