Intravascular metastatic melanoma: a difficult diagnosis.
Australas J Dermatol
; 54(2): 141-3, 2013 May.
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ABSTRACT
Melanoma is a common cancer with the potential for widespread metastasis; however intravascular metastasis is extremely rare. We report an unusual case of a patient with metastatic melanoma in whom (18) F-fluorodeoxyglucose positron emission tomography-computed tomography (FDG PET-CT) demonstrated an intravascular melanoma metastasis in the superior vena cava (SVC), successfully treated with external beam radiotherapy. To our knowledge, this is the first reported case where FDG PET-CT was used to make this diagnosis.
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01-internacional
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MEDLINE
Assunto principal:
Neoplasias Cutâneas
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Veia Cava Superior
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Neoplasias Vasculares
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Melanoma
Tipo de estudo:
Diagnostic_studies
Limite:
Aged
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Humans
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Male
Idioma:
En
Ano de publicação:
2013
Tipo de documento:
Article