title: Imaging diagnosis--FDG-PET/CT of a canine splenic plasma cell tumor.
abstract: 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.
authors.affiliation: Department of Veterinary Radiology and Diagnostic Imaging, College of Veterinary Medicine, Konkuk University 1, Hwayang-dong, Kwangjin-ku, Seoul 143-701, Korea.
authors.forename: Ah Ra
authors.initials: AR
authors.lastname: Lee
authors.forename: Min Su
authors.initials: MS
authors.lastname: Lee
authors.forename: In Seong
authors.initials: IS
authors.lastname: Jung
authors.forename: Dae Young
authors.initials: DY
authors.lastname: Kim
authors.forename: Sang Seop
authors.initials: SS
authors.lastname: Nham
authors.forename: Hyun Woo
authors.initials: HW
authors.lastname: Chung
authors.forename: Kidong
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Eom
mesh_terms: 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
chemical_list: D019275:Radiopharmaceuticals; D019788:Fluorodeoxyglucose F18