Abstract
An 82-year-old woman presented for routine follow-up PET/CT after undergoing local melanoma resection in the left lower leg, isolated limb infusion chemotherapy, and immunomodulation therapy with Bacillus Calmette-Guérin (BCG) vaccine. Symmetric, bilateral, moderately intense FDG avid axillary and inguinal cutaneous nodules were observed that were new from the prior PETCT. The patient had developed skin lesions at the BCG injection sites several months before the study. The case raises awareness to PET/CT appearance of local inflammatory response to BCG injection, which could be mistaken by an unaware reader for recurrent melanoma.
| Original language | English (US) |
|---|---|
| Pages (from-to) | 368-369 |
| Number of pages | 2 |
| Journal | Clinical nuclear medicine |
| Volume | 40 |
| Issue number | 4 |
| DOIs | |
| State | Published - Apr 21 2015 |
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SDG 3 Good Health and Well-being
All Science Journal Classification (ASJC) codes
- Radiology Nuclear Medicine and imaging
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