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IMAGING DIAGNOSIS—FDG‐PET/CT OF A CANINE SPLENIC PLASMA CELL TUMOR
Author(s) -
LEE AH RA,
LEE MIN SU,
JUNG IN SEONG,
KIM DAE YOUNG,
NHAM SANG SEOP,
CHUNG HYUN WOO,
EOM KIDONG
Publication year - 2010
Publication title -
veterinary radiology and ultrasound
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.541
H-Index - 60
eISSN - 1740-8261
pISSN - 1058-8183
DOI - 10.1111/j.1740-8261.2009.01639.x
Subject(s) - medicine , plasmacytoma , radiology , nuclear medicine , splenectomy , positron emission tomography , bone marrow , standardized uptake value , spleen , multiple myeloma , plasma cell neoplasm , pathology
An 8‐year‐old Shih Tzu developed abdominal pain and hyperglobulinemia. A round splenic mass was noted radiographically and sonographically. The patient was evaluated by fluorodeoxyglucose positron emission tomography coupled with computed tomography (FDG‐PET/CT). There was no evidence of metastasis or bone marrow involvement on PET/CT images. The standardized uptake value (SUV) of the splenic mass was increased over the reference range (SUV=4.83). The patient was diagnosed as splenic extramedullary plasmacytoma through immunohistopathologic study. After the splenectomy, the globulin level normalized and the patient is alive without complications.