title: Percutaneous osteoplasty for painful sternal lesion from multiple myeloma.
abstract: Percutaneous osteoplasty (POP) as a technical extension of percutaneous vertebroplasty has been used as a treatment for osteolytic lesions in weight-bearing bones besides the vertebrae, and has demonstrated beneficial outcomes in terms of pain relief and functional improvement. However, its efficacy in non-weight-bearing bones is not well known. Herein, we present the case of a patient with an osteolytic lesion from multiple myeloma in the sternum, a non-weight-bearing bone, who obtained sustained pain relief and improvement of life quality after POP. These data suggest that POP may be an alternative treatment for osteolytic lesions in non-weight-bearing bones.
authors.affiliation: Department of Diagnostic and Interventional Radiology, Shanghai 6th People's Hospital, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, No. 600, Yi Shan Road, Shanghai 200233, China. zbing8888@163.com
authors.forename: Bing
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Zhou
authors.forename: Chun-Gen
authors.initials: CG
authors.lastname: Wu
authors.forename: Ming-Hua
authors.initials: MH
authors.lastname: Li
authors.forename: Yi-Feng
authors.initials: YF
authors.lastname: Gu
authors.forename: Yong-De
authors.initials: YD
authors.lastname: Cheng
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D001843:Bone Cements; D002637:Chest Pain / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000209:etiology / Q000628:therapy*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007267:Injections; D009101:Multiple Myeloma / Q000150:complications / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000628:therapy*; D010147:Pain Measurement; D013249:Sternum; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed
chemical_list: D001843:Bone Cements