Umbilical Plugoma Mimics Melanoma Metastasis on FDG PET/CT. (October 2015)

• Record Type: Journal Article
• Authors: Alabed, Yazan Z.; Sakellis, Christopher
• Is Part Of: Clinical nuclear medicine. Volume 40:Number 10(2015)
• Publication Date: 2015-10
• Subjects: FDG -- PET/CT -- plugoma -- melanoma -- hernia; Nuclear medicine -- Periodicals; Radioisotope scanning -- Periodicals; Nuclear Medicine -- Periodicals; 616.07575
• DOI: 10.1097/RLU.0000000000000859
• Languages: English
• ISSNs: 0363-9762

Abstract

Abstract : Abstract: An 84-year-old man with history of left forehead melanoma was found on a restaging 18 F-FDG PET/CT scan with hypermetabolic lung nodules and a mildly FDG-avid soft tissue nodule posterior to the umbilicus. Biopsy of a right lower lobe nodule revealed metastatic melanoma. Follow-up posttreatment PET/CT scan showed complete resolution of lung nodules and unchanged FDG uptake at the level of the umbilicus. Review of the patient's medical history revealed a remote history of umbilical hernia repair. We present a case of postsurgical plugoma mimicking the appearance of melanoma metastasis on FDG PET/CT.