A case of tracheal metastasis in colon cancer: detection with 18F-FDG PET/CT

Clin Nucl Med. 2015 Jan;40(1):91-2. doi: 10.1097/RLU.0000000000000454.

Abstract

A 44-year-old female patient received proctocolectomy and chemotherapy for a diagnosis of colon cancer 10 years previously and presented here with new onset of cough for 2 months and a progressive increase of her serum CA19-9 level. F-FDG PET/CT imaging revealed a hypermetabolic lesion within the trachea. Immunostaining confirmed that this lesion was a metastatic adenocarcinoma that originated from the patient's initial colon cancer. F-FDG PET/CT enabled localization of unusual endotracheal metastasis and facilitated the development of an appropriate treatment plan.

Publication types

  • Case Reports

MeSH terms

  • Adenocarcinoma / diagnostic imaging*
  • Adenocarcinoma / pathology
  • Adult
  • Colonic Neoplasms / diagnostic imaging*
  • Colonic Neoplasms / pathology
  • Female
  • Fluorodeoxyglucose F18
  • Humans
  • Multimodal Imaging*
  • Positron-Emission Tomography*
  • Radiopharmaceuticals
  • Tomography, X-Ray Computed*
  • Tracheal Neoplasms / diagnostic imaging*
  • Tracheal Neoplasms / secondary

Substances

  • Radiopharmaceuticals
  • Fluorodeoxyglucose F18