An old male with multiple hotspots on 18F-FDG PET-CT

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CASE REPORT

A 61-year-old man was referred to our hospital with a four-month history of dysphagia. These complaints were caused by a distal squamous cell carcinoma of the oesophagus. For staging of the oesophageal carcinoma the patient underwent ¹⁸F-fluorodeoxyglucose (¹⁸F-FDG) positron emission tomography (PET) computed tomography (CT), performed one hour after administration of 192 Mbq ¹⁸F-FDG with a blood glucose level just prior to administration of 3.9 mmol/l. The ¹⁸F-FDG PET-CT revealed increased ¹⁸F-FDG uptake in the primary oesophageal carcinoma without evidence of (loco-regional) lymph node or distant metastases. The PET-CT also showed increased ¹⁸F-FDG uptake at several other areas (figure 1).

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