Skip to main content

Advertisement

SpringerLink
Log in

A malignant birthmark detected by 18F-FDG PET/CT in a patient with esophageal cancer

  • Image of the Month
  • Published:
European Journal of Nuclear Medicine and Molecular Imaging Aims and scope Submit manuscript

This is a preview of subscription content, log in via an institution to check access.

Access this article

Log in via an institution

Price excludes VAT (USA)
Tax calculation will be finalised during checkout.

Instant access to the full article PDF.

Institutional subscriptions

References

  1. Finstad AC, Kirchhof MG. Skin cancer development in a birthmark. CMAJ. 2019;191:E1082. https://doi.org/10.1503/cmaj.190492.

    Article  PubMed  PubMed Central  Google Scholar 

  2. Gonzalez J, Palangio M, Fialkoff CN, Schwartz J, Bisaccia E. Giant congenital melanocytic nevus with a large ulceration at birth: a 5-year follow-up. J Am Acad Dermatol. 2003;49:752–4. https://doi.org/10.1067/s0190-9622(03)00458-4.

    Article  PubMed  Google Scholar 

  3. Bouzaid S, Tissot-Therrien G, Kauzman A, Mainville GN. An unusual birthmark. J Am Dent Assoc. 2018;149:802–6. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.adaj.2018.05.003.

    Article  PubMed  Google Scholar 

  4. Hoffman D, Ratner D. Diagnosis and management of a changing congenital melanocytic nevus. Skinmed. 2006;5:242–5. https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1540-9740.2006.05648.x.

    Article  PubMed  Google Scholar 

  5. Viana AC, Gontijo B, Bittencourt FV. Giant congenital melanocytic nevus. An Bras Dermatol. 2013;88:863–78. https://doi.org/10.1590/abd1806-4841.20132233.

    Article  PubMed  PubMed Central  Google Scholar 

Download references

Author information

Authors and Affiliations

  1. Nanfang PET center, Southern Medical University Nanfang Hospital, No.1838 Guangzhou Avenue North, Guangzhou, Guangdong Province, China

    Lijuan Wang & Yin Zhang

Authors
  1. Lijuan Wang
    View author publications

    You can also search for this author in PubMed Google Scholar

  2. Yin Zhang
    View author publications

    You can also search for this author in PubMed Google Scholar

Corresponding author

Correspondence to Yin Zhang.

Ethics declarations

Conflict of interest

The authors declare that they have no conflict of interest.

Informed consent

Informed consent was obtained from the patient included in the study.

Additional information

Publisher’s note

Springer Nature remains neutral with regard to jurisdictional claims in published maps and institutional affiliations.

This article is part of the Topical Collection on Image of the month

Rights and permissions

Reprints and permissions

About this article

Check for updates. Verify currency and authenticity via CrossMark

Cite this article

Wang, L., Zhang, Y. A malignant birthmark detected by 18F-FDG PET/CT in a patient with esophageal cancer. Eur J Nucl Med Mol Imaging 48, 1258–1259 (2021). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00259-020-05031-2

Download citation

  • Received:

  • Accepted:

  • Published:

  • Issue Date:

  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/s00259-020-05031-2

Search

Navigation