Imaging diagnosis--FDG-PET/CT of a canine splenic plasma cell tumor.
An 8-year-old Shih Tzu developed abdominal pain and hyperglobulinemia. A round splenic mass was noted radiographically and sonographically. The patient was evaluated by fluorodeoxyglucose positron emission tomography coupled with computed tomography (FDG-PET/CT). There was no evidence of metastasis or bone marrow involvement on PET/CT images. The standardized uptake value (SUV) of the splenic mass was increased over the reference range (SUV = 4.83). The patient was diagnosed as splenic extramedullary plasmacytoma through immunohistopathologic study. After the splenectomy, the globulin level normalized and the patient is alive without complications.
Lee
Ah Ra
AR
Department of Veterinary Radiology and Diagnostic Imaging, College of Veterinary Medicine, Konkuk University 1, Hwayang-dong, Kwangjin-ku, Seoul 143-701, Korea.
Lee
Min Su
MS
Jung
In Seong
IS
Kim
Dae Young
DY
Nham
Sang Seop
SS
Chung
Hyun Woo
HW
Eom
Kidong
K
D000818:Animals; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D004283:Dog Diseases / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging* / Q000601:surgery; D004285:Dogs; D019788:Fluorodeoxyglucose F18 / Q000378:metabolism; D010954:Plasmacytoma / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000601:surgery / Q000662:veterinary*; D049268:Positron-Emission Tomography / Q000379:methods / Q000662:veterinary*; D019275:Radiopharmaceuticals / Q000378:metabolism; D013156:Splenectomy / Q000662:veterinary; D013160:Splenic Neoplasms / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000601:surgery / Q000662:veterinary*; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed / Q000662:veterinary; D016896:Treatment Outcome
D019275:Radiopharmaceuticals; D019788:Fluorodeoxyglucose F18