Esophageal cancer associated with a sarcoid-like reaction and systemic sarcoidosis in lymph nodes: supportive findings of [18F]-fluorodeoxyglucose positron emission tomography–computed tomography during neoadjuvant therapy
Abstract Background In patients with esophageal cancer, differentiation between lymph node metastasis and lymphadenopathies from sarcoidosis or sarcoid-like reactions of lymph nodes is clinically important. Herein, we report two esophageal cancer cases with lymph node involvement of sarcoid-like rea...
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Format: | Article |
Language: | English |
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SpringerOpen
2018-06-01
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Series: | Surgical Case Reports |
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Online Access: | http://link.springer.com/article/10.1186/s40792-018-0473-9 |