Conjunctival Melanoma on 18F-FDG PET/CT as a Second Primary Cancer

Clin Nucl Med. 2016 Mar;41(3):237-8. doi: 10.1097/RLU.0000000000001082.

Abstract

Herein we present the F-FDG PET/CT findings in conjunctival melanoma as a second primary cancer in a 56-year-old Taiwanese man with a history of small lymphocytic lymphoma/chronic lymphocytic leukemia and nasal cavity carcinoma under remission. The right eye lesion slowly progressed since noted by the patient himself 2 years ago, but he refused biopsy and further treatment including surgery. Either small lymphocytic lymphoma/chronic lymphocytic leukemia or conjunctival melanoma is extremely rare in Asians, left alone in combination with a third malignancy of nasal cavity carcinoma. FDG PET/CT could effectively evaluate malignancies with multiple primary origins.

Publication types

  • Case Reports

MeSH terms

  • Conjunctival Neoplasms / diagnostic imaging*
  • Fluorodeoxyglucose F18
  • Humans
  • Male
  • Melanoma / diagnostic imaging*
  • Middle Aged
  • Multimodal Imaging
  • Neoplasms, Second Primary / diagnostic imaging*
  • Positron-Emission Tomography*
  • Radiopharmaceuticals
  • Tomography, X-Ray Computed*

Substances

  • Radiopharmaceuticals
  • Fluorodeoxyglucose F18