Comparison of bone scintigraphy and radiography in multiple myeloma. [/sup 99m/Tc-phosphate complexes]

Conference · Sat Mar 01 04:00:00 EST 1980 · Radiology; (United States)

OSTI ID:5483505

Woolfenden, J M; Pitt, M J; Durie, B G.M.; Moon, T E

Radionuclide images and skeletal radiographs of 51 patients with multiple myeloma were compared to assess the sensitivity of scintigraphy in detecting radiographically evident disease. Comparable studies were available for 562 sites. The radionuclide image was relatively insensitive in detecting myeloma; it failed to show radiographically evident disease or underestimated its extent at 27% of the sites. On a limited number of serial images there were 7 sites at which a scintigraphic abnormality preceded the radiographic abnormality. No definite correlation was found between scintigraphic findings and hematologic parameters of myeloma activity. Although the radionuclide image may demonstrate a few sites of myeloma before the radiograph, radiography remains the primary method of evaluating skeletal involvement by myeloma.

• Research Organization: Univ. of Arizona Health Sciences Center, Tucson
• OSTI ID: 5483505
• Conference Information: Journal Name: Radiology; (United States) Journal Volume: 134:3
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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62 RADIOLOGY AND NUCLEAR MEDICINE
BETA DECAY RADIOISOTOPES
BETA-MINUS DECAY RADIOISOTOPES
BIOMEDICAL RADIOGRAPHY
BODY
BONE MARROW
COMPARATIVE EVALUATIONS
COUNTING TECHNIQUES
DIAGNOSIS
DIAGNOSTIC TECHNIQUES
DISEASES
DRUGS
ESTERS
HEMATOPOIETIC SYSTEM
HOURS LIVING RADIOISOTOPES
INTERMEDIATE MASS NUCLEI
ISOMERIC NUCLEI
ISOMERIC TRANSITION ISOTOPES
ISOTOPES
LABELLED COMPOUNDS
MEDICINE
NEOPLASMS
NUCLEAR MEDICINE
NUCLEI
ODD-EVEN NUCLEI
ORGANIC COMPOUNDS
ORGANIC PHOSPHORUS COMPOUNDS
ORGANS
OXYGEN COMPOUNDS
PATIENTS
PHOSPHATES
PHOSPHONATES
PHOSPHONIC ACID ESTERS
PHOSPHORUS COMPOUNDS
PYROPHOSPHATES
RADIOACTIVE MATERIALS
RADIOISOTOPE SCANNING
RADIOISOTOPES
RADIOLOGY
RADIOPHARMACEUTICALS
SCINTISCANNING
SKELETON
TECHNETIUM 99
TECHNETIUM ISOTOPES
TISSUES
YEARS LIVING RADIOISOTOPES