title: 18F-FDG PET/CT Metabolic Activity in a Patient With Solitary Extramedullary Plasmacytoma of the Lung.
abstract: Extramedullary plasmacytoma is a rare variant of plasmacytoma that is frequently observed in the head and neck. Primary plasmacytoma of the lung is quite rare. A 92-year-old woman presented with chest distress for 6 months with a mass detected in the right posterior thoracic cavity. Enhanced T1-weighted image showed marked enhancement of the mass. F-FDG PET/CT showed strong FDG uptake of the lesion with SUVmax of 21.9. Thoracentesis of the tumor was subsequently performed, and pathologic analysis confirmed the diagnosis of primary pulmonary plasmacytoma.
authors.affiliation: From the *Department of Nuclear Medicine, Cancer Center of Guangzhou Medical University; and †Department of Nuclear Medicine, Cancer Center of Sun Yat-sen University, Guangzhou, People's Republic of China.
authors.forename: Linqi
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Zhang
authors.forename: Xu
authors.initials: X
authors.lastname: Zhang
authors.forename: Rusen
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Zhang
authors.forename: Wei
authors.initials: W
authors.lastname: Fan
mesh_terms: D000369:Aged, 80 and over; D005260:Female; D019788:Fluorodeoxyglucose F18; D006801:Humans; D008175:Lung Neoplasms / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*; D064847:Multimodal Imaging; D010954:Plasmacytoma / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*; D049268:Positron-Emission Tomography; D019275:Radiopharmaceuticals; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed
chemical_list: D019275:Radiopharmaceuticals; D019788:Fluorodeoxyglucose F18