title: Detection of multiple myeloma by PET/CT in a patient with colon cancer.
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.
authors.affiliation: Department of Nuclear Medicine, Tri-Service General Hospital, National Defense Medical Center, Taipei, Taiwan, People's Republic of China.
authors.forename: Chih-Yung
authors.initials: CY
authors.lastname: Chang
authors.forename: Yi-Jen
authors.initials: YJ
authors.lastname: Peng
authors.forename: Daniel H W
authors.initials: DH
authors.lastname: Shen
authors.forename: Wen-Sheng
authors.initials: WS
authors.lastname: Huang
authors.forename: Shiou-Chi
authors.initials: SC
authors.lastname: Cherng
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D003110:Colonic Neoplasms / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D009101:Multiple Myeloma / Q000175:diagnosis*; D009378:Neoplasms, Multiple Primary / Q000175:diagnosis*; D049268:Positron-Emission Tomography / Q000379:methods*; D019275:Radiopharmaceuticals; D013669:Technetium Tc 99m Medronate; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed / Q000379:methods
chemical_list: D019275:Radiopharmaceuticals; D013669:Technetium Tc 99m Medronate