title: 18F-FDG PET/CT in primary AL hepatic amyloidosis associated with multiple myeloma.
abstract: We report here on a rare case of primary AL hepatic amyloidosis associated with multiple myeloma in a 64-year-old woman. The patient was referred for evaluating her progressive jaundice and right upper quadrant pain. (18)F-fluorodeoxyglucose ((18)F-FDG) positron emission tomography (PET)/computed tomography (CT) showed diffusely and markedly increased (18)F-FDG uptake in the liver. Although there have been several case studies showing positive (18)F-FDG uptake in pulmonary amyloidosis, to the best of our knowledge, the (18)F-FDG PET/CT findings of hepatic amyloidosis or primary hepatic amyloidosis associated with multiple myeloma have not been reported previously.
authors.affiliation: Department of Radiology, Seoul Medical Center, Seoul 135-740, Korea.
authors.forename: Youn Mi
authors.initials: YM
authors.lastname: Son
authors.forename: Joon Young
authors.initials: JY
authors.lastname: Choi
authors.forename: Cheol Hee
authors.initials: CH
authors.lastname: Bak
authors.forename: Miju
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Cheon
authors.forename: Young Eun
authors.initials: YE
authors.lastname: Kim
authors.forename: Kyung-Han
authors.initials: KH
authors.lastname: Lee
authors.forename: Byung-Tae
authors.initials: BT
authors.lastname: Kim
mesh_terms: D000686:Amyloidosis / Q000150:complications / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging* / Q000473:pathology; D001707:Biopsy, Needle; D005260:Female; D019788:Fluorodeoxyglucose F18; D006801:Humans; D008099:Liver / Q000473:pathology; D008107:Liver Diseases / Q000150:complications / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging* / Q000473:pathology; D008875:Middle Aged; D064847:Multimodal Imaging; D009101:Multiple Myeloma / Q000150:complications*; D049268:Positron-Emission Tomography; D019275:Radiopharmaceuticals; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed
chemical_list: D019275:Radiopharmaceuticals; D019788:Fluorodeoxyglucose F18