Splenic Infarction Mimicking a Necrotizing Metastasis of Malignant Melanoma on F-18 FDG PET/CT

Hojjat Ahmadzadehfar,Holger Brockmann,Alexandra Schmiedel,Hans-Jürgen Biersack,Samer Ezziddin

Splenic Infarction Mimicking a Necrotizing Metastasis of Malignant Melanoma on F-18 FDG PET/CT

2008

Hojjat Ahmadzadehfar
Holger Brockmann
Alexandra Schmiedel
Hans-Jürgen Biersack
Samer Ezziddin

Abstract:A 67-year-old woman with a history of malignant melanoma in the right lower leg for 7 years without any known metastases was hospitalized for evaluation of severe left upper quadrant abdominal pain. Computed tomography of the abdomen revealed a suspected splenic mass. F-18 FDG PET/CT imagin

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Abdomen
Melanoma
Radiology
Positron emission tomography
PET-CT
Splenic infarction
Abdominal pain
Splenic Neoplasm
Metastasis
Medicine
f 18 fdg pet ct

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