Subcutaneous Metastasis From an Occult Esophageal Cancer Detected by PET-CT

被引：10

作者：

Gemmel, Filip ^{[1
]}

Roosjen, Hielke ^{[1
]}

van der Wijk, Peter ^{[1
]}

Collins, James ^{[2
]}

机构：

[1] KCL, Dept Nucl Med, NL-8934 AD Leeuwarden, Netherlands

[2] MCL, Dept Radiol, Leeuwarden, Netherlands

来源：

CLINICAL NUCLEAR MEDICINE | 2008年 / 33卷 / 12期

关键词：

subcutaneous metastasis; cancer of unknown primary; esophageal cancer; PET-CT;

D O I：

10.1097/RLU.0b013e31818bf199

中图分类号：

R8 [特种医学]; R445 [影像诊断学];

学科分类号：

1002 ; 100207 ; 1009 ;

摘要：

We describe a unique case of an occult esophageal cancer patient without any significant symptomatology, which initially presented with a subcutaneous metastasis in the thigh. Eventually, FDG PET-CT unmasked the primary tumor of unknown origin.

引用

页码：866 / 867

页数：2

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