Occult colon cancer with initial cutaneous metastatic manifestation: PET/CT detection

Skin metastasis as initial clinical presentation of occult internal organ malignancy is of rare occurrence, predominantly encountered in breast and lung cancer. The search for the occult causative primary malignancy is usually difficult with conventional anatomy-based cross-sectional imaging. The au...

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Published inClinical nuclear medicine Vol. 37; no. 5; p. 506
Main Authors Nguyen, Vien X, Nguyen, Ba D, Ram, Panol C
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published United States 01.05.2012
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Colonic Neoplasms - diagnostic imaging
Colonic Neoplasms - pathology
Fluorodeoxyglucose F18
Humans
Male
Multimodal Imaging
Neoplasms, Unknown Primary - diagnostic imaging
Neoplasms, Unknown Primary - pathology
Positron-Emission Tomography
Skin Neoplasms - diagnostic imaging
Skin Neoplasms - secondary
Tomography, X-Ray Computed
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Summary:Skin metastasis as initial clinical presentation of occult internal organ malignancy is of rare occurrence, predominantly encountered in breast and lung cancer. The search for the occult causative primary malignancy is usually difficult with conventional anatomy-based cross-sectional imaging. The authors present a case of cecal cancer with thoracic and abdominal cutaneous metastasis demonstrated by PET/CT.
ISSN:1536-0229
DOI:10.1097/RLU.0b013e318238f4dc