A Case of Esophageal Leiomyoma Showing High FDG Uptake on F-18 FDG PET.
- Author:
Jai Hyuen LEE
1
;
Jin Sook RYU
Author Information
1. Department of Nuclear Medicine, Dankook University College of Medicine, Cheonan, Korea.
- Publication Type:Case Report
- Keywords:
esophageal leiomyoma;
F-18 FDG;
PET
- MeSH:
Esophagus;
Humans;
Leiomyoma
- From:Nuclear Medicine and Molecular Imaging
2008;42(4):323-327
- CountryRepublic of Korea
- Language:Korean
-
Abstract:
An esophageal leiomyoma is the most common benign tumor of the esophagus mainly occurred in intramural portion. Occasionaly, it is difficult to discriminate esophageal malignancy from large leiomyoma. Although F-18 FDG PET has been used for differentiating malignant from benign disease, false-positive cases have been reported. Recently, uterine leiomyoma has been reported to have relatively high F-18 FDG uptake in some patients but little is known about how an esophageal leiomyoma might be showed on F-18 FDG PET. We report a case of esophageal leiomyoma that showed high FDG uptake on PET images.
