RT Journal Article
SR Electronic
T1 Cervical Node Metastasis as the First Sign of Cancer of the Caecum
JF Anticancer Research
JO Anticancer Res
FD International Institute of Anticancer Research
SP 3589
OP 3592
VO 27
IS 5B
A1 LUIGI BASSO
A1 LUCIANO IZZO
A1 ERIKA CALISI
A1 GIUSEPPE CAVALLARO
A1 UMBERTO COSTI
A1 ANTONIO CIARDI
A1 FRANCESCA FORNARI
A1 ANDREA POLISTENA
A1 GIORGIO DE TOMA
YR 2007
UL http://ar.iiarjournals.org/content/27/5B/3589.abstract
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