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7640457

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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
3
pubmed:dateCreated
1995-9-15
pubmed:abstractText
We describe herein a case of esophageal cancer in which both primary and metastatic lymph node foci were successfully imaged with whole-body positron emission tomography (PET) scanning. A 75-year-old woman with biopsy-proven squamous cell carcinoma of the esophagus underwent whole-body PET scanning for staging evaluation. The patient was injected with 373.7 MBq [18F]-2-fluoro-2-D-deoxyglucose (FDG), and 60 min later, scanning was performed from the neck to the pelvis. The whole-body images showed intense FDG uptake in the primary lesion and multiple focal areas of increased FDG uptake in the mediastinum and abdomen, which corresponded to the lymph node foci confirmed by computed tomography (CT) scan. To our knowledge, this is the first report of whole-body PET scanning being applied in the imaging of esophageal cancer.
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:chemical
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:issn
0941-1291
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:volume
25
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
261-4
pubmed:dateRevised
2006-8-3
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed:year
1995
pubmed:articleTitle
Application of whole-body positron emission tomography in the imaging of esophageal cancer: report of a case.
pubmed:affiliation
HIMEDIC Imaging Center at Lake Yamanaka, Japan.
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article, Case Reports