%0 Journal Article
%T The vaccine injection sites mimicking metastases of malignant melanoma on FDG PET
%A Okan FALAY
%A Hikmet BAYHAN
%J Turkish Journal of Oncology
%D 2012
%I KARE Publishing
%X The vaccine therapy is an adjuvant therapy combined with chemotherapy in stage III and IV malignant melanoma. Granuloma is a side effect of vaccines. Three stage IV patients were treated with the polyvalent vaccine consist of melanoma cell lysates. All patients have granulomas on injection sites with F-18 fluorodeoxyglucose (FDG) uptakes on PET. Granuloma is an organized collection of macrophages. Macrophages contain intense Glut-1 which is the most important deteminant of F-18 FDG uptake in cells. Granulomas can mimic skin or lymph node involvement of malignant melanoma on F-18 FDG PET.
%K Granuloma
%K glut-1
%K malignant melanoma
%K FDG
%K PET.
%U http://onkder.org/pdf.php3?id=803