Open AccessImaging findings of melanoma metastasis in the gallbladder
Author(s) -
Louise Torres,
Caroline Lorenzoni Almeida Ghezzi,
Alice Schuch,
Gabriela Schneider Galvão
Publication year - 2021
Publication title -
revista española de enfermedades digestivas/revista española de enfermedades digestivas
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.331
H-Index - 38
eISSN - 2340-4167
pISSN - 1130-0108
DOI - 10.17235/reed.2021.8176/2021
Subject(s) - medicine , gallbladder , melanoma , radiology , metastasis , lymph , positron emission tomography , lesion , dorsum , ultrasound , computed tomography , infundibulum , nuclear medicine , pathology , anatomy , cancer , cancer research
We present the case of a 40-year-old male with a previous diagnosis of cutaneous melanoma in the dorsal region, with metastases in axillary and mesenteric lymph nodes and in the central nervous system. He presented focal areas of increased radiopharmaceutical uptake in the topography of the gallbladder infundibulum on a control positron emission tomography/computed tomography (PET/CT), which corresponded to a nodular lesion in an abdominal ultrasound.