title: Detection of thyroid plasmacytoma by F-18 FDG PET/CT imaging.
abstract: A 57-year-old man with multiple myeloma had a rapidly enlarging mass in the right thyroid lobe for 6 months. Fine needle aspiration biopsy was performed, and cytologic examination revealed atypical plasma cells. One week later, the patient was referred for F-18 FDG imaging for further investigation and hyperactive foci on the right thyroid lobe were detected. We are reporting a case with extramedullary plasmacytoma of the thyroid detected on PET/CT scan.
authors: Department of Nuclear Medicine, Ankara University, Ankara, Turkey. ozkanelgin@yahoo.com
authors: Elgin
authors: E
authors: Ozkan
authors: Emel
authors: E
authors: Tokmak
authors: K Metin
authors: KM
authors: Kir
mesh_terms: D019788:Fluorodeoxyglucose F18; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D010954:Plasmacytoma / Q000175:diagnosis*; D049268:Positron-Emission Tomography / Q000379:methods*; D019275:Radiopharmaceuticals; D013964:Thyroid Neoplasms / Q000175:diagnosis*; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed / Q000379:methods*
chemical_list: D019275:Radiopharmaceuticals; D019788:Fluorodeoxyglucose F18