title: A rare presentation of myocardial plasmacytoma assessed by FDG PET/CT.
abstract: We describe a rare case of myocardial plasmacytoma staged and followed up with FDG PET/CT. A 72-year-old man was incidentally identified with a right ventricular apical mass, which was pathologically confirmed to be a plasmacytoma. A pre-treatment FDG PET/CT scan subsequently showed lesions not only in the right ventricle but also in the bones and mediastinal lymph nodes, which led to the change in treatment plan. Post-therapy PET scan revealed good response. This case demonstrates the value of FDG PET/CT in accurately staging unusually presented plasmacytoma and in monitoring response to treatment.
authors.affiliation: From the *Department of Nuclear Medicine and PET, Singapore General Hospital, Singapore; †Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, and ‡Division of Nuclear Medicine and Molecular Imaging, Department of Radiology and Imaging Sciences, Emory University Hospital, Atlanta, GA.
authors.forename: Aaron Kian Ti
authors.initials: AK
authors.lastname: Tong
authors.forename: Karen P
authors.initials: KP
authors.lastname: Mann
authors.forename: David M
authors.initials: DM
authors.lastname: Schuster
authors.forename: Xuexian
authors.initials: X
authors.lastname: Yan
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D019788:Fluorodeoxyglucose F18; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D009206:Myocardium / Q000473:pathology*; D010954:Plasmacytoma / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*; D049268:Positron-Emission Tomography; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed
chemical_list: D019788:Fluorodeoxyglucose F18