Published 2015
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Journal article
Primary malignant melanoma of the esophagus
- 1. Department of Nuclear Medicine and PET/CT, Mahajan Imaging Centre, Sir Ganga Ram Hospital, New Delhi (India)
Description
Primary malignant melanoma most commonly originates from the skin; other less common extra cutaneous sites include squamous mucous membranes, uvea, retina, leptomeninges, genitourinary tract, digestive tract, biliary tract, and upper respiratory tract. Primary melanoma of the gastrointestinal tract is exceedingly rare. We are reporting a histo-pathologically proven rare case of primary malignant melanoma of the esophagus and its findings on fluorodeoxyglucose positron emission tomography and computed tomography
Availability note (English)
Available from http://dx.doi.org/10.4103/0972-3919.152983; Available from http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4379680Additional details
Identifiers
Publishing Information
- Journal Title
- Indian Journal of Nuclear Medicine
- Journal Volume
- 30
- Journal Issue
- 2
- Journal Page Range
- p. 162-164
- ISSN
- 0972-3919
INIS
- Country of Publication
- India
- Country of Input or Organization
- International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA)
- INIS RN
- 46049882
- Subject category
- S62: RADIOLOGY AND NUCLEAR MEDICINE;
- Descriptors DEI
- BILIARY TRACT; ESOPHAGUS; FLUORODEOXYGLUCOSE; GASTROINTESTINAL TRACT; MELANOMAS; MUCOUS MEMBRANES; POSITRON COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY; RETINA; SKIN; UVEA
- Descriptors DEC
- ANTIMETABOLITES; BODY; CARCINOMAS; COMPUTERIZED TOMOGRAPHY; DIAGNOSTIC TECHNIQUES; DIGESTIVE SYSTEM; DISEASES; DRUGS; EMISSION COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY; EPITHELIOMAS; EYES; FACE; HEAD; MEMBRANES; NEOPLASMS; ORGANS; SENSE ORGANS; TOMOGRAPHY
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- Notes
- PMCID: PMC4379680; PMID: 25829739; PUBLISHER-ID: IJNM-30-162; OAI: oai:pubmedcentral.nih.gov:4379680; Copyright: (c) Indian Journal of Nuclear Medicine; This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution-Noncommercial-Share Alike 3.0 Unported, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.