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| Year : 2005 | Volume
: 42
| Issue : 1 | Page : 60-62 |
18FDG PET in primary oat cell carcinoma of the esophagus
Sandip Basu, Narendra Nair
Radiation Medicine Centre, Tata Memorial Centre Annexe, Jerbai Wadia Road, Parel, Mumbai - 400 012, India
Correspondence Address:
Sandip Basu
Radiation Medicine Centre, Tata Memorial Centre Annexe, Jerbai Wadia Road, Parel, Mumbai - 400 012
India
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DOI: 10.4103/0019-509X.15103
The role of FDG-PET in oat cell carcinoma of the esophagus is hitherto unexplored. A MEDLINE search using the terms "small cell carcinoma" or "oat cell carcinoma" combined with "FDG-PET" yielded no report on this issue till date. We report, in this article, two cases depicting the usefulness of this modality in the management of this uncommon neoplasm. While reevaluation of unsuspected metastatic sites missed by other modalities suggest its role in M staging, whole body FDG PET (both baseline as well as post treatment) may find important role in treatment monitoring and evaluation in residual viable disease, taking into account the systemic nature of the disease.
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