title: Gastric relapse of solitary bone plasmacytoma.
abstract: This case report describes a patient with solitary bone plasmacytoma who had a gastric relapse of his tumor. Skeletal surveys, magnetic resonance imaging of the spine, and bone marrow examination done at the time of relapse failed to show any other site of disease. Positron emission tomography finally clarified the true extent of the tumor.
authors.affiliation: Department of Medicine, Caritas St. Elizabeth's Medical Center, Tufts University School of Medicine, Boston, Massachusetts, USA. sumitgaurmd@hotmail.com
authors.forename: Sumit
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Gaur
authors.forename: Thein H
authors.initials: TH
authors.lastname: Oo
authors.forename: Leo S
authors.initials: LS
authors.lastname: Aish
authors.forename: Shadan
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Mansoor
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D000911:Antibodies, Monoclonal / Q000097:blood; D000971:Antineoplastic Combined Chemotherapy Protocols / Q000627:therapeutic use; D001859:Bone Neoplasms / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000556:secondary; D003131:Combined Modality Therapy; D003907:Dexamethasone / Q000008:administration & dosage; D005598:Fractures, Spontaneous / Q000209:etiology; D005743:Gastrectomy; D006801:Humans; D007070:Immunoglobulin A / Q000097:blood; D008279:Magnetic Resonance Imaging; D008297:Male; D009363:Neoplasm Proteins / Q000097:blood; D010954:Plasmacytoma / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000532:radiotherapy / Q000556:secondary* / Q000601:surgery; D011877:Radionuclide Imaging; D016103:Spinal Fractures / Q000209:etiology; D013125:Spinal Neoplasms / Q000473:pathology* / Q000532:radiotherapy; D013274:Stomach Neoplasms / Q000556:secondary* / Q000601:surgery; D013792:Thalidomide / Q000008:administration & dosage; D013904:Thoracic Vertebrae / Q000473:pathology*
chemical_list: D000911:Antibodies, Monoclonal; D007070:Immunoglobulin A; D009363:Neoplasm Proteins; D013792:Thalidomide; D003907:Dexamethasone