What do the results of a PET scan mean if they show a hot spot on the head, and what are the appropriate follow up tests?
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Debbie W - Name: Debbie w
- Who do you know with myeloma?: mom
- When were you/they diagnosed?: june 2014
- Age at diagnosis: 71
Re: PET scan shows hot spot on head - what's it mean?
Hello Debbie.
Sorry you need to be here. You did not really provide enough information for the readers to give you some useful feedback. The short answer would be radiation treatment. But let's start off slow. Is your mother newly diagnosed, and is she seeing a myeloma specialist?
Good luck to you and your mom.
Sorry you need to be here. You did not really provide enough information for the readers to give you some useful feedback. The short answer would be radiation treatment. But let's start off slow. Is your mother newly diagnosed, and is she seeing a myeloma specialist?
Good luck to you and your mom.
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JPC - Name: JPC
Re: PET scan shows hot spot on head - what's it mean?
In my case, I had surgery in May 2012, followed by radiation (45 GY) and then treatment (standard induction and stem cell collection), and now I'm on long-term indefinite maintenance (Revlimid).
I am a standard t(11;14) myeloma.
My plasmacytoma was walnut sized, and located on/behind my forehead, where the left frontal sinus would have been, and inferiorally back to the dura. The lesion had eaten thru the bones of the forehead and left orbit. Reconstruction went well. Minimal neurological involvement.
Good luck to your mother. Treatment options really depend on lesion location, size, and amount of destruction due to the lesion, and whether they can obtain adequate margins around the lesion.
You might also read up on solitary plasmacytomas, if your Mom had only the one hot spot and her labs and tests indicate no systemic disease. Good outcomes can derive from solitary plasmacytomas and early diagnosis, and with appropriate interventions.
I am a standard t(11;14) myeloma.
My plasmacytoma was walnut sized, and located on/behind my forehead, where the left frontal sinus would have been, and inferiorally back to the dura. The lesion had eaten thru the bones of the forehead and left orbit. Reconstruction went well. Minimal neurological involvement.
Good luck to your mother. Treatment options really depend on lesion location, size, and amount of destruction due to the lesion, and whether they can obtain adequate margins around the lesion.
You might also read up on solitary plasmacytomas, if your Mom had only the one hot spot and her labs and tests indicate no systemic disease. Good outcomes can derive from solitary plasmacytomas and early diagnosis, and with appropriate interventions.
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