A Case Of Retroperitoneal Fibrosis As A Confusing Reason Of Positive FDG/PET.

Retroperitoneal fibrosis is a rare disease and characterized by the presence of fibrous and inflammatory retroperitoneal tissue. Fluorine-18-fluorodeoxyglucose positron emission tomography (FDG/PET)is a beneficial methods for inflammatory dieseases. We presented here a case of 40 year old woman with idiopathic retroperitoenal fibrosis which detected high SUVmax level (21.4) on FDG/PET and had high erythrocyte sedimentatiton rate (140mm/h). If high SUVmax is detected, histologic confirmation is necessary to exclude malignancies.

Eosinophilic Fasciitis And Associated Late Emerging Hodgkin Lymphoma.

Abstracts: Eosinophilic fasciitis is often seen between the ages of 40-50, and is characterized with skin thickening, and etiopathogenesis is still unclear. Patients diagnosed as eosinophilic fasciitis have accompanying hematologic diseases in less than 10 %. In cases reported previously in the literature with a diagnosis of eosinophilic fascitis, accompanying hematological malignancies and solid organ malignancies were within the first 5 years after diagnosis. We here present, in this case 58 years old male who diagnosed hodgkin lymphoma after 21 years of eosinophilic fasciitis.