| Literature DB >> 11918544 |
Kim Orchard1, Sally Barrington, John Buscombe, Andrew Hilson, Hugh Grant Prentice, Atul Mehta.
Abstract
Positron emission tomography with 2-deoxy-2-[18]fluoro-D-glucose (FDG-PET) imaging has been extensively used to detect occult metastatic malignant lesions in patients with carcinoma. We describe its use in three patients with multiple myeloma, each representing a particular clinical situation in which this imaging modality offered advantages over plain radiography, computerized tomography or magnetic resonance imaging. FDG-PET provides a whole body image showing sites of occult disease. This is of particular value in patients with non-secretory myeloma, solitary plasmacytoma or for those that relapse with focal disease following autologous or allogeneic stem cell transplantation.Entities:
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Year: 2002 PMID: 11918544 DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2141.2002.03407.x
Source DB: PubMed Journal: Br J Haematol ISSN: 0007-1048 Impact factor: 6.998