Sakamoto Aiko, Okamoto Koji, Ishizaka Nobukazu, Tejima Kazuaki, Hirata Yasunobu, Nagai Ryozo
Department of Cardiovascular Medicine, The University of Tokyo Graduate School of Medicine, Tokyo, Japan.
Int Heart J. 2006 Jul;47(4):645-50. doi: 10.1536/ihj.47.645.
A patient with recurrent abdominal pain was admitted to our hospital. Computed tomography showed a soft dense mass surrounding the abdominal aorta at the infrarenal level, which was compatible with retroperitoneal fibrosis. (18)F-fluorodeoxyglucose ((18)F-FDG) positron emission tomography showed abnormal uptake of (18)F-FDG into these lesions. Two months after the initiation of corticosteroid therapy, the abnormal uptake of (18)F-FDG had ceased along with a reduction in the fibrous mass surrounding the abdominal aorta.
