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A prospective comparison of 18F-fluorodeoxyglucose positron emission tomography-computed tomography, magnetic resonance imaging and whole-body planar radiographs in the assessment of bone disease in newly diagnosed multiple myeloma

Elena Zamagni, Cristina Nanni, Francesca Patriarca, Emanuela Englaro, P. Castellucci, Onelio Geatti, Patrizia Tosi, Paola Tacchetti, Delia Cangini, Giulia Perrone,

Haematologica · 2007 · 350 citations · 18 references

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MRI of the spine and pelvis still remains the gold standard imaging technique for the detection of bone marrow involvement in MM. 18F-FDG PET-CT provides additional and valuable information for the assessment of myeloma bone disease in areas not covered by MRI.

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