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Teaching Cases in Nuclear Oncology: Multiple Myeloma

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An 83-year-old man presents with back pain and fatigue. He has a background of smoldering myeloma on the basis of previous bone marrow trephine showing 10% infiltration and no myeloma-defining events.

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Abbreviations

CT:

X-ray computed tomography

[18F]FDG:

2-Deoxy-2-[18F]fluoro-d-glucose

Gy:

Gray unit (ionizing radiation dose in the International System of Units, corresponding to the absorption of one joule of radiation energy per kilogram of matter)

MIP:

Maximum intensity projection

MR:

Magnetic resonance

MRI:

Magnetic resonance imaging

PET:

Positron-emission tomography

PET/CT:

Positron-emission tomography/computed tomography

PET/MRI:

Positron-emission tomography/magnetic resonance imaging

SPECT:

Single photon emission computed tomography

SPECT/CT:

Single photon emission computed tomography/computed tomography

SUV:

Standardized uptake value

SUVmax:

Standardized uptake value at point of maximum

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Authors and Affiliations

  1. Department of Diagnostic Radiology, National Cancer Center Hospital, Tokyo, Japan

    Kimiteru Ito

  2. Molecular Imaging and Therapy Service, Department of Radiology, Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center, New York, NY, USA

    Kimiteru Ito & Somali Gavane

  3. Division of Nuclear Medicine, Department of Radiology, Mount Sinai Hospital, New York, NY, USA

    Somali Gavane

  4. Department of Radiology, Molecular Imaging and Therapy Service, Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center, New York, NY, USA

    Heiko Schöder

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  1. Nuclear Medicine Unit Department of Translational Research and Advanced Technologies in Medicine and Surgery, University of Pisa, Pisa, Italy

    Duccio Volterrani

  2. Nuclear Medicine Unit Department of Translational Research and Advanced Technologies in Medicine and Surgery, University of Pisa, Pisa, Italy

    Paola A. Erba

  3. Molecular Imaging and Therapy Service, Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center, New York, NY, USA

    H. William Strauss

  4. Nuclear Medicine Unit Department of Translational Research and Advanced Technologies in Medicine and Surgery, University of Pisa, Pisa, Italy

    Giuliano Mariani

  5. Molecular Imaging and Targeted Therapy Service Department of Radiology, Sloan Kettering Institute, New York, NY, USA

    Steven M. Larson

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  1. Nuclear Medicine, UCLH NHS Foundation Trust, London, UK

    Simon Wan

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Ito, K., Gavane, S., Schöder, H. (2022). Teaching Cases in Nuclear Oncology: Multiple Myeloma. In: Volterrani, D., Erba, P.A., Strauss, H.W., Mariani, G., Larson, S.M. (eds) Nuclear Oncology. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-05494-5_56

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