Solitary extramedullary plasmacytoma of the parotid gland imaged with 18F-FDG PET/CT

Clin Nucl Med. 2014 Jun;39(6):549-50. doi: 10.1097/RLU.0b013e3182a75c95.

Abstract

A 75-year-old woman presented with a 1-year history of an enlarging mass in the left parotid gland. Biopsy revealed a parotid plasmacytoma, and the patient was referred for a staging F-FDG PET/CT to evaluate the presence of multiple myeloma bone involvement. The PET/CT scan showed intense FDG uptake in the neck mass but no FDG-avid lymphadenopathy or distant metastases. Plasmacytoma involving the parotid gland is extremely rare. We present the F-FDG PET/CT imaging of solitary parotid plasmacytoma.

Publication types

  • Case Reports

MeSH terms

  • Aged
  • Female
  • Fluorodeoxyglucose F18*
  • Humans
  • Parotid Gland / diagnostic imaging
  • Parotid Gland / pathology*
  • Plasmacytoma / diagnostic imaging*
  • Positron-Emission Tomography*
  • Salivary Gland Neoplasms / diagnostic imaging*
  • Tomography, X-Ray Computed*

Substances

  • Fluorodeoxyglucose F18