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KMID : 1148920080420040324
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Nuclear Medicine and Molecular Imaging
2008 Volume.42 No. 4 p.324 ~ p.327
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A Case of Esophageal Leiomyoma Showing High FDG Uptake on F-18 FDG PET
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Lee Jae-Hyun
Ryu Jin-Sook
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Abstract
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An esophageal leiomyoma is the most common benign tumor of the esophagus mainly occurred in intramural portion. Occasionaly, it is difficult to discriminate esophageal malignancy from large leiomyoma. Although F-18 FDG PET has been used for differentiating malignant from benign disease, false-positive cases have been reported. Recently, uterine leiomyoma has been reported to have relatively high F-18 FDG uptake in some patients but little is known about how an esophageal leiomyoma might be showed on F-18 FDG PET. We report a case of esophageal leiomyoma that showed high FDG uptake on PET images.
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KEYWORD
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esophageal leiomyoma, F-18 FDG, PET
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