We report the palliative embolization and functional imaging follow-up of a recurrent shoulder plasmacytoma. The multiple myeloma patient complained of severe pain and discomfort, while he could not tolerate further chemotherapy.
The left shoulder lesion had earlier received a high dose of irradiation. Thus, the well-vascularized lesion was embolized via feeding arteries branching off from the left subclavian artery in two sessions.
The patient’s symptoms rapidly improved post-embolization and the serum free light chain ratio stabilized at a lower level. The follow-up magnetic resonance image showed increased diffusivity in previously restricted tumor foci.
This has negatively correlated with the decreased fludeoxyglucose uptake on PET, suggesting post-embolization necrosis.
Author: Viktor BércziGábor RudasLajos Rudolf KozákTamás GyörkeGábor MikalaTamás MassziIldikó KalinaPál Novák Kaposi
Credits/Source: World Journal of Surgical Oncology 2014, 12:271
Published on: 2014-08-22
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