Pulmonary lymphangitic carcinomatosis without concurrent liver metastasis from colon cancer detected using 18F-FDG PET/CT: A case report
We reported a case of a 66-year-old man after surgery, chemotherapy, and radiation therapy for colon cancer. Two months after these therapies, the patient complained of nonproductive cough for 1 week.
Diagnoses:
18F-fluorodeoxyglucose (FDG)-positron emission tomography (PET)/computed tomography (CT) scanning revealed increased FDG uptake along the thickened bronchovascular bundles, in bilaterally scattered ground-glass opacities and in mediastinal lymphadenopathy. The transbronchial biopsy and pathological study confirmed the diagnosis of PLC.
Interventions:
Antineoplastic treatment (cetuximab) were administered after the patient was diagnosed with PLC.
Outcomes:
The patient died of respiratory failure within 3 months after the onset of his symptom.
Lessons:
18F-FDG PET/CT play an important role in identifying PLC, in selecting possible biopsy sites, and in accessing the extent of metastatic disease.
Source: Medicine - Category: Internal Medicine Tags: Research Article: Clinical Case Report Source Type: research
More News: Cancer | Cancer & Oncology | Carcinoma | Chemotherapy | Colon Cancer | Colorectal Cancer | Cough | CT Scan | Erbitux | Hepatocellular Carcinoma | Internal Medicine | Lessons | Liver | Liver Cancer | PET Scan | Radiation Therapy | Respiratory Medicine | Study | Urology & Nephrology