PET/CT images of bilateral diffuse intraglomerular metastasis of malignant melanoma

Clin Nucl Med. 2013 Jul;38(7):566-8. doi: 10.1097/RLU.0b013e318292eeb4.

Abstract

Intraglomerular metastasis is a very rare condition with an underlying cause that is not yet well understood. We present the 18F-FDG PET/CT images of histologically proven intraglomerular metastases from newly diagnosed malignant melanoma with positive sentinel lymph node metastases. During the initial diagnostic evaluation period, the patient also had a sudden increased serum creatinine level. FDG PET/CT demonstrated diffuse glomerular FDG uptake unlike typical physiologic pelvicaliceal activity. Renal biopsy revealed diffuse crescentic lesions containing metastatic melanoma cells.

Publication types

  • Case Reports

MeSH terms

  • Biopsy
  • Humans
  • Kidney Glomerulus / diagnostic imaging*
  • Kidney Glomerulus / pathology*
  • Kidney Neoplasms / diagnostic imaging*
  • Kidney Neoplasms / pathology
  • Kidney Neoplasms / secondary*
  • Melanoma / diagnostic imaging
  • Melanoma / pathology*
  • Middle Aged
  • Multimodal Imaging
  • Positron-Emission Tomography*
  • Tomography, X-Ray Computed*