Abstract | BACKGROUND: CASE PRESENTATION: One patient received chemotherapy and the other chemoradiotherapy as initial treatments. In both cases, [ 18F]-fluorodeoxyglucose positron emission tomography-computed tomography (FDG-PET/CT) was performed before and after chemo(radio) therapy. After the treatment, FDG uptake was not detected in the primary tumor, but it was slightly reduced in the hilar and mediastinal lymph nodes in both cases. These non-identical responses to chemo(radio) therapy suggest the presence of sarcoid-like reaction of lymph nodes associated with squamous cell carcinoma of the esophagus. Curative surgical resection was performed as treatment. CONCLUSIONS:
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Authors | Takayoshi Kishino, Keiichi Okano, Yasuhisa Ando, Hironobu Suto, Eisuke Asano, Minoru Oshima, Masao Fujiwara, Hisashi Usuki, Hideki Kobara, Tsutomu Masaki, Emi Ibuki, Yoshio Kushida, Reiji Haba, Yasuyuki Suzuki |
Journal | Surgical case reports
(Surg Case Rep)
Vol. 4
Issue 1
Pg. 62
(Jun 25 2018)
ISSN: 2198-7793 [Print] Germany |
PMID | 29943286
(Publication Type: Journal Article)
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