Multiple myeloma metastatic to the thigh: successful treatment with radiation therapy.
A 64-year-old man with metastatic multiple myeloma in the thigh was treated with radiation therapy. After a total dose of 30 Gy/10 fractions, significant resolution of the tumor in the thigh was observed. This case confirms the accepted dictum that multiple myeloma is a radioresponsive neoplastic disorder.
D006801:Humans; D008279:Magnetic Resonance Imaging; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D009101:Multiple Myeloma / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000532:radiotherapy*; D019042:Muscle Neoplasms / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000532:radiotherapy*; D018482:Muscle, Skeletal / Q000473:pathology; D013848:Thigh