D Wheat1, P McCarthy. 1. University College Hospital, Galway, Ireland.
Abstract
PURPOSE: This case report describes the clinical, scintigraphic, and pathologic findings in a patient with an unexpected finding of a cutaneous malignant melanoma. METHOD: Multiple imaging studies were done, as was a pathologic examination of a suspicious pigmented lesion on the patient's back. RESULT: A Tc-99m MDP bone scan showed diffuse uptake in the skeleton, lungs, kidneys, and stomach. CONCLUSION: Metastatic calcification, as shown by isotope scintigraphy, is an unusual manifestation of metastatic cancer from a primary cutaneous melanoma.
PURPOSE: This case report describes the clinical, scintigraphic, and pathologic findings in a patient with an unexpected finding of a cutaneous malignant melanoma. METHOD: Multiple imaging studies were done, as was a pathologic examination of a suspicious pigmented lesion on the patient's back. RESULT: A Tc-99m MDP bone scan showed diffuse uptake in the skeleton, lungs, kidneys, and stomach. CONCLUSION:Metastatic calcification, as shown by isotope scintigraphy, is an unusual manifestation of metastatic cancer from a primary cutaneous melanoma.
Authors: Hansjörg Rothe; Vincent Brandenburg; Margot Haun; Barbara Kollerits; Florian Kronenberg; Markus Ketteler; Christoph Wanner Journal: PLoS One Date: 2017-02-17 Impact factor: 3.240