FDG Positron Emission Tomography and Computed Tomography Demonstration of Carcinoma Arising in an Epiphrenic Diverticulum. uri icon

Overview

abstract

  • Esophageal carcinoma arising within an epiphrenic diverticulum is rare. We describe a case of a carcinoma in a long-standing epiphrenic diverticulum in a 62-year-old patient. Fluorine-18-2-Fluoro-2-Deoxy-D-Glucose Positron Emission Tomography and Computed Tomography, and endoscopic ultrasound revealed a hypermetabolic mass within the diverticulum. A preoperative diagnosis was made via endoscopic biopsy. The patient underwent Ivor-Lewis esophagectomy. He remains well and free of recurrence 18 months after surgery.

publication date

  • November 30, 2014

Research

keywords

  • Diverticulum, Esophageal
  • Esophageal Neoplasms
  • Fluorodeoxyglucose F18
  • Tomography, X-Ray Computed

Identity

PubMed Central ID

  • PMC4394982

Scopus Document Identifier

  • 84913603957

Digital Object Identifier (DOI)

  • 10.3941/jrcr.v8i11.2060

PubMed ID

  • 25926910

Additional Document Info

volume

  • 8

issue

  • 11