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Department of Nuclear Medicine, Eastern Command Hospital, Kolkata, India
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Department of Nuclear Medicine, Southern Command Hospital, Pune, India
Abstract
Primary malignant melanoma of uterine cervix is extremely rare malignancy with very few case published reports. This neoplasm is having poor prognosis, so early diagnosis, staging and treatment is of extreme importance. 18F-FDG PET-CT (18F-labeled fluoro-2-deoxyglucose positron emission computed tomography) scan is an established modality to determine exact extent of disease in malignant melanoma thus determining the treatment protocol. In this reported case, PET-CT is showing primary lesion in uterine cervix with extension in to the vagina and involvement of left inguinal lymph nodes. No other abnormal 18F-FDG avid lesion or distant metastases noted in the scanned region of the body.
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Vishnoi, M., Sharma, A., Ranjan, R., Jain, A., & Kumar, N. (2021). A rare case of primary malignant melanoma of cervix with metastasis to inguinal lymph node detected on 18F-FDG PET-CT scan. Iranian Journal of Nuclear Medicine, 29(2), 111-113.
MLA
Madan Gopal Vishnoi; Amit Sharma; Richa Ranjan; Anurag Jain; Neeraj Kumar. "A rare case of primary malignant melanoma of cervix with metastasis to inguinal lymph node detected on 18F-FDG PET-CT scan". Iranian Journal of Nuclear Medicine, 29, 2, 2021, 111-113.
HARVARD
Vishnoi, M., Sharma, A., Ranjan, R., Jain, A., Kumar, N. (2021). 'A rare case of primary malignant melanoma of cervix with metastasis to inguinal lymph node detected on 18F-FDG PET-CT scan', Iranian Journal of Nuclear Medicine, 29(2), pp. 111-113.
VANCOUVER
Vishnoi, M., Sharma, A., Ranjan, R., Jain, A., Kumar, N. A rare case of primary malignant melanoma of cervix with metastasis to inguinal lymph node detected on 18F-FDG PET-CT scan. Iranian Journal of Nuclear Medicine, 2021; 29(2): 111-113.
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