Fluorodeoxyglucose positron emission tomography-computed tomography (FDG PET/CT) findings in an unusual case of multiple myeloma presenting with a large extra-axial intracranial mass

BACKGROUND: We aimed to present unusual cranial FDG PET/CT findings of a 56-year-old female with multiple myeloma (MM). CASE REPORT: Plain CT images revealed a lytic lesion in the right parietal bone, filled with an oval-shaped, large, extra-axial, extradural, intracranial mass which measured 75×75×40 mm and had smooth borders. The right parietal lobe was compressed by the mass. The maximum standardized uptake value (SUVmax) of the mass lesion was 8.94 on FDG PET/CT images. Multiple lytic lesions with an increased uptake were also detected in other calvarial bones, in several vertebras and in the proximal left femur. After seven months, a control FDG PET/CT following radiotherapy and chemotherapy revealed almost complete regression of the right parietal extra-axial mass lesion. The number, size and metabolism of lytic lesions in other bones also decreased. CONCLUSIONS: FDG PET/CT was useful for an initial evaluation of MM lesions and was effective in monitoring the response of these lesions to therapy.