FDG Positron Emission Tomography and Computed Tomography Demonstration of Carcinoma Arising in an Epiphrenic Diverticulum.
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.
Department of Radiology, University of Virginia, Charlottesville, Virginia, USA.
Thomas J
TJ
Eluvathingal Muttikkal
Department of Digestive Health, University of Virginia, Charlottesville, Virginia, USA.
Vanessa M
VM
Shami
Department of Thoracic Surgery, Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center, New York, NY 10065, USA.
David R
DR
Jones
Department of Radiology, University of Virginia, Charlottesville, Virginia, USA.
Patrice K
PK
Rehm
D004936:Diverticulum, Esophageal / Q000150:complications / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000601:surgery*; D019160:Endosonography / Q000379:methods; D004938:Esophageal Neoplasms / Q000150:complications / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000601:surgery*; D016629:Esophagectomy; D019788:Fluorodeoxyglucose F18; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D064847:Multimodal Imaging / Q000379:methods; D010791:Phrenic Nerve / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D011877:Radionuclide Imaging; D019275:Radiopharmaceuticals; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed / Q000379:methods*; D016896:Treatment Outcome
D019275:Radiopharmaceuticals; D019788:Fluorodeoxyglucose F18
Carcinoma; Diverticulum; Epiphrenic; FDG; Fluorine-18-2-Fluoro-2-Deoxy-D-Glucose Positron Emission Tomography and Computed Tomography; Hypermetabolic; PET/CT