Open AccessCandida esophagitis incidentally detected by 18f-fdg pet/ct in metastatic lung adenocarcinoma
Author(s) -
N. Martínez-Amador,
I. Martínez-Rodríguez,
Remedios Quirce,
J. Jiménez-Bonilla,
Ignacio Banzo
Publication year - 2017
Publication title -
indian journal of nuclear medicine
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.261
H-Index - 13
eISSN - 0972-3919
pISSN - 0974-0244
DOI - 10.4103/0972-3919.198494
Subject(s) - medicine , esophagitis , stage (stratigraphy) , lung , radiology , adenocarcinoma , biopsy , esophageal cancer , lung cancer , pathology , esophagus , gastroenterology , cancer , disease , reflux , paleontology , biology
The diagnostic significance of esophageal 18F-FDG uptake in oncologic patient is challenging. It may represent normal physiological uptake, inflammation, infection, or neoplasia. We present a patient with a recent diagnosis of non-small cell lung cancer stage IV and esophageal mild uptake on 18F-FDG PET/CT scan. Biopsy of esophageal mucosa demonstrated Candida esophagitis.