title: A rare case of primary malignant melanoma of clivus with extensive skeletal metastasis demonstrated on 18F-FDG PET/CT.
abstract: Malignant melanoma of the clivus is a rare entity, for which there is little evidence-based literature for guiding clinicians to understand the importance of disease staging via noninvasive imaging strategy. This report highlights the case of a 55-year-old lady with histopathologically confirmed melanocytic melanoma of the clivus-postoperative status, with multiple skeletal metastasis, demonstrated on 2-deoxy-2-[18F] fluoro-D-glucose positron emission tomography/computed tomography (18F-FDG PET/CT scan). The experience gained with this patient demonstrates the feasibility and usefulness of this noninvasive application in accurate staging and hence, correct decision making regarding further treatment.
authors.affiliation: Department of Nuclear Medicine and Positron Emission Tomography Imaging, Medanta-The Medicity, Gurgaon, Haryana, India.
authors.forename: Sonia Mahajan
authors.initials: SM
authors.lastname: Dinesh
authors.affiliation: Department of Nuclear Medicine and Positron Emission Tomography Imaging, Medanta-The Medicity, Gurgaon, Haryana, India.
authors.forename: Batchu
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Suneetha
authors.affiliation: Department of Nuclear Medicine and Positron Emission Tomography Imaging, Medanta-The Medicity, Gurgaon, Haryana, India.
authors.forename: Ashok
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Sen
keywords: 18F-FDG PET/CT; clivus; intracranial malignant melanoma