Conjunctival melanoma on 18F-FDG PET/CT as a second primary cancer
Journal
Clinical Nuclear Medicine
Journal Volume
41
Journal Issue
3
Pages
237-238
Date Issued
2016
Author(s)
Abstract
Herein we present the 18F-FDG PET/CT findings in conjunctival melanoma as a second primary cancer in a 56-year-old Taiwanese man with a history of small lymphocytic lymphoma/chronic lymphocytic leukemia and nasal cavity carcinoma under remission. The right eye lesion slowly progressed since noted by the patient himself 2 years ago, but he refused biopsy and further treatment including surgery. Either small lymphocytic lymphoma/chronic lymphocytic leukemia or conjunctival melanoma is extremely rare in Asians, left alone in combination with a third malignancy of nasal cavity carcinoma. FDG PET/CT could effectively evaluate malignancies with multiple primary origins. ? 2015 Wolters Kluwer Health, Inc. All rights reserved.
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Other Subjects
antineoplastic agent; fluorodeoxyglucose f 18; fluorodeoxyglucose f 18; radiopharmaceutical agent; adult; Article; cancer chemotherapy; cancer diagnosis; cancer regression; cancer surgery; case report; chronic hyperplastic rhinosinusitis; chronic lymphatic leukemia; chronic rhinosinusitis; computer assisted emission tomography; conjunctiva disease; conjunctival melanoma; endoscopic sinus surgery; eye injury; eye melanoma; human; leukemia relapse; lymphocytoma; male; medical history; middle aged; nose carcinoma; nose polyp; PET-CT scanner; second cancer; treatment refusal; conjunctiva tumor; diagnostic imaging; melanoma; multimodal imaging; positron emission tomography; second cancer; x-ray computed tomography; Conjunctival Neoplasms; Fluorodeoxyglucose F18; Humans; Male; Melanoma; Middle Aged; Multimodal Imaging; Neoplasms, Second Primary; Positron-Emission Tomography; Radiopharmaceuticals; Tomography, X-Ray Computed
Type
journal article