18F-FDG-PET findings of rare case of nonsecretory plasmablastic myeloma

Ann Nucl Med. 2009 Nov;23(9):807-11. doi: 10.1007/s12149-009-0300-2. Epub 2009 Oct 9.

Abstract

A 61-year-old woman presented with pancytopenia and underwent a bone marrow biopsy. The patient was diagnosed with nonsecretory myeloma (plasmablastic type) based on both the bone marrow biopsy findings and her laboratory data. Fluorine-18 fluorodeoxyglucose-positron emission tomography ((18)F-FDG-PET) was performed prior to chemotherapy showing diffuse bone marrow uptake, splenic uptake, and focal uptake of the right anterior chest wall. The patient underwent an (18)F-FDG-PET examination to evaluate the curative effects after three cycles of chemotherapy, and no abnormal uptake on (18)F-FDG-PET was found. Bone marrow biopsy to evaluate the curative effect showed no viable tumor cells. We present a rare case of nonsecretory plasmablastic myeloma detected by (18)F-FDG-PET.

Publication types

  • Case Reports

MeSH terms

  • Female
  • Fluorodeoxyglucose F18* / metabolism
  • Humans
  • Middle Aged
  • Neoplasms, Plasma Cell / diagnostic imaging*
  • Neoplasms, Plasma Cell / metabolism
  • Neoplasms, Plasma Cell / pathology
  • Positron-Emission Tomography
  • Radiography
  • Rare Diseases / diagnostic imaging*
  • Rare Diseases / metabolism
  • Rare Diseases / pathology

Substances

  • Fluorodeoxyglucose F18