One of the complications of multiple myeloma is the development of lytic bone lesions. ... Spinal compression. If myeloma affects the bones in your spine, they can press down on your spinal cord.

Multiple myeloma causes lytic or osteolytic lesions, which are areas of damage caused by cancerous plasma cells blocking normal bone growth. While painful, they can be managed. Multiple myeloma is ...

Both lytic and blastic lesions are noted in lung cancer metastases, but the management differs. This article reviews the research on imaging strategies to accurately distinguish between the two.

Lytic lesions in these bones can be small or large, and there can be multiple holes. X-rays can also show diffuse osteoporosis , where bone loss causes multiple areas of bone to become brittle and ...

PRACTICAL APPLICATIONSThe low sensitivity of skeletal survey in identifying lytic bone lesions in patients with MM has necessitated the use of ... Radiology. 1992;185:833-840 ... et al. The prognostic ...

A CT chest/abdomen/pelvis showed an anterior mediastinal mass, multiple liver lesions, lytic and blastic . ... Iwao Tanaka, MD, is a Resident in Radiology at St Luke’s-Roosevelt Hospital Center.

Lesions located between T10 and the sacrum were 4.6 times more likely to fracture than were lesions above T10 (95% CI, 1.1 to 19.7). Lytic lesions were 6.8 times more likely to fracture than were ...

A rare case of eosinophilic granuloma in an adult is reported. Eosinophilic granuloma (EG) is a lesion observed more frequently in adults. CT and MRI showed a lytic lesion of the T11 vertebral body.

Figure 1: An axial reconstruction of a CT scan of the lumbar spine (the L3 vertebra, in this image), with use of a soft-tissue filter. Small, round, lytic bone lesions were found with well-defined ...

A 45-year-old woman was evaluated in the rheumatology clinic because of possible IgG4-related disease. She had polyclonal hypergammaglobulinemia, as well as kidney and bone lesions. A diagnosis was ...

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