Tc-99m sestamibi scintigraphy in multiple myeloma

F Di Gennaro; L Catalano; L Pace; A de Renzo; A M Pinto; S del Vecchio; B Rotoli; M Salvatore

doi:10.1097/00003072-199902000-00009

Tc-99m sestamibi scintigraphy in multiple myeloma

Clin Nucl Med. 1999 Feb;24(2):115-6. doi: 10.1097/00003072-199902000-00009.

Authors

F Di Gennaro¹, L Catalano, L Pace, A de Renzo, A M Pinto, S del Vecchio, B Rotoli, M Salvatore

Affiliation

¹ Nuclear Medicine Center, Department of Biomorphological and Functional Sciences, University Federico II, Napoli, Italy.

PMID: 9988070
DOI: 10.1097/00003072-199902000-00009

Abstract

Tc-99m sestamibi imaging was performed in two patients with multiple myeloma. Focal areas of increased uptake in one patient and diffuse skeletal uptake in the second patient were found. Tc-99m sestamibi appears to identify bone marrow and osteolytic involvement in multiple myeloma.

Publication types

Case Reports
Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

Adult
Aged
Bone Marrow Examination
Bone and Bones / diagnostic imaging*
Humans
Male
Multiple Myeloma / diagnostic imaging*
Radionuclide Imaging
Radiopharmaceuticals
Skull / diagnostic imaging
Technetium Tc 99m Sestamibi*
Whole-Body Counting

Substances

Radiopharmaceuticals
Technetium Tc 99m Sestamibi