Fig. 3
A 60-year-old male with esophageal squamous cell carcinoma. The 18F-FDG PET/CT fusion image showed thickening of the middle and upper esophageal wall characterized by increased metabolism. SUVTumor, MTV and TLG were 17.2, 66.41 cm3 and 579.6 g, respectively. Lymph node metastasis in the right cervical root and hepato-gastric space, and metabolism increased. The PLNS number was 4, and the SUVLN and SDmax(LN-T) were 8.97 and 1.03 m−1, respectively. The patient received definitive chemoradiotherapy and died with an OS of 4 months