Ocular melanoma: detection using iodine-123-iodoamphetamine and SPECT imaging.
case_report · Level V
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Abstract
Uptake of iodine-123-iodoamphetamine has been demonstrated in malignant melanoma using planar imaging techniques and has been used to detect an ocular melanoma at 12 hr postinjection. Using SPECT technique, an ocular melanoma is identified in a 64-yr-old male at 1 hr postinjection.
Medical subject headings
- Amphetamines
- Choroid Neoplasms
- Iodine Radioisotopes
- Melanoma
- Tomography, Emission-Computed, Single-Photon