Magnetic Resonance Appearance of Monoclonal Gammopathies of Unknown Significance and Multiple Myeloma
| Autor: | Bassam Hamze, Edouard Pertuiset, Koeger Ac, Tubiana Jm, Jean-Marc Ziza, Laurence Bellaïche, Jean-Denis Laredo, Frédéric Lioté, Thomas Bardin |
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| Rok vydání: | 1997 |
| Předmět: |
Pathology
medicine.medical_specialty medicine.diagnostic_test business.industry Magnetic resonance imaging equipment and supplies medicine.disease Unknown Significance medicine.anatomical_structure Immunopathology Monoclonal medicine Orthopedics and Sports Medicine Neurology (clinical) Bone marrow Differential diagnosis business Prospective cohort study human activities Multiple myeloma |
| Zdroj: | Spine. 22:2551-2557 |
| ISSN: | 0362-2436 |
| DOI: | 10.1097/00007632-199711010-00017 |
| Popis: | STUDY DESIGN: A prospective multicenter study. OBJECTIVES: To evaluate the use of magnetic resonance imaging, in the differentiation between monoclonal gammopathies of unknown significance and multiple myeloma. SUMMARY OF BACKGROUND DATA: Although multiple myeloma has been studied extensively with magnetic resonance imaging, to the authors' knowledge, no study has evaluated the clinical interest of magnetic resonance imaging in the differentiation between monoclonal gammopathies of unknown significance and multiple myeloma. METHODS: The magnetic resonance examinations of the thoracolumbar spine in 24 patients with newly diagnosed monoclonal gammopathies of unknown significance were compared with those performed in 44 patients with newly diagnosed nontreated multiple myeloma. RESULTS: All findings on magnetic resonance examination performed in patients with monoclonal gammopathies of unknown significance were normal, whereas findings on 38 (86%) of the 44 magnetic resonance examinations performed in patients with multiple myeloma were abnormal. CONCLUSION: Magnetic resonance imaging can be considered as an additional diagnostic tool in differentiating between monoclonal gammopathies of unknown significance and multiple myeloma, which may be helpful when routine criteria are not sufficient. An abnormal finding on magnetic resonance examination in a patient with monoclonal gammopathies of unknown significance should suggest the diagnosis of multiple myeloma after other causes of marrow signal abnormalities are excluded. Magnetic resonance imaging also may be proposed in the long-term follow-up of monoclonal gammopathies of unknown significance when a new biologic or clinical event suggests the diagnosis of malignant monoclonal gammopathy. |
| Databáze: | OpenAIRE |
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