18F-FDG and 18F-NaF PET/CT Findings of a Multiple Myeloma Patient With Thyroid Cartilage Involvement. (November 2015)

• Record Type: Journal Article
• Authors: Oral, Aylin; Yazici, Bulent; Ömür, Özgür; Comert, Melda; Saydam, Guray
• Is Part Of: Clinical nuclear medicine. Volume 40:Number 11(2015)
• Publication Date: 2015-11
• Subjects: Nuclear medicine -- Periodicals; Radioisotope scanning -- Periodicals; Nuclear Medicine -- Periodicals; 616.07575
• DOI: 10.1097/RLU.0000000000000908
• Languages: English
• ISSNs: 0363-9762

Abstract

<abstract> <title> <x xml:space="preserve">Abstract</x> </title> <sec> <title>Abstract</title> <p>Thyroid cartilage is a very rare extramedullary involvement location in multiple myeloma. We present both ¹⁸F-NaF and ¹⁸F-FDG PET/CT findings of a multiple myeloma patient with thyroid cartilage involvement. In this patient, increased FDG and more intensely increased NaF uptake were seen on thyroid cartilage. In addition, some bone lesions had more intense NaF than FDG uptake, and some were only NaF avid. Although ¹⁸F-FDG PET/CT has an important role in plasma cell neoplasms, we considered that ¹⁸F-NaF PET/CT is also very useful to detect small lytic lesions that might be overlooked on ¹⁸F-FDG PET/CT.</p> </sec> </abstract>