Esophageal Cancer Diagnosed by Thyroid Scintigraphy

Abstract

We report a 34-year-old man referred because of increasing dysphagia secondary to goiter. Thyroid scintigraphy and SPECT/CT images helped to recognize an unsuspected esophageal dilation due to a poorly differentiated adenocarcinoma arising at the lower end of the esophagus. Further examinations are mandatory when abnormal activities are observed during thyroid scintigraphy.

Elevated 99mTcO4 − Activity in Adenocarcinoma of the Lung

“…The activity on 99m TcO 4 − imaging in tumor had to be taken into consideration. Calvo-Morón et al 7 reported nonspecific accumulation of 99m TcO 4 − in endoesophageal, which was pathologically confirmed as poorly differentiated adenocarcinoma of esophageal mucosa. Similarly, intense 99m TcO 4 − activity in parathyroid carcinoma was also reported before 8 .…”