title: Myeloma update.
abstract: Myeloma is the most common primary bone malignancy and one of the most common hematologic malignancies. Research on myeloma constantly produces new information on genetic factors, imaging techniques, and treatment complications among others that is of use to patients, referring physicians, and radiologists. This update emphasizes new developments regarding imaging techniques for diagnosis, staging, and follow-up of myeloma patients. Advances in whole body radiography, whole body computed tomography, whole body magnetic resonance imaging, and whole body nuclear techniques (including sestamibi and positron emission tomography) are discussed.
authors.affiliation: Department of Radiology, University of Maryland Medical Center, Baltimore, Maryland 21201, USA. mmulligan@umm.edu
authors.forename: Michael E
authors.initials: ME
authors.lastname: Mulligan
mesh_terms: D003952:Diagnostic Imaging; D019788:Fluorodeoxyglucose F18; D006801:Humans; D008279:Magnetic Resonance Imaging; D009101:Multiple Myeloma / Q000175:diagnosis*; D009367:Neoplasm Staging; D049268:Positron-Emission Tomography; D019275:Radiopharmaceuticals; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed; D051598:Whole Body Imaging
chemical_list: D019275:Radiopharmaceuticals; D019788:Fluorodeoxyglucose F18