title: [Detection of bone marrow involvement in breast cancer and malignant lymphoma using immunoscintigraphy of the hematopoietic bone marrow].
abstract: Radioimmunoimaging of bone marrow was performed for non-invasive detection of skeletal involvement in 15 patients with carcinoma of the breast and 17 patients with malignant lymphomas. Bone marrow scans were performed by means of a monoclonal 99mTc-labelled antibody, directed against NCA-95 and CEA. The presence and extent of skeletal involvement were controlled by skeletal scintigraphy, plain radiographs and CT; bone marrow biopsies were obtained in 19 patients as well. 20 subjects without suspected malignant disease served as controls. Haematopoietic bone marrow was imaged homogeneously and with high contrast in all controls. 15/15 patients with carcinoma of the breast and 10/17 patients with malignant lymphomas had multifocal bone marrow defects due to skeletal metastases. Bone marrow scans revealed significantly more lesions than skeletal scintigraphy both in carcinoma of the breast (p = 0.027) and malignant lymphomas (p = 0.015). Thus, radioimmunoscintigraphy of bone marrow may provide a new, sensitive approach for non-invasive detection of metastatic spread to the skeletal system.
authors.affiliation: Kliniken für Nuklearmedizin, RWTH Aachen.
authors.forename: S N
authors.initials: SN
authors.lastname: Reske
authors.forename: J H
authors.initials: JH
authors.lastname: Karstens
authors.forename: W M
authors.initials: WM
authors.lastname: Glöckner
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Ammon
authors.forename: U
authors.initials: U
authors.lastname: Büll
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D000911:Antibodies, Monoclonal; D000951:Antigens, Neoplasm / Q000276:immunology*; D001853:Bone Marrow / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging* / Q000473:pathology; D001859:Bone Neoplasms / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000473:pathology / Q000556:secondary*; D001943:Breast Neoplasms / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging* / Q000473:pathology; D004164:Diphosphonates; D005260:Female; D006689:Hodgkin Disease / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000473:pathology; D006801:Humans; D008223:Lymphoma / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging* / Q000473:pathology; D008228:Lymphoma, Non-Hodgkin / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000473:pathology; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D015609:Organotechnetium Compounds; D011877:Radionuclide Imaging
chemical_list: D000911:Antibodies, Monoclonal; D000951:Antigens, Neoplasm; D004164:Diphosphonates; D015609:Organotechnetium Compounds; C033905:technetium Tc 99m 1,1-diphosphonopropane-2,3-dicarboxylic acid
vernacular_title: Nachweis des Knochenmarkbefalls beim Mammakarzinom und bei malignen Lymphomen durch Immunszintigraphie des hämatopoetischen Knochenmarks.