Incidental Detection of a Melanoma by 18F-Fluorocholine PET/CT Performed for Evaluation of Primary Hyperparathyroidism

Clin Nucl Med. 2018 Apr;43(4):265-266. doi: 10.1097/RLU.0000000000001972.

Abstract

An 80-year-old woman was evaluated with F-fluorocholine PET/CT in suspicion of a parathyroid adenoma. No focal parathyroid tracer uptake suggestive of adenoma was found, and instead a unilateral multinodular goiter without elevated F-fluorocholine uptake was diagnosed. In addition, focal uptake was found in a cutaneous nodule dorsally on the right shoulder. Upon pathological evaluation, this proved to be a malignant melanoma.

Publication types

  • Case Reports

MeSH terms

  • Aged, 80 and over
  • Choline / analogs & derivatives*
  • Female
  • Humans
  • Hyperparathyroidism, Primary / complications*
  • Hyperparathyroidism, Primary / diagnostic imaging
  • Incidental Findings*
  • Melanoma / complications*
  • Melanoma / diagnostic imaging*
  • Positron Emission Tomography Computed Tomography*

Substances

  • fluorocholine
  • Choline