In:
Clinical Medicine Insights: Case Reports, SAGE Publications, Vol. 10 ( 2017-01-01), p. 117954761770340-
Abstract:
Of 129 esophagectomies at our institute from June 2010 to March 2015, we experienced three preoperative positron emission tomography-computed tomographic (PET/CT) false positives. Bone metastasis was originally suspected in 2 cases, but they were later found to be bone metastasis negative after a preoperative bone biopsy and clinical course observation. The other cases suspected of mediastinal lymph node metastasis were diagnosed as inflammatory lymphadenopathy by a pathological examination of the removed lymph nodes. Conducting a PET/CT is useful when diagnosing esophageal cancer metastasis, but we need to be aware of the possibility of false positives. Therapeutic decisions should be made based on appropriate and accurate diagnoses, with pathological diagnosis actively introduced if necessary.
Type of Medium:
Online Resource
ISSN:
1179-5476
,
1179-5476
DOI:
10.1177/1179547617703402
Language:
English
Publisher:
SAGE Publications
Publication Date:
2017
detail.hit.zdb_id:
2580498-4
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