title: Scintigraphic evaluation of malignant melanoma lesions with Tc-99m tetrofosmin.
abstract: Two cases of malignant melanoma (primary and metastatic lesions) imaged with Tc-99m tetrofosmin are reported. One patient showed intense uptake in a primary skin lesion of the thorax, and the other patient had accumulation in skin, cerebellum, breast, and lymph node metastases. Like Tc-99m MIBI, Tc-99m tetrofosmin imaging may be of clinical relevance in the evaluation of suspicious skin lesions and in patients with known cutaneous malignant melanoma in the assessment of recurrent disease during follow-up evaluation.
authors.affiliation: Nuclear Medicine Center, Clinical Hospital of the University of Uruguay, Montevideo. oalonso@hc.edu.uy
authors.forename: O
authors.initials: O
authors.lastname: Alonso
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Martinez
authors.forename: F
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Mut
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Bruno
authors.forename: L
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Delgado
authors.forename: G
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Lago
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Nuñez
authors.forename: C
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Bazzano
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; D008297:Male; D008545:Melanoma / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging* / Q000556:secondary; D008875:Middle Aged; D009943:Organophosphorus Compounds; D015609:Organotechnetium Compounds; D011877:Radionuclide Imaging; D019275:Radiopharmaceuticals; D012878:Skin Neoplasms / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*
chemical_list: D009943:Organophosphorus Compounds; D015609:Organotechnetium Compounds; D019275:Radiopharmaceuticals; C078700:technetium tc-99m tetrofosmin