title: Subcutaneous metastasis from an occult esophageal cancer detected by PET-CT.
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.
authors.affiliation: Department of Nuclear Medicine, KCL, MCL, Leeuwarden, The Netherlands. filip.gemmel@znb.nl
authors.forename: Filip
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Gemmel
authors.forename: Hielke
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Roosjen
authors.forename: Peter
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: van der Wijk
authors.forename: James
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Collins
mesh_terms: D004938:Esophageal Neoplasms / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging* / Q000473:pathology*; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D009382:Neoplasms, Unknown Primary / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging* / Q000473:pathology; D049268:Positron-Emission Tomography; D012878:Skin Neoplasms / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging* / Q000556:secondary*; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed