A Case of Synchronous Triple Primary Cancer Undetected by the PET-CT.
10.3342/kjorl-hns.2009.52.4.373
- Author:
Wook Kyoung HAN
1
;
Dong Hyun KIM
;
Yeo Hoon YOON
;
Bon Seok KOO
Author Information
1. Department of Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery, Research Institute Medical Science, Chungnam National University College of Medicine, Daejeon, Korea. bskoo515@cnuh.co.kr
- Publication Type:Case Report
- Keywords:
Multiple primary neoplasm;
Positron-emission tomography
- MeSH:
Carcinoma, Squamous Cell;
Esophageal Neoplasms;
Follow-Up Studies;
Head;
Head and Neck Neoplasms;
Humans;
Neck;
Neoplasm Metastasis;
Neoplasms, Multiple Primary;
Positron-Emission Tomography
- From:Korean Journal of Otolaryngology - Head and Neck Surgery
2009;52(4):373-375
- CountryRepublic of Korea
- Language:Korean
-
Abstract:
As diagnosis and treatment methods of malignant tumors have improved, the average length of a patient's life and the opportunity of detecting multiple primary malignant tumors have also increased. Patients with squamous cell carcinoma of the head and neck often have multiple cancers, esophageal cancer being the most common associated cancer. FDG PET-CT has become an accepted and widely used imaging modality for detecting the metastasis or multiple primary cancers and for the follow-up in the head and neck cancer. We report an unusual case of synchronous triple primary cancer undetected by the PET-CT with a review of literature.
