I-123 iodoamphetamine scintigraphic detection of bone metastases from malignant melanoma
Otsuka, N.; Sone, T.; Morita, K.; Fukunaga, M.
Clinical Nuclear Medicine 21(11): 847-850
1996
ISSN/ISBN: 0363-9762 PMID: 8922845 Document Number: 469144
Widely used for cerebral perfusion imaging, I-123 iodo-amphetamine (I-123 IMP) is also known to accumulate in malignant melanomas. A case of malignant melanoma is presented, in which I-123 IMP scintigraphy was useful to visualize the bone metastases. During the period of postoperative follow-up, multiple foci of increased I-123 IMP uptake appeared in the skeleton. Conventional bone scintigraphy was less striking, showing cold defects or irregular radionuclide uptake.