title: Malignant melanoma imaging with Tl-201.
abstract: Two patients with malignant melanoma were evaluated using Tl-201 scintigraphy. Planar scintigraphy showed tumor accumulation, and SPECT Tl-201 imaging revealed exact tumor localization. The findings indicate the utility of Tl-201 to detect the primary lesion and to identify postoperative recurrence in malignant melanoma.
authors.affiliation: Department of Radiology, Toyama Medical and Pharmaceutical University, Japan. nw31456@ms.toyama-mpu.ac.jp
authors.forename: N
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Watanabe
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Shimizu
authors.forename: G
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Tomizawa
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Toyoshima
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Kageyama
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Seto
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D001365:Axilla; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008444:Maxillary Sinus Neoplasms / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*; D008545:Melanoma / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging* / Q000556:secondary; D012878:Skin Neoplasms / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging* / Q000556:secondary; D013794:Thallium Radioisotopes; D015899:Tomography, Emission-Computed, Single-Photon
chemical_list: D013794:Thallium Radioisotopes