Subcutaneous metastasis from an occult esophageal cancer detected by PET-CT

Clin Nucl Med. 2008 Dec;33(12):866-7. doi: 10.1097/RLU.0b013e31818bf199.

Abstract

We describe a unique case of an occult esophageal cancer patient without any significant symptomatology, which initially presented with a subcutaneous metastasis in the thigh. Eventually, FDG PET-CT unmasked the primary tumor of unknown origin.

Publication types

  • Case Reports

MeSH terms

  • Esophageal Neoplasms / diagnostic imaging*
  • Esophageal Neoplasms / pathology*
  • Humans
  • Male
  • Middle Aged
  • Neoplasms, Unknown Primary / diagnostic imaging*
  • Neoplasms, Unknown Primary / pathology
  • Positron-Emission Tomography*
  • Skin Neoplasms / diagnostic imaging*
  • Skin Neoplasms / secondary*
  • Tomography, X-Ray Computed*