Korean Journal of Gastrointestinal Endoscopy 2008;36(6): 371-375.
FDG-PET/CT에서 위양성 소견을 보인 식도 평활근종 1예
송은주ㆍ김성환ㆍ이명하ㆍ이상렬ㆍ이성혁ㆍ전대원ㆍ송문희ㆍ조윤주ㆍ박영숙ㆍ홍부환*
을지대학교 의과대학 내과학교실, *외과학교실
A Case of a False Positive FDG-PET/CT Scan in Esophageal Leiomyoma
Eun Ju Song, M.D., Seong Hwan Kim, M.D., Myong Ha Lee, M.D., Sang Ryul Lee, M.D., Sung Hyuk Lee, M.D., Dae Won Jun, M.D., Moon Hee Song, M.D., Yun Ju Jo, M.D., Young Sook Park, M.D. and Boo Whan Hong, M.D.*
Departments of Internal Medicine and *Surgery, Eulji University College of Medicine, Seoul, Korea
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. (Korean J Gastrointest Endosc 2008;36:371-375)
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