Variable features of 18F-fluorodeoxyglucose positron emission tomography–computed tomography scan in anorectal malignant melanoma: Case reports and review articles

Anorectal malignant melanoma (ARM) is a rare variant of malignant melanoma and even more rare among all anorectal cancers. 18F-fluorodeoxyglucose (FDG) positron emission tomography–computed tomography (CT) scan is valuable in staging, restaging, treatment response evaluation, and long-term follow-up...

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Main Author: Digish Shah
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Language:English
Published: Thieme Medical and Scientific Publishers Pvt. Ltd. 2020-10-01
Series:World Journal of Nuclear Medicine
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Online Access:http://www.thieme-connect.de/DOI/DOI?10.4103/wjnm.WJNM_1_20
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description Anorectal malignant melanoma (ARM) is a rare variant of malignant melanoma and even more rare among all anorectal cancers. 18F-fluorodeoxyglucose (FDG) positron emission tomography–computed tomography (CT) scan is valuable in staging, restaging, treatment response evaluation, and long-term follow-up of malignant melanoma. Here, reporting two cases of anorectal melanoma with a variety of FDG uptake pattern and CT-based features and reviewed a few articles to evaluate the pattern of FDG uptake.
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spelling doaj-art-95dbcb8c6e5a4a2e9e8e902c5c3015be2025-08-20T03:48:36ZengThieme Medical and Scientific Publishers Pvt. Ltd.World Journal of Nuclear Medicine1450-11471607-33122020-10-01190440440710.4103/wjnm.WJNM_1_20Variable features of 18F-fluorodeoxyglucose positron emission tomography–computed tomography scan in anorectal malignant melanoma: Case reports and review articlesDigish Shah0Department of Nuclear Medicine and PET-CT, HCG Cancer Hospital, Ahmedabad, Gujarat, IndiaAnorectal malignant melanoma (ARM) is a rare variant of malignant melanoma and even more rare among all anorectal cancers. 18F-fluorodeoxyglucose (FDG) positron emission tomography–computed tomography (CT) scan is valuable in staging, restaging, treatment response evaluation, and long-term follow-up of malignant melanoma. Here, reporting two cases of anorectal melanoma with a variety of FDG uptake pattern and CT-based features and reviewed a few articles to evaluate the pattern of FDG uptake.http://www.thieme-connect.de/DOI/DOI?10.4103/wjnm.WJNM_1_20anorectal melanomapattern of fluorodeoxyglucose uptakepositron emission tomography–computed tomography
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Variable features of 18F-fluorodeoxyglucose positron emission tomography–computed tomography scan in anorectal malignant melanoma: Case reports and review articles
World Journal of Nuclear Medicine
anorectal melanoma
pattern of fluorodeoxyglucose uptake
positron emission tomography–computed tomography
title Variable features of 18F-fluorodeoxyglucose positron emission tomography–computed tomography scan in anorectal malignant melanoma: Case reports and review articles
title_full Variable features of 18F-fluorodeoxyglucose positron emission tomography–computed tomography scan in anorectal malignant melanoma: Case reports and review articles
title_fullStr Variable features of 18F-fluorodeoxyglucose positron emission tomography–computed tomography scan in anorectal malignant melanoma: Case reports and review articles
title_full_unstemmed Variable features of 18F-fluorodeoxyglucose positron emission tomography–computed tomography scan in anorectal malignant melanoma: Case reports and review articles
title_short Variable features of 18F-fluorodeoxyglucose positron emission tomography–computed tomography scan in anorectal malignant melanoma: Case reports and review articles
title_sort variable features of 18f fluorodeoxyglucose positron emission tomography computed tomography scan in anorectal malignant melanoma case reports and review articles
topic anorectal melanoma
pattern of fluorodeoxyglucose uptake
positron emission tomography–computed tomography
url http://www.thieme-connect.de/DOI/DOI?10.4103/wjnm.WJNM_1_20
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