Internal Thoracic Vein Tumor Thrombus From Sternal Melanoma Metastasis on 18 F-FDG PET/CT

Clin Nucl Med. 2023 Jun 1;48(6):540-541. doi: 10.1097/RLU.0000000000004644. Epub 2023 Apr 5.

Abstract

We present 18 F-FDG PET/CT findings of an internal thoracic vein tumor thrombus from melanoma in a 76-year-old woman. Restaging 18 F-FDG PET/CT shows a progressive disease with an internal thoracic vein tumor thrombus from a sternal bone metastasis. Although cutaneous malignant melanoma may metastasize to any body part, a direct tumor invasion of veins and the formation of a tumor thrombus represent an extremely rare complication.

Publication types

  • Case Reports

MeSH terms

  • Aged
  • Bone Neoplasms*
  • Female
  • Fluorodeoxyglucose F18
  • Humans
  • Melanoma*
  • Neoplasm Metastasis
  • Neoplasms, Second Primary*
  • Positron Emission Tomography Computed Tomography
  • Skin Neoplasms*
  • Sternum* / pathology
  • Thrombosis*

Substances

  • Fluorodeoxyglucose F18