Article ID | Journal | Published Year | Pages | File Type |
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4228679 | European Journal of Radiology | 2006 | 6 Pages |
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.
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Authors
Thomas Heß, Gerlinde Egerer, Bernd Kasper, Kakil Ibrahim Rasul, Hartmut Goldschmidt, G.W. Kauffmann,