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Metastatic melanoma presenting as intravenous tumour thrombus
Author(s) -
Nguyen Jennifer,
Clements Warren,
McLean Catriona,
Haydon Andrew,
Moore Maggie,
Yap Kenneth SK,
Mar Victoria,
Shackleton Mark
Publication year - 2020
Publication title -
journal of medical imaging and radiation oncology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.31
H-Index - 43
eISSN - 1754-9485
pISSN - 1754-9477
DOI - 10.1111/1754-9485.13019
Subject(s) - medicine , thrombus , radiology , melanoma , malignancy , complication , lumen (anatomy) , pembrolizumab , biopsy , fluorodeoxyglucose , positron emission tomography , cancer , pathology , immunotherapy , surgery , cancer research
Summary Tumour thrombus is a complication that occurs when a malignancy invades into the vasculature, occluding its lumen. Here, we present a rare case of melanoma tumour thrombus of the great saphenous vein of the left thigh, which was diagnosed on 18 F‐fluorodeoxyglucose positron emission tomography/computed tomography and ultrasound‐guided biopsy, and responded well to immunotherapy with pembrolizumab.