11C-Acetate PET/CT Monitoring Therapy of Multiple Myeloma

Clin Nucl Med. 2016 Jul;41(7):587-9. doi: 10.1097/RLU.0000000000001215.

Abstract

A 67-year-old man with newly diagnosed multiple myeloma underwent both FDG and C-acetate PET/CT sequentially on different days. There was increased FDG activity only in L1 vertebral body, but there was diffuse abnormal C-acetate activity throughout the skeletal system. After the successful therapy, the patient who was on remission clinically underwent follow-up PET/CT scans. Interestingly, L1 remained to have elevated FDG, although with less intensity. In contrast, there was no abnormal C-acetate activity anywhere in the body. The patient remained in remission clinically.

Publication types

  • Case Reports

MeSH terms

  • Acetates*
  • Carbon*
  • Humans
  • Male
  • Multiple Myeloma / diagnostic imaging*
  • Multiple Myeloma / therapy*
  • Positron Emission Tomography Computed Tomography*
  • Treatment Outcome

Substances

  • Acetates
  • carbon-11 acetate
  • Carbon