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Testicular Metastasis from Recurrent Gastroesophageal Junction Adenocarcinoma: Fluorodeoxyglucose Positron Emission Tomography/Computed Tomography Findings

Testicular metastasis from gastroesophageal junction (GEJ) adenocarcinoma is a very rare condition. A 57-year-old male with a history of neoadjuvant chemotherapy and surgery for HER-2-positive GEJ adenocarcinoma underwent a follow-up (18)F-fluorodeoxyglucose positron emission tomography/computed tom...

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Autores principales: Garg, Ishan, Baladron Zanetti, Maria Jose, Kendi, Ayse Tuba
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Medknow Publications & Media Pvt Ltd 2018
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5798107/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/29430123
http://dx.doi.org/10.4103/ijnm.IJNM_76_17
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description Testicular metastasis from gastroesophageal junction (GEJ) adenocarcinoma is a very rare condition. A 57-year-old male with a history of neoadjuvant chemotherapy and surgery for HER-2-positive GEJ adenocarcinoma underwent a follow-up (18)F-fluorodeoxyglucose positron emission tomography/computed tomography (PET/CT). It revealed multiple metastases including bilateral testicular and L4 laminar metastasis. The patient received multiple chemotherapies, but follow-up PET/CT showed interval progression of disease. Here, we present a case highlighting one of the unusual sites of metastasis from GEJ cancer, role of PET/CT as a surveillance tool in such patients, and the importance of radiologists to be aware of such uncommon sites of metastasis to avoid interpretative errors.
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spelling pubmed-57981072018-02-09 Testicular Metastasis from Recurrent Gastroesophageal Junction Adenocarcinoma: Fluorodeoxyglucose Positron Emission Tomography/Computed Tomography Findings Garg, Ishan Baladron Zanetti, Maria Jose Kendi, Ayse Tuba Indian J Nucl Med Interesting Image Testicular metastasis from gastroesophageal junction (GEJ) adenocarcinoma is a very rare condition. A 57-year-old male with a history of neoadjuvant chemotherapy and surgery for HER-2-positive GEJ adenocarcinoma underwent a follow-up (18)F-fluorodeoxyglucose positron emission tomography/computed tomography (PET/CT). It revealed multiple metastases including bilateral testicular and L4 laminar metastasis. The patient received multiple chemotherapies, but follow-up PET/CT showed interval progression of disease. Here, we present a case highlighting one of the unusual sites of metastasis from GEJ cancer, role of PET/CT as a surveillance tool in such patients, and the importance of radiologists to be aware of such uncommon sites of metastasis to avoid interpretative errors. Medknow Publications & Media Pvt Ltd 2018 /pmc/articles/PMC5798107/ /pubmed/29430123 http://dx.doi.org/10.4103/ijnm.IJNM_76_17 Text en Copyright: © 2018 Indian Journal of Nuclear Medicine http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/3.0 This is an open access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 3.0 License, which allows others to remix, tweak, and build upon the work non-commercially, as long as the author is credited and the new creations are licensed under the identical terms.
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Garg, Ishan
Baladron Zanetti, Maria Jose
Kendi, Ayse Tuba
Testicular Metastasis from Recurrent Gastroesophageal Junction Adenocarcinoma: Fluorodeoxyglucose Positron Emission Tomography/Computed Tomography Findings
title Testicular Metastasis from Recurrent Gastroesophageal Junction Adenocarcinoma: Fluorodeoxyglucose Positron Emission Tomography/Computed Tomography Findings
title_full Testicular Metastasis from Recurrent Gastroesophageal Junction Adenocarcinoma: Fluorodeoxyglucose Positron Emission Tomography/Computed Tomography Findings
title_fullStr Testicular Metastasis from Recurrent Gastroesophageal Junction Adenocarcinoma: Fluorodeoxyglucose Positron Emission Tomography/Computed Tomography Findings
title_full_unstemmed Testicular Metastasis from Recurrent Gastroesophageal Junction Adenocarcinoma: Fluorodeoxyglucose Positron Emission Tomography/Computed Tomography Findings
title_short Testicular Metastasis from Recurrent Gastroesophageal Junction Adenocarcinoma: Fluorodeoxyglucose Positron Emission Tomography/Computed Tomography Findings
title_sort testicular metastasis from recurrent gastroesophageal junction adenocarcinoma: fluorodeoxyglucose positron emission tomography/computed tomography findings
topic Interesting Image
url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5798107/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/29430123
http://dx.doi.org/10.4103/ijnm.IJNM_76_17
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