Capsule endoscopy versus positron emission tomography for detection of small-bowel metastatic melanoma: a pilot study

Retracted

“…20 Video capsule endoscopy is regarded as an appropriate complementary imaging study following an 18 F-FDG PET. 21 When histological confirmation of small intestinal lesions is required or when preoperative marking of the lesions with ink injection is necessary, flexible endoscopy can be performed of the small intestine by double or single balloon enteroscopy. 22 Flexible enteroscopy has a better detection rate for small intestinal tumors than video capsule endoscopy.…”

Acute ileo-ileal intussusception due to intestinal metastatic melanoma

“…This imaging technique combines the advantages of barium enteroclysis and abdominal CT and allows examination of the wall of the small intestine and its mesentery. 1,2,5,6,13 There are not enough of studies concerning the efficacy of magnetic resonance imaging in the diagnosis of digestive metastasis of melanoma, but it can demonstrate extraintestinal intra-abdominal metastases. 14 Fluorodeoxyglucosepositron emission tomography (FDG-PET) scan has excellent results in the detection of systemic metastases of melanoma.…”

“…16,17 DBE is better than CE, as biopsies can be taken under direct visualization, but CE has the advantages of being non-invasive and less expensive. 18 Prakoso et al 13 compared CE and PET-CT scanning for detection of small bowel metastases. They concluded that CE was better than FDG PET-CT scanning for localizing small bowel melanomas and that CE is an ideal complementary investigative modality both for patients with known metastatic melanomas who are undergoing preoperative work-ups and for patients with unexplained anemia or gastrointestinal symptoms.…”

Video Capsule Endoscopy: The Past, Present, and Future

“…VCE may also have a complementary role with PET-CT in evaluation of small bowel metastasis in melanoma and further studies will have to be performed to validate this finding [104].…”