11C-PiB PET/CT in Nasopharyngeal Amyloidosis Associated with Multiple Myeloma
- Resource Type
- Authors
- Yoshihiro Nishiyama; Mariko Ishimura; Naruhide Kimura; Yuka Yamamoto; Hiroshi Hoshikawa
- Source
- Clinical Nuclear Medicine. 40:e161-e162
- Subject
- Multimodal Imaging
X ray computed
Nasopharynx
medicine
Humans
Radiology, Nuclear Medicine and imaging
Benzothiazoles
Multiple myeloma
PET-CT
Mass/lesion
Aniline Compounds
Unusual case
medicine.diagnostic_test
business.industry
Amyloidosis
General Medicine
Middle Aged
medicine.disease
Thiazoles
Positron emission tomography
Positron-Emission Tomography
Female
Tomography
Radiopharmaceuticals
Multiple Myeloma
Tomography, X-Ray Computed
Nuclear medicine
business
- Language
- ISSN
- 0363-9762
We present an unusual case of nasopharyngeal amyloidosis associated with multiple myeloma. A 63-year-old woman presented with 2 months' history of epistaxis and dentalgia 3 years after being diagnosed with multiple myeloma. CT and C-Pittsburgh compound B (PiB) PET images demonstrated that the intense C-PiB uptake corresponded to the nasal, paranasal, and palatal area matching the CT mass lesion. Histopathologic examination confirmed amyloidosis.