Cardiac Metastasis of Malignant Melanoma Detected by (18)F-FDG PET/CT

A 63-year-old man with a history of right plantar malignant melanoma (T3bN0M0, IIb) developed multiple metastases in bilateral lungs 19 months after surgery. Subsequent (18)F-FDG PET/CT revealed multiple pulmonary metastases with intense FDG uptake and detected a hypermetabolic lesion in the lateral...

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Autores principales: Zhang, Hongzhe, Luo, Yaping
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: MDPI 2023
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC10340477/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/37443628
http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/diagnostics13132234
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Sumario:A 63-year-old man with a history of right plantar malignant melanoma (T3bN0M0, IIb) developed multiple metastases in bilateral lungs 19 months after surgery. Subsequent (18)F-FDG PET/CT revealed multiple pulmonary metastases with intense FDG uptake and detected a hypermetabolic lesion in the lateral wall of the left ventricle, which was considered to be a cardiac metastasis of malignant melanoma. This lesion was later confirmed in the dynamic myocardial perfusion MR. This case demonstrates the effectiveness of (18)F-FDG PET/CT in detecting occult cardiac metastases of malignant melanoma.

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