PT  - JOURNAL ARTICLE
AU  - LUIGI BASSO
AU  - LUCIANO IZZO
AU  - ERIKA CALISI
AU  - GIUSEPPE CAVALLARO
AU  - UMBERTO COSTI
AU  - ANTONIO CIARDI
AU  - FRANCESCA FORNARI
AU  - ANDREA POLISTENA
AU  - GIORGIO DE TOMA
TI  - Cervical Node Metastasis as the First Sign of Cancer of the Caecum
DP  - 2007 Sep 01
TA  - Anticancer Research
PG  - 3589--3592
VI  - 27
IP  - 5B
4099  - http://ar.iiarjournals.org/content/27/5B/3589.short
4100  - http://ar.iiarjournals.org/content/27/5B/3589.full
SO  - Anticancer Res2007 Sep 01; 27
AB  - The unusual case of an adenocarcinoma of the caecum undiagnosed until the appearance of a large neck and axillary mass is reported. To our knowledge, this is the first reported case of cervical node metastasis as the first sign of a caecal cancer, and 18 fluorine-18-labeled 2-fluoro-2-deoxy-D-glucose positron emission tomography (FDG-PET) proved critical in achieving the correct diagnosis. When an adenocarcinoma is found in the neck or axilla, even an abdominal primary location such as the large bowel can be taken into account and employment of FDG-PET should be considered. Copyright© 2007 International Institute of Anticancer Research (Dr. John G. Delinassios), All rights reserved