Malignant Peritoneal Mesothelioma Complicating Familial Mediterranean Fever on 18 F-FDG PET/CT.
case_report · Level V
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Abstract
A 77-year-old man with a personal history of familial Mediterranean fever presented with a slowly enlarging tumefaction of the left abdominal wall and persistent inflammatory syndrome despite good adherence to colchicine. 18 F-FDG PET/CT showed a hypermetabolic muscular mass of the abdominal wall along with other hypermetabolic lesions including a peritoneal mass and several subcutaneous soft tissue nodules. CT-guided needle biopsy led to the diagnosis of a muscular localization of a malignant peritoneal mesothelioma, which is an extremely rare complication of familial Mediterranean fever. Six courses of chemotherapy with carboplatin and pemetrexed allowed an almost complete response.
Medical subject headings
- Familial Mediterranean Fever
- Mesothelioma
- Mesothelioma, Malignant
- Peritoneal Neoplasms