Diagnosis and treatment of bone disease of multiple myeloma / 白血病·淋巴瘤

ABSTRACT

Up to 90 % of multiple myeloma patients can develop to osteolytic lesions. Although the conventional X radiography can only demonstrate the lytic bone disease when 30 % of the trabecular bone loss, it still remains the gold standard of the staging procedure of newly diagnosed myeloma patients. CT scans are more sensitive than X radiography for detecting small lytic lesions. MRI or CT is the choice of diagnosis to assess suspected cord compression. Technicium-99m bone scan in patients with myeloma usually underestimate the extent of bone damage. Treatments of myeloma bone disease include bisphosphonate therapy, novel targeted agents, surgical intervention and radiation therapy.