title: Atypical manifestations of multiple myeloma: radiological appearance.
abstract: Diagnostic procedures performed on patients with multiple myeloma typically reveal lytic bone lesions, osteopenia or osteoporosis, bone marrow infiltration by plasma cells as well as overproduction of immunoglobulin or light chains in the serum or urine. Skeletal manifestations are extremely variable and the unusual forms have been described extensively. Extramedullary plasma-cell tumours (plasmocytoma) are found in about 5% of newly diagnosed patients with multiple myelomas. In this paper we present eight patients with atypical forms of multiple myeloma.
authors.affiliation: Department of Radiology, St-Vincenz Hospital, Auf dem Schafsberg, D-65549 Limburg, Germany. t.hess@st-vincenz.de
authors.forename: Thomas
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Hess
authors.forename: Gerlinde
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Egerer
authors.forename: Bernd
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Kasper
authors.forename: Kakil Ibrahim
authors.initials: KI
authors.lastname: Rasul
authors.forename: Hartmut
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Goldschmidt
authors.forename: G W
authors.initials: GW
authors.lastname: Kauffmann
mesh_terms: D000008:Abdominal Neoplasms / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000532:radiotherapy; D000368:Aged; D000686:Amyloidosis / Q000150:complications / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000188:drug therapy; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D017809:Fatal Outcome; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008099:Liver / Q000473:pathology; D008113:Liver Neoplasms / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000556:secondary; D008168:Lung / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D008175:Lung Neoplasms / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000532:radiotherapy; D008279:Magnetic Resonance Imaging / Q000379:methods; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D009101:Multiple Myeloma / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000532:radiotherapy; D009303:Nasopharyngeal Neoplasms / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000188:drug therapy; D010529:Peritoneal Cavity / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D010534:Peritoneal Neoplasms / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000188:drug therapy; D011860:Radiography, Abdominal / Q000379:methods; D013101:Sphenoid Sinus / Q000473:pathology; D013125:Spinal Neoplasms / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000473:pathology / Q000532:radiotherapy; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed / Q000379:methods; D016896:Treatment Outcome