A Rare Presentation of Melanoma as a Retroperitoneal Mass Seen on FDG PET

Clin Nucl Med. 2020 Apr;45(4):324-325. doi: 10.1097/RLU.0000000000002920.

Abstract

A 55-year-old woman presented with intermittent fatigue and abdominal pain. Ultrasound and CT scan showed a large heterogeneous mass in the retroperitoneum, suggestive of malignancy. F-FDG PET/CT was performed for staging. PET/CT images showed a hypermetabolic retroperitoneal mass. Endoscopy revealed a mass infiltrating the duodenum. Eventually, the mass was pathologically proved to be malignant melanoma. Further extensive clinical, radiological, and endoscopic investigations proved the retroperitoneum to be the primary site.

Publication types

  • Case Reports

MeSH terms

  • Female
  • Fluorodeoxyglucose F18
  • Humans
  • Melanoma / diagnostic imaging*
  • Middle Aged
  • Positron Emission Tomography Computed Tomography*
  • Radiopharmaceuticals
  • Retroperitoneal Neoplasms / diagnostic imaging*

Substances

  • Radiopharmaceuticals
  • Fluorodeoxyglucose F18