A Case of a False Positive FDG-PET/CT Scan in Esophageal Leiomyoma.
- Author:
Eun Ju SONG
1
;
Seong Hwan KIM
;
Myong Ha LEE
;
Sang Ryul LEE
;
Sung Hyuk LEE
;
Dae Won JUN
;
Moon Hee SONG
;
Yun Ju JO
;
Young Sook PARK
;
Boo Whan HONG
Author Information
1. Department of Internal Medicine, Eulji University College of Medicine, Seoul, Korea. shkim@eulji.ac.kr
- Publication Type:Case Report
- Keywords:
Esophageal leiomyoma;
PET/CT
- MeSH:
Biopsy;
Esophageal Neoplasms;
Esophagectomy;
Esophagus;
Female;
Gastrectomy;
Humans;
Leiomyoma;
Rare Diseases;
Thyroidectomy
- From:Korean Journal of Gastrointestinal Endoscopy
2008;36(6):371-375
- CountryRepublic of Korea
- Language:Korean
-
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.
