Detection of multiple myeloma by PET/CT in a patient with colon cancer

Clin Nucl Med. 2008 May;33(5):367-70. doi: 10.1097/RLU.0b013e31816a8883.

Abstract

A 76-year-old man with previous sigmoid colon resection for adenocarcinoma had low back pain for 2 months. Whole-body bone scintigraphy showed multiple focal Tc-99m methylene diphosphonate (MDP)-avid lesions in both rib cages and 3 lumbar vertebrae, indicating metastases. F-18 fluorodeoxyglucose (FDG) positron emission tomography (PET)/computed tomography (CT) imaging was performed for further evaluation of this possible metastatic disease and demonstrated the lumbar and costal metastases and several hypermetabolic areas in the pelvic bones, multiple thoracic vertebrae, both shoulders, and the right femur. Histopathologic examination of the right-sided iliac crest, however, revealed multiple myeloma.

Publication types

  • Case Reports

MeSH terms

  • Aged
  • Colonic Neoplasms / diagnostic imaging*
  • Humans
  • Male
  • Multiple Myeloma / diagnosis*
  • Neoplasms, Multiple Primary / diagnosis*
  • Positron-Emission Tomography / methods*
  • Radiopharmaceuticals
  • Technetium Tc 99m Medronate
  • Tomography, X-Ray Computed / methods

Substances

  • Radiopharmaceuticals
  • Technetium Tc 99m Medronate