Thyroid Metastasis From Cutaneous Melanoma on an 18F-FDG PET/CT Study

Clin Nucl Med. 2020 Dec;45(12):1005-1006. doi: 10.1097/RLU.0000000000003337.

Abstract

The thyroid gland is an uncommon location for metastasis. We report a 59-year-old woman with a history of cutaneous malignant melanoma. A unique hypermetabolic mass on the left thyroid lobe was identified by control F-FDG PET/CT scan, leading to dysphagia and stridor clinic. Total thyroidectomy and lymphadenectomy were performed with histopathological results concordant with metastasis from melanoma. Despite its rarity, finding focal thyroid lesions in patients with an oncological history should alert us, recommending that its metastatic etiology be ruled out.

Publication types

  • Case Reports

MeSH terms

  • Fluorodeoxyglucose F18*
  • Humans
  • Male
  • Melanoma / pathology*
  • Melanoma, Cutaneous Malignant
  • Middle Aged
  • Positron Emission Tomography Computed Tomography*
  • Skin Neoplasms / pathology*
  • Thyroid Neoplasms / diagnostic imaging*
  • Thyroid Neoplasms / secondary*

Substances

  • Fluorodeoxyglucose F18