Technetium-99m-sestaMIBI is a reliable positive tracer of skeletal lesions in multiple myeloma (MM), while bone scintigraphy by 99mTc-MDP and 67Ga scanning are considered of negligible value. We report the case of a young patient with a 5-year history of light chain MM, which was not eradicated by chemotherapy, radiotherapy, allogeneic bone marrow transplantation, α-interferon and donor lymphocyte infusion. In the final phase of the disease a CT scan showed a 14 cm mediastinal mass (Figure 1A). The neoplastic tissue took up 67Ga more avidly than 99mTc-sesta MIBI (Figures 1B-C), and focal bone lesions showed 67Ga uptake even in areas negative by MIBI scan. The patient died of disease progression in a few months. It seems that a 67Ga scan can identify patients with very aggressive MM.

Avid (67)Ga uptake in multiple myeloma relapsing after bone marrow transplant / De Rosa, G; Pezzullo, L; DEL VECCHIO, Silvana. - In: HAEMATOLOGICA. - ISSN 0390-6078. - STAMPA. - 85:(2000), pp. 764-764.

Avid (67)Ga uptake in multiple myeloma relapsing after bone marrow transplant.

DEL VECCHIO, SILVANA
2000

Abstract

Technetium-99m-sestaMIBI is a reliable positive tracer of skeletal lesions in multiple myeloma (MM), while bone scintigraphy by 99mTc-MDP and 67Ga scanning are considered of negligible value. We report the case of a young patient with a 5-year history of light chain MM, which was not eradicated by chemotherapy, radiotherapy, allogeneic bone marrow transplantation, α-interferon and donor lymphocyte infusion. In the final phase of the disease a CT scan showed a 14 cm mediastinal mass (Figure 1A). The neoplastic tissue took up 67Ga more avidly than 99mTc-sesta MIBI (Figures 1B-C), and focal bone lesions showed 67Ga uptake even in areas negative by MIBI scan. The patient died of disease progression in a few months. It seems that a 67Ga scan can identify patients with very aggressive MM.
2000
Avid (67)Ga uptake in multiple myeloma relapsing after bone marrow transplant / De Rosa, G; Pezzullo, L; DEL VECCHIO, Silvana. - In: HAEMATOLOGICA. - ISSN 0390-6078. - STAMPA. - 85:(2000), pp. 764-764.
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