title: Scintigraphic detection of invasive cutaneous malignant melanoma with Tc-99m MIBI.
abstract: 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.
authors.affiliation: Department of Medicine, Clinical Hospital of the University of Uruguay, Montevideo, Uruguay.
authors.forename: O
authors.initials: O
authors.lastname: Alonso
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Martinez
authors.forename: G
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Lago
authors.forename: C
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Bazzano
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Saadoun
authors.forename: F
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Mut
authors.forename: L
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Delgado
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Espasandin
authors.forename: E
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Touya
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008207:Lymphatic Metastasis; D008297:Male; D008545:Melanoma / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging* / Q000473:pathology / Q000556:secondary; D008875:Middle Aged; D009361:Neoplasm Invasiveness; D011877:Radionuclide Imaging; D012535:Scalp; D012878:Skin Neoplasms / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging* / Q000473:pathology; D017256:Technetium Tc 99m Sestamibi
chemical_list: D017256:Technetium Tc 99m Sestamibi