A Case of a False Positive FDG-PET/CT Scan in Esophageal Leiomyoma / 대한소화기내시경학회지
Korean Journal of Gastrointestinal Endoscopy
;
: 371-375, 2008.
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in Korean
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| ID: wpr-181418
ABSTRACT
Esophageal leiomyoma is relatively rare disease, but can appears with a high uptake of fluorodeoxuglucose (FDG), a false-positive finding on a FDG PET/CT scan. A 64- year-old woman after a total thyroidectomy due to papillary and follicular carcinoma showed a high uptake of FDG in the distal esophagus on a subsequent FDG PET/ CT scan. The presence of an esophageal leiomyoma was suspicious from preoperative findings of endoscopic ultrasound and computed tomography, and an esophagectomy and proximal gastrectomy were performed, as the presence of a malignant lesion could not be excluded. As high uptake of FDG in the lesion on an FDG PET/CT scan corresponds to an esophageal cancer, an esophagectomy and proximal gastrectomy were performed and the lesion was confirmed as an esophageal leiomyoma after surgical biopsies. We report this case with a review of the relevant literature.
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Main subject:
Thyroidectomy
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Biopsy
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Esophageal Neoplasms
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Esophagectomy
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Rare Diseases
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Esophagus
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Gastrectomy
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Leiomyoma
Limits:
Female
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Humans
Language:
Korean
Journal:
Korean Journal of Gastrointestinal Endoscopy
Year:
2008
Type:
Article
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