Skeletal Scintigraphy with Technetium Diphosphonate in Multiple Myeloma‐a Comparison with Skeletal X‐Ray
- 12 January 1980
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Wiley in Acta Medica Scandinavica
- Vol. 208 (1-6) , 289-291
- https://doi.org/10.1111/j.0954-6820.1980.tb01196.x
Abstract
Patients (21) with multiple myeloma were examined in close time relation with skeletal X-ray survey and bone scanning using technetium diphosphonate. X-ray is superior to bone scan is detecting myelomatous bone lesions. Approximately twice as many lesions were detected by X-ray as by bone scan. An exception to this general finding is the lumbar spine and rib cage, in which the 2 methods are equally reliable. A negative bone scan does not exclude the possibility of a myelomatous bone lesion.Keywords
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