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Table 3 PET/CT findings in patients with increased FDG-uptake suggestive of MM distant metastasis (n = 6)

From: The role of FDG-PET/CT in preoperative staging of sentinel lymph node biopsy-positive melanoma patients

No.

Age/sex

FDG-uptake location(s)

Additional tests

Distant metastasis

Treatment outcome

1

45/M

Axillary LN, colon, rectum

Colonoscopy, polyp resection

No

Lymph node dissection

2

60/F

Lung infiltrates bilaterally

Pulmonologist referral

No

Lymph node dissection

3

54/M

Mediastinum LN, hilar LN

EBUS biopsy

No

Lymph node dissection

4

74/F

Thyroid gland

Ultrasound-guided biopsy

No

Lymph node dissection

5

71/M

Sigmoid colon

Colonoscopy, polyp resection

No

Lymph node dissection

6

74/M

Sigmoid colon

Colonoscopy, polyp resection

No

Lymph node dissection

  1. MM malign melanoma, LN lymph nodes