title: Extensive skeletal involvement detected by gallium-67 citrate in a patient with multiple myeloma.
abstract: Extensive skeletal involvement of multiple myeloma was detected by Ga-67 citrate imaging while searching for infectious foci. The case was unique in that a radiographic skeletal survey showed typical lytic lesions only in the skull, and extensive myeloma involvement in the skeletal system was an incidental finding. A high tumor cell burden was presumed to be present, which led to a rapid and fulminant clinical course in this patient.
authors.affiliation: E. L. Saenger Radioisotope Laboratory, Department of Radiology, University of Cincinnati Medical Center, Ohio.
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Nishiyama
authors.forename: T M
authors.initials: TM
authors.lastname: Morand
authors.forename: V J
authors.initials: VJ
authors.lastname: Seiwert
mesh_terms: D001842:Bone and Bones / Q000473:pathology*; D005260:Female; D005490:Focal Infection / Q000209:etiology; D005710:Gallium Radioisotopes; D006801:Humans; D008875:Middle Aged; D009101:Multiple Myeloma / Q000150:complications / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000473:pathology*; D011877:Radionuclide Imaging
chemical_list: D005710:Gallium Radioisotopes