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CC BY-NC-ND 4.0 · World J Nucl Med 2020; 19(01): 56-58
DOI: 10.4103/wjnm.WJNM_31_19
Case Report

Multiple scalp metastases from pulmonary adenocarcinoma seen on fluorodeoxyglucose positron-emission tomography/computed tomography

Abderrahim Doudouh
Department of Nuclear Medicine, Mohammed V Military Teaching Hospital, Rabat, Morocco
,
Salah Nabih Oueriagli
Department of Nuclear Medicine, Mohammed V Military Teaching Hospital, Rabat, Morocco
,
Omar Ait Sahel
Department of Nuclear Medicine, Mohammed V Military Teaching Hospital, Rabat, Morocco
,
Yassir Benameur
Department of Nuclear Medicine, Mohammed V Military Teaching Hospital, Rabat, Morocco
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Abstract

Scalp metastasis from a primary visceral malignancy is an uncommon clinical entity. Here, we report a case of scalp metastases from lung cancer seen on fluorodeoxyglucose positron-emission tomography-computed tomography.

Keywords

Fluorodeoxyglucose positron-emission tomography/computed tomography - lung cancer - scalp neoplasm

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Publication History

Received: 16 April 2019

Accepted: 24 May 2019

Article published online:
19 April 2022

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