Intravascular metastatic melanoma: A difficult diagnosis

Samer Ghattas; Julie Howle; Wei Wang; Richard Kefford; Simon Gruenewald

doi:10.1111/ajd.12033

Intravascular metastatic melanoma: A difficult diagnosis

Samer Ghattas^*, Julie Howle, Wei Wang, Richard Kefford, Simon Gruenewald

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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 ¹⁸F-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.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	141-143
Number of pages	3
Journal	Australasian Journal of Dermatology
Volume	54
Issue number	2
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1111/ajd.12033
Publication status	Published - May 2013
Externally published	Yes

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