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| Issue : 4 | Page : 234-236 |
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A rare case of primary malignant melanoma of clivus with extensive skeletal metastasis demonstrated on 18F-FDG PET/CT
Sonia Mahajan Dinesh, Batchu Suneetha, Ashok Sen
Department of Nuclear Medicine and Positron Emission Tomography Imaging, Medanta-The Medicity, Gurgaon, Haryana, India
Correspondence Address:
Sonia Mahajan Dinesh
16/10B, Tilak Nagar, New Delhi - 110 018
India
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DOI: 10.4103/0972-3919.121971
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Malignant melanoma of the clivus is a rare entity, for which there is little evidence-based literature for guiding clinicians to understand the importance of disease staging via noninvasive imaging strategy. This report highlights the case of a 55-year-old lady with histopathologically confirmed melanocytic melanoma of the clivus-postoperative status, with multiple skeletal metastasis, demonstrated on 2-deoxy-2-[18F] fluoro-D-glucose positron emission tomography/computed tomography (18F-FDG PET/CT scan). The experience gained with this patient demonstrates the feasibility and usefulness of this noninvasive application in accurate staging and hence, correct decision making regarding further treatment. |
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