A case of malignant melanoma with cardiac and gallbladder metastases detected by FDG PET-CT

Özülker T., Özülker F., ÇİÇİN İ., Özpaçac T.

Clinical Nuclear Medicine, cilt.34, sa.12, ss.948-949, 2009 (SCI-Expanded, Scopus) identifier identifier identifier

  • Yayın Türü: Makale / Tam Makale
  • Cilt numarası: 34 Sayı: 12
  • Basım Tarihi: 2009
  • Doi Numarası: 10.1097/rlu.0b013e3181bed02c
  • Dergi Adı: Clinical Nuclear Medicine
  • Derginin Tarandığı İndeksler: Science Citation Index Expanded (SCI-EXPANDED), Scopus
  • Sayfa Sayıları: ss.948-949
  • Anahtar Kelimeler: Cardiac metastasis, FDG PET/CT, Gallbladder metastasis, Malignant melanoma
  • Trakya Üniversitesi Adresli: Evet

Özet

An F-18-fluoro-2-deoxyglucose (F-18 FDG) whole-body positron emission tomography/computed tomography (PET/CT) study was requested with the purpose of staging for a 31-year-old man with a history of cutaneous malignant melanoma surgically removed from the skin of the left supraclavicular area 15 days agoMass lesions with increased FDG uptake in the right atrium, gallbladder, right adrenal gland, and subcutaneous tissue in the left side of the abdomen were detected on F-18 FDG PET/CT scanThe patient underwent cholecystectomy and the lesion in the right atrium was removed surgicallyThe histopathology of the both lesions revealed metastases from malignant melanoma. Copyright © 2009 by Lippincott Williams & Wilkins.