Schwannomas mistaken for metastases of melanoma in PET‐CT: A diagnostic challenge with consequences

The incidence of skin cancer and especially cutaneous malignant melanoma is rising, as are indications for staging examinations to detect metastasis. Schwannomas are common benign nerve tumors, which can be mistaken for metastasis even in highly specialized imaging. Risk of nerve lesion is high in i...

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Autores principales: Hirsiger, Stefanie, Olariu, Radu
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: John Wiley and Sons Inc. 2022
Materias:
Case Report
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9794678/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/36583202
http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/ccr3.6753
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Sumario:The incidence of skin cancer and especially cutaneous malignant melanoma is rising, as are indications for staging examinations to detect metastasis. Schwannomas are common benign nerve tumors, which can be mistaken for metastasis even in highly specialized imaging. Risk of nerve lesion is high in inadvertent biopsy.

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