Published September 2009 | Version v1
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Metastatic melanoma causing small bowel intussusception: diagnosis by 18F-FDG PET/CT

Creators

  • 1. Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA (United States). Brigham and Women's Hospital. Dana Farber Cancer Institute
  • 2. Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, (United States). Brigham and Women's Hospital

Description

Malignant melanoma is a common and aggressive disease that frequently causes metastases to the small bowel. This study illustrates a case of small bowel intussusception secondary to metastatic melanoma visualized at 18F-FDG PET/CT in a 48-year-old woman who had this examination for restaging purposes. (author)

Availability note (English)

Available from http://www.scielo.br/pdf/rb/v42n5/en_a14v42n5.pdf

Additional details

Identifiers

URL
http://www.scielo.br/pdf/rb/v42n5/en_a14v42n5.pdf;

Publishing Information

Journal Title
Radiologia Brasileira
Journal Volume
42
Journal Issue
5
Journal Page Range
p. 333-335
ISSN
0100-3984
CODEN
RDBRAS

INIS

Country of Publication
Brazil
Country of Input or Organization
Brazil
INIS RN
41046630
Subject category
S62: RADIOLOGY AND NUCLEAR MEDICINE;
Descriptors DEI
COMPUTERIZED TOMOGRAPHY; FLUORINE 18; FLUORODEOXYGLUCOSE; MELANOMAS; METASTASES; POSITRON COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY; SMALL INTESTINE
Descriptors DEC
ANTIMETABOLITES; BETA DECAY RADIOISOTOPES; BETA-PLUS DECAY RADIOISOTOPES; BODY; CARCINOMAS; COMPUTERIZED TOMOGRAPHY; DIAGNOSTIC TECHNIQUES; DIGESTIVE SYSTEM; DISEASES; DRUGS; EMISSION COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY; EPITHELIOMAS; FLUORINE ISOTOPES; GASTROINTESTINAL TRACT; HOURS LIVING RADIOISOTOPES; INTESTINES; ISOMERIC TRANSITION ISOTOPES; ISOTOPES; LIGHT NUCLEI; NANOSECONDS LIVING RADIOISOTOPES; NEOPLASMS; NUCLEI; ODD-ODD NUCLEI; ORGANS; RADIOISOTOPES; TOMOGRAPHY

Optional Information

Notes
10 refs., 1 fig.