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Scintigraphic Detection of Invasive Cutaneous Malignant Melanoma With Tc-99m MIBI

1996; Lippincott Williams & Wilkins; Volume: 21; Issue: 7 Linguagem: Inglês

10.1097/00003072-199607000-00010

1536-0229

Ómar Alonso, Miguel Arrarás Martínez, Graciela Lago, Carlos Bazzano, A. Saadoun, Fernando Mut, Lucı́a Delgado, J Espasandín, E Touyá,

Cutaneous Melanoma Detection and Management

Malignant melanoma is a relatively uncommon cancer of increasing incidence. The authors report on two cases of malignant melanoma lesions (primary and lymph node metastasis) imaged with Tc-99m MIBI. One patient revealed intense accumulation of the radiotracer in a primary skin lesion of the thorax, whereas the other patient showed increased Tc-99m MIBI uptake in a lymph node metastasis of the neck. Tc-99m MIBI imaging could be helpful in the evaluation of patients with suspicious skin lesions and in patients with known cutaneous malignant melanoma, in the investigation of lymph nodal invasion, local recurrence, and metastatic spread.