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Massive bilateral adrenal gland metastases from melanoma diagnosed by F18-FDG-PET/CT

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We report a case of a 75-year-old man with a history of a malignant melanoma with massive bilateral adrenal gland metastases diagnosed by F18-FDG-PET/CT after 10 years of negative follow-up.

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  1. Department of Nuclear Medicine, Spedali Civili di Brescia, Piazzale Spedali Civili 1, 25123, Brescia, Italy

    Francesco Bertagna

  2. University of Brescia, Brescia, Italy

    Raffaele Giubbini

  3. Dipartimento Materno Infantile e Tecnologie Biomediche, University of Brescia, Brescia, Italy

    Giorgio Biasiotto

  4. Health Phisics Department, Spedali Civili di Brescia, Brescia, Italy

    Carlo Rodella

  5. Division of Nuclear Medicine, University of Pennsylvania Medical Center, Philadelphia, PA, USA

    Thomas Werner & Abass Alavi

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Bertagna, F., Biasiotto, G., Rodella, C. et al. Massive bilateral adrenal gland metastases from melanoma diagnosed by F18-FDG-PET/CT. Jpn J Radiol 27, 392–393 (2009). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11604-009-0358-8

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