Malignant melanoma imaging with Tl-201.
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.
Watanabe
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Department of Radiology, Toyama Medical and Pharmaceutical University, Japan. nw31456@ms.toyama-mpu.ac.jp
Shimizu
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Tomizawa
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Toyoshima
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Kageyama
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Seto
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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
D013794:Thallium Radioisotopes