Diagnosis of myeloma and related plasma cell disorders

18F-FDG Dynamic PET/CT in Patients with Multiple Myeloma

“…However, it is known that few symptomatic MM patients may demonstrate a less than 10% infiltration rate. 40 Interestingly, the number of subjects presenting with an infiltration rate of less than 10% was high in our patients, accounting for 8 (20%) of 40 of them. Correlation analysis of tracer kinetics with bone marrow infiltration revealed that in reference areas, there was a significant correlation between the 18 F-FDG kinetic parameters K 1 , influx, and FD with bone marrow infiltration rate by malignant plasma cells (P < 0.01).…”