Fig. 2
A 68-year-old female with esophageal squamous cell carcinoma. The 18F-FDG PET/CT fusion image showed thickening of the upper esophageal wall characterized by increased metabolism. SUVTumor, MTV and TLG were 21.7, 4.69cm3 and 57.3 g, respectively. Hypermetabolic right cervical root and right paratracheal lymph nodes, consistent with metastases, were detected. The PLNS number was 2, SUVLN and SDmax(LN-T) were 3.75 and 0.155 m−1, respectively. The patient received definitive chemoradiotherapy and was alive at the end of follow-up with an OS of 28 months