Thoracoscopic enucleation of esophageal schwannoma exhibiting (18) F-fluorodeoxyglucose uptake on positron emission tomography

Dis Esophagus. 2013 Apr;26(3):331-2. doi: 10.1111/j.1442-2050.2011.01196.x. Epub 2011 May 3.

Authors

T Makino¹, M Yamasaki, A Takeno, Y Kurokawa, H Miyata, S Takiguchi, K Nakajima, Y Fujiwara, M Mori, Y Doki

Affiliation

¹ Department of Gastroenterological Surgery, Graduate School of Medicine, Osaka University, Osaka, Japan. [email protected]

PMID: 21539674
DOI: 10.1111/j.1442-2050.2011.01196.x

No abstract available

Publication types

Case Reports

MeSH terms

Aged
Aortic Aneurysm, Abdominal / diagnostic imaging
Biopsy, Fine-Needle / methods
Endosonography / methods
Esophageal Neoplasms / diagnostic imaging
Esophageal Neoplasms / surgery*
Fluorodeoxyglucose F18*
Follow-Up Studies
Humans
Incidental Findings
Male
Neurilemmoma / diagnostic imaging
Neurilemmoma / surgery*
Positron-Emission Tomography / methods*
Radiopharmaceuticals*
Thoracoscopy / methods*
Tomography, X-Ray Computed / methods
Ultrasonography, Interventional / methods

Substances

Radiopharmaceuticals
Fluorodeoxyglucose F18