| Literature DB >> 22190759 |
W Makis1, A Ciarallo, M Hickeson, R Lisbona.
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A 53-year-old male with a remote history of colon adenocarcinoma presented with weakness, severe anaemia and an actively bleeding ulcerated lesion in the stomach. An 18F-fluorodeoxyglucose (FDG) positron emission tomography (PET)/CT showed FDG-avid masses in the stomach and mesentery, which were biopsied to reveal an unsuspected diagnosis of plasmacytoma. The original colon tumour pathology was identical and this prompted its re-evaluation to a primary colon plasmacytoma. The patient was treated with chemotherapy and a follow-up PET/CT scan showed complete resolution of the gastric and mesenteric masses. 18F-FDG PET/CT is useful in the restaging and follow-up of this very rare extramedullary plasmacytoma.Entities:
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Year: 2012 PMID: 22190759 PMCID: PMC3473939 DOI: 10.1259/bjr/37953406
Source DB: PubMed Journal: Br J Radiol ISSN: 0007-1285 Impact factor: 3.039