From the Department of Nuclear Medicine, Xiangyang Central Hospital, Affiliated Hospital of Hubei University of Arts and Science, Xiangyang, Hubei Province.
Department of Radiology, the First Hospital of Qinhuangdao, Qinhuangdao, Hebei Province, China.
Clin Nucl Med. 2023 Oct 1;48(10):910-912. doi: 10.1097/RLU.0000000000004813. Epub 2023 Aug 31.
Primary sarcomatoid carcinoma of the esophagus is a rare and highly malignant neoplasm with a poor prognosis. A 51-year-old man presented with difficulty in swallowing for 2 weeks. Thoracic CT revealed a huge mass in the middle-lower thoracic esophagus. 18F-FDG PET/CT showed intense 18F-FDG uptake of the esophageal tumor. Histopathology and immunohistochemistry of the esophageal lesion tissue confirmed the diagnosis of sarcomatoid carcinoma after postoperative pathological biopsy.
食管原发性肉瘤样癌是一种罕见的高度恶性肿瘤，预后较差。一名 51 岁男性因吞咽困难就诊，病程为 2 周。胸部 CT 显示中下段食管有巨大肿块。18F-FDG PET/CT 显示食管肿瘤摄取 18F-FDG 明显增加。术后病理活检证实食管病变组织的组织病理学和免疫组织化学诊断为肉瘤样癌。
