Thyroid Metastasis From Cutaneous Melanoma on an 18F-FDG PET/CT Study

ABSTRACTThe thyroid gland is an uncommon location for metastasis. We report a 59-year-old woman with a history of cutaneous malignant melanoma. A unique hypermetabolic mass on the left thyroid lobe was identified by control F-FDG PET/CT scan, leading to dysphagia and stridor clinic. Total thyroidect...

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Published in:Clinical nuclear medicine 2020-12, Vol.45 (12), p.1005-1006
Main Authors: León-Asuero-Moreno, Ignacio, García-Gómez, Francisco Javier, Ríos-Martín, Juan José, Álamo-de-la-Gala, María del Carmen, Calvo-Morón, María Cinta
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Language:English
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Fluorodeoxyglucose F18
Humans
Male
Melanoma - pathology
Melanoma, Cutaneous Malignant
Middle Aged
Positron Emission Tomography Computed Tomography
Skin Neoplasms - pathology
Thyroid Neoplasms - diagnostic imaging
Thyroid Neoplasms - secondary
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Summary:ABSTRACTThe thyroid gland is an uncommon location for metastasis. We report a 59-year-old woman with a history of cutaneous malignant melanoma. A unique hypermetabolic mass on the left thyroid lobe was identified by control F-FDG PET/CT scan, leading to dysphagia and stridor clinic. Total thyroidectomy and lymphadenectomy were performed with histopathological results concordant with metastasis from melanoma. Despite its rarity, finding focal thyroid lesions in patients with an oncological history should alert us, recommending that its metastatic etiology be ruled out.
ISSN:0363-9762
1536-0229
DOI:10.1097/RLU.0000000000003337