Isolated Nasal Tip Metastasis From Esophageal Squamous Cell Carcinoma

ABSTRACTCutaneous metastatic tumors to the nasal tip are very rare. A 74-year-old woman presented with progressive dysphagia for 4 months and a painless red violaceous nodule in the nasal tip for the last 6 weeks. Gastroendoscopy showed midesophageal wall thickening, which corresponded to esophageal...

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Published in:Clinical nuclear medicine 2015-01, Vol.40 (1), p.65-67
Main Authors: Dong, Aisheng, Zuo, Changjing, Wang, Yang, Zhai, Zhijun, Wen, Wu
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Aged
Carcinoma, Squamous Cell - diagnostic imaging
Carcinoma, Squamous Cell - pathology
Esophageal Neoplasms - diagnostic imaging
Esophageal Neoplasms - pathology
Esophageal Squamous Cell Carcinoma
Female
Fluorodeoxyglucose F18
Humans
Multimodal Imaging
Nose Neoplasms - diagnostic imaging
Nose Neoplasms - secondary
Positron-Emission Tomography
Radiopharmaceuticals
Skin Neoplasms - diagnostic imaging
Skin Neoplasms - secondary
Tomography, X-Ray Computed
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Summary:ABSTRACTCutaneous metastatic tumors to the nasal tip are very rare. A 74-year-old woman presented with progressive dysphagia for 4 months and a painless red violaceous nodule in the nasal tip for the last 6 weeks. Gastroendoscopy showed midesophageal wall thickening, which corresponded to esophageal squamous cell carcinoma confirmed by endoscopic biopsy. F-FDG PET/CT showed intense FDG uptake of the esophageal carcinoma (SUVmax, 19.0) and the nasal tip nodule (SUVmax, 29.1). The patient underwent biopsy of the nasal tip nodule. Nasal tip metastasis from the esophageal squamous cell carcinoma was confirmed by pathologic examination.
ISSN:0363-9762
1536-0229
DOI:10.1097/RLU.0000000000000387