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Treitl KM, Ricke J, Baur-Melnyk A. Whole-body magnetic resonance imaging (WBMRI) versus whole-body computed tomography (WBCT) for myeloma imaging and staging. Skeletal Radiol 2022; 51:43-58. [PMID: 34031705 PMCID: PMC8626374 DOI: 10.1007/s00256-021-03799-4] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/17/2021] [Revised: 04/19/2021] [Accepted: 04/25/2021] [Indexed: 02/02/2023]
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Myeloma-associated bone disease (MBD) develops in about 80-90% of patients and severely affects their quality of life, as it accounts for the majority of mortality and morbidity. Imaging in multiple myeloma (MM) and MBD is of utmost importance in order to detect bone and bone marrow lesions as well as extraosseous soft-tissue masses and complications before the initiation of treatment. It is required for determination of the stage of disease and aids in the assessment of treatment response. Whole-body low-dose computed tomography (WBLDCT) is the key modality to establish the initial diagnosis of MM and is now recommended as reference standard procedure for the detection of lytic destruction in MBD. In contrast, whole-body magnetic resonance imaging (WBMRI) has higher sensitivity for the detection of focal and diffuse plasma cell infiltration patterns of the bone marrow and identifies them prior to osteolytic destruction. It is recommended for the evaluation of spinal and vertebral lesions, while functional, diffusion-weighted MRI (DWI-MRI) is a promising tool for the assessment of treatment response. This review addresses the current improvements and limitations of WBCT and WBMRI for diagnosis and staging in MM, underlining the fact that both modalities offer complementary information. It further summarizes the corresponding radiological findings and novel technological aspects of both modalities.
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- Karla M. Treitl
- grid.5252.00000 0004 1936 973XDepartment of Radiology, University Hospital, LMU Munich, Marchioninistr. 15, 81377 Munich, Germany
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- grid.5252.00000 0004 1936 973XDepartment of Radiology, University Hospital, LMU Munich, Marchioninistr. 15, 81377 Munich, Germany
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- grid.5252.00000 0004 1936 973XDepartment of Radiology, University Hospital, LMU Munich, Marchioninistr. 15, 81377 Munich, Germany
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Tumor load in patients with multiple myeloma: β2-microglobulin levels versus whole-body MRI. AJR Am J Roentgenol 2014; 203:854-62. [PMID: 25247952 DOI: 10.2214/ajr.13.10724] [Citation(s) in RCA: 16] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/18/2022]
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OBJECTIVE Beta-2-microglobulin is a serum maker of tumor burden in hematologic malignancies. We aimed to correlate serum β2-microglobulin levels in patients with multiple myeloma (MM) to tumor mass determined by whole-body MRI. MATERIALS AND METHODS We retrospectively included patients with newly diagnosed, untreated MM who underwent whole-body MRI at our institution between 2003 and 2011. Patients with a glomerular filtration rate of less than 60 mL/min were excluded from analysis because β2-microglobulin levels are increased in renal failure. Thirty patients could be included. Whole-body MRI examinations (T1-weighted turbo spin-echo and STIR sequences) were assessed by two musculoskeletal radiologists in consensus for focal lesions and the presence of diffuse myeloma infiltration. The presence of diffuse infiltration was confirmed by histology as the reference standard. MM was staged according to the Durie and Salmon PLUS staging system. RESULTS According to whole-body MRI findings, MM was classified as Durie and Salmon PLUS stage I (low grade) in 13 patients, stage II (intermediate grade) in six patients, and stage III (high grade) in 11 patients. As we expected, most patients with stage I disease (12/13) had normal β2-microglobulin levels (≤ 3 mg/L). Higher β2-microglobulin values were associated with a higher stage of disease (p < 0.05). However, five of six patients with stage II MM and five of 11 patients with stage III MM showed normal β2-microglobulin levels. Thus, 10 of 17 patients (58.8%) with substantial infiltration in the bone marrow showed false-negative β2-microglobulin levels. CONCLUSION Serum β2-microglobulin levels correlate with tumor stage in MM. However, it may be misleading as a marker of tumor load in a subset of patients with substantial myeloma infiltration in the bone marrow. Whole-body MRI may display the full tumor load and correctly show the extension of myeloma infiltrates.
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Derlin T, Bannas P. Imaging of multiple myeloma: Current concepts. World J Orthop 2014; 5:272-282. [PMID: 25035830 PMCID: PMC4095020 DOI: 10.5312/wjo.v5.i3.272] [Citation(s) in RCA: 50] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/24/2013] [Revised: 02/11/2014] [Accepted: 04/09/2014] [Indexed: 02/06/2023] Open
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Medical imaging is of crucial importance for diagnosis and initial staging as well as for differentiation of multiple myeloma (MM) from other monoclonal plasma cell diseases. Conventional radiography represents the reference standard for diagnosis of MM due to its wide availability and low costs despite its known limitations such as low sensitivity, limited specificity and its inability to detect extraosseous lesions. Besides conventional radiography, newer cross-sectional imaging modalities such as whole-body low-dose computed tomography (CT), whole-body magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) and 18F-fluorodeoxyglucose (FDG) positron emission tomography (PET)/CT are available for the diagnosis of osseous and extraosseous manifestations of MM. Whole-body low-dose CT is used increasingly, replacing conventional radiography at selected centers, due to its higher sensitivity for the detection of osseous lesions and its ability to diagnose extraosseous lesions. The highest sensitivity for both detection of bone marrow disease and extraosseous lesions can be achieved with whole-body MRI and 18F-FDG PET/CT. According to current evidence, MRI is the most sensitive method for initial staging while 18F-FDG PET/CT allows monitoring of treatment of MM. There is an evolving role for assessment of treatment response using newer MR imaging techniques. Future studies are needed to further define the exact role of the different imaging modalities for individual risk stratification and therapy monitoring.
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Kloth JK, Hillengass J, Listl K, Kilk K, Hielscher T, Landgren O, Delorme S, Goldschmidt H, Kauczor HU, Weber MA. Appearance of monoclonal plasma cell diseases in whole-body magnetic resonance imaging and correlation with parameters of disease activity. Int J Cancer 2014; 135:2380-6. [DOI: 10.1002/ijc.28877] [Citation(s) in RCA: 16] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/11/2013] [Accepted: 03/20/2014] [Indexed: 01/25/2023]
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- Jost K. Kloth
- Department of Diagnostic and Interventional Radiology; University of Heidelberg; Heidelberg Germany
- Department of Radiology; German Cancer Research Center (dkfz); Heidelberg Germany
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- Department of Radiology; German Cancer Research Center (dkfz); Heidelberg Germany
- Department of Internal Medicine V; University of Heidelberg; Heidelberg Germany
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- Department of Diagnostic and Interventional Radiology; University of Heidelberg; Heidelberg Germany
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- Department of Diagnostic and Interventional Radiology; University of Heidelberg; Heidelberg Germany
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- Department of Biostatistics; German Cancer Research Center (dkfz); Heidelberg Germany
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- Multiple Myeloma Section; National Cancer Institute, Nationl Institutes of Health; Bethesda MD
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- Department of Radiology; German Cancer Research Center (dkfz); Heidelberg Germany
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- Department of Internal Medicine V; University of Heidelberg; Heidelberg Germany
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- Department of Diagnostic and Interventional Radiology; University of Heidelberg; Heidelberg Germany
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- Department of Diagnostic and Interventional Radiology; University of Heidelberg; Heidelberg Germany
- Department of Radiology; German Cancer Research Center (dkfz); Heidelberg Germany
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Andrulis M, Bäuerle T, Goldschmidt H, Delorme S, Landgren O, Schirmacher P, Hillengass J. Infiltration patterns in monoclonal plasma cell disorders: correlation of magnetic resonance imaging with matched bone marrow histology. Eur J Radiol 2014; 83:970-974. [PMID: 24725673 DOI: 10.1016/j.ejrad.2014.03.005] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/19/2013] [Revised: 02/27/2014] [Accepted: 03/07/2014] [Indexed: 02/04/2023]
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OBJECTIVES To investigate how plasma cell infiltration patterns detected by MRI match the plasma cell distribution in bone marrow biopsy. METHODS We assessed 50 patients with monoclonal plasma cell disorders of all clinical stages. MRI infiltration pattern was compared with matched BM histology from the same anatomic region. RESULTS MRI revealed a minimal (n=11, 22%), focal (n=5, 10%), diffuse (n=14, 28%) and mixed (n=20, 40%) infiltration pattern. Diffuse MRI pattern was predominant in smoldering myeloma patients whereas the MRI patterns with "focal component" (i.e. focal and mixed) were most common in symptomatic myeloma (p<0.01). In histology an interstitial (n=13, 26%), nodular (n=23, 46%) and packed marrow (n=14, 28%) was found respectively. All three histological types of infiltration were observed in patients with diffuse and mixed MRI patterns. Minimal MRI pattern was found in all MGUS patients and was associated with an interstitial BM infiltration. In two patients with minimal MRI pattern an extensive micro-nodular BM infiltration was found in histology. CONCLUSIONS Infiltration patterns in MRI represent different histological growth patterns of plasma cells, but the MRI resolution is not sufficient to visualize micro-nodular aggregates of plasma cells.
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- Department of Diagnostic and Interventional Radiology, University of Hamburg, Hamburg, Germany
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- Department of Hematology and Oncology, University of Heidelberg, Heidelberg, Germany
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- Department of Radiology, German Cancer Research Center (DKFZ), Heidelberg, Germany
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- Multiple Myeloma Section, Metabolism Branch, National Cancer Institute, Bethesda, USA
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- Institute of Pathology, University of Heidelberg, Heidelberg, Germany
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- Department of Hematology and Oncology, University of Heidelberg, Heidelberg, Germany; Department of Radiology, German Cancer Research Center (DKFZ), Heidelberg, Germany.
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Balliu E, Boada M, Peláez I, Vilanova J, Barceló-Vidal C, Rubio A, Galofré P, Castro A, Pedraza S. Comparative study of whole-body MRI and bone scintigraphy for the detection of bone metastases. Clin Radiol 2010; 65:989-96. [DOI: 10.1016/j.crad.2010.07.002] [Citation(s) in RCA: 30] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/30/2009] [Revised: 03/16/2010] [Accepted: 07/14/2010] [Indexed: 11/30/2022]
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Sommer G, Klarhöfer M, Lenz C, Scheffler K, Bongartz G, Winter L. Signal characteristics of focal bone marrow lesions in patients with multiple myeloma using whole body T1w-TSE, T2w-STIR and diffusion-weighted imaging with background suppression. Eur Radiol 2010; 21:857-62. [DOI: 10.1007/s00330-010-1950-0] [Citation(s) in RCA: 37] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/19/2010] [Accepted: 08/13/2010] [Indexed: 11/29/2022]
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Weininger M, Lauterbach B, Knop S, Pabst T, Kenn W, Hahn D, Beissert M. Whole-body MRI of multiple myeloma: Comparison of different MRI sequences in assessment of different growth patterns. Eur J Radiol 2009; 69:339-45. [DOI: 10.1016/j.ejrad.2007.10.025] [Citation(s) in RCA: 20] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/23/2007] [Revised: 10/22/2007] [Accepted: 10/31/2007] [Indexed: 01/25/2023]
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Comparison of whole-body MR imaging and conventional X-ray examination in patients with multiple myeloma and implications for therapy. Ann Hematol 2008; 88:457-64. [DOI: 10.1007/s00277-008-0621-6] [Citation(s) in RCA: 44] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/14/2007] [Accepted: 09/23/2008] [Indexed: 10/21/2022]
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Schmidt GP, Reiser MF, Baur-Melnyk A. Whole-body imaging of the musculoskeletal system: the value of MR imaging. Skeletal Radiol 2007; 36:1109-19. [PMID: 17554538 PMCID: PMC2042033 DOI: 10.1007/s00256-007-0323-5] [Citation(s) in RCA: 111] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/17/2006] [Revised: 03/25/2007] [Accepted: 04/09/2007] [Indexed: 02/02/2023]
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In clinical practice various modalities are used for whole-body imaging of the musculoskeletal system, including radiography, bone scintigraphy, computed tomography, magnetic resonance imaging (MRI), and positron emission tomography-computed tomography (PET-CT). Multislice CT is far more sensitive than radiographs in the assessment of trabecular and cortical bone destruction and allows for evaluation of fracture risk. The introduction of combined PET-CT scanners has markedly increased diagnostic accuracy for the detection of skeletal metastases compared with PET alone. The unique soft-tissue contrast of MRI enables for precise assessment of bone marrow infiltration and adjacent soft tissue structures so that alterations within the bone marrow may be detected before osseous destruction becomes apparent in CT or metabolic changes occur on bone scintigraphy or PET scan. Improvements in hard- and software, including parallel image acquisition acceleration, have made high resolution whole-body MRI clinically feasible. Whole-body MRI has successfully been applied for bone marrow screening of metastasis and systemic primary bone malignancies, like multiple myeloma. Furthermore, it has recently been proposed for the assessment of systemic bone diseases predisposing for malignancy (e.g., multiple cartilaginous exostoses) and muscle disease (e.g., muscle dystrophy). The following article gives an overview on state-of-the-art whole-body imaging of the musculoskeletal system and highlights present and potential future applications, especially in the field of whole-body MRI.
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- Gerwin P Schmidt
- Institute of Clinical Radiology, University Hospitals Munich/Grosshadern, LMU, Marchioninistrasse 15, 81377, Munich, Germany.
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Schmidt GP, Wintersperger B, Graser A, Baur-Melnyk A, Reiser MF, Schoenberg SO. High-Resolution Whole-Body Magnetic Resonance Imaging Applications at 1.5 and 3 Tesla. Invest Radiol 2007; 42:449-59. [PMID: 17507818 DOI: 10.1097/01.rli.0000262089.55618.18] [Citation(s) in RCA: 81] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/26/2022]
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OBJECTIVES To analyze the impact of altered magnetic field properties on image quality and on potential artifacts when an established whole-body magnetic resonance imaging (WB-MRI) protocol at 1.5 Tesla (T) is migrated to 3 T. MATERIALS AND METHODS Fifteen volunteers underwent noncontrast magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) on 32-channel whole body-scanners at 1.5 and 3 T with the use of parallel acquisition techniques (PAT). Coronal T1-weighted TSE- and short tau inversion recovery (STIR)-sequences at 4 body levels including sagittal imaging of the whole spine were performed. Additional axial HASTE-imaging of lung and abdomen, T1-/T2-weighted-TSE- and EPI-sequences of the brain and T2-weighted respiratory-triggered imaging of the liver was acquired. Both data sets were compared by 2 independent readers in respect to artifacts and image quality using a 5-point scale. Regions of pronounced artifacts were defined. RESULTS Overall image impression was both qualitatively rated as "good" at 1.5 and 3 T for T1-w-TSE- and STIR-imaging of the whole body and spine. At 1.5 T, significantly better quantitative values for overall image quality were found for WB-STIR, T2-w-TSE imaging of the liver and brain (Wilcoxon Mann-Whitney U Test; P < 0.05), overall rated as good at 3 T. Significantly higher dielectric effects at 3 T were affecting T1-w- and STIR-WB-MRI, and HASTE of the abdomen and better image homogeneity at 1.5 T was observed for T1-weighted-/STIR-WB-MRI and T1-w-TSE-imaging of the spine. Pulsation artifacts were significantly increased at 3 T for T1-w WB-MRI. Significantly higher susceptibility artifacts were found for GRE-sequences of the brain at 3 T. Motion artifacts, Gibbs-Ringing, and image distortion was not significantly different and showed slightly higher quantitative values at 3 T (except for HASTE imaging of the abdomen). Overall scan time was 45 minutes and 44 seconds at 1.5 T and 40 minutes and 28 seconds at 3 T at identical image resolution. CONCLUSION Three Tesla WB-MRI is feasible with good image quality comparable to 1.5 T. 3.0 T WB-MRI shows significantly more artifacts with a mild to moderate impact on image assessment. Therefore 1.5 T WB-MRI is the preferred image modality. Overall scan time at 3 T is reduced with the use of parallel imaging at a constant image resolution.
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- Gerwin P Schmidt
- Institute of Clinical Radiology, University Hospitals Munich-Grosshadern, LMU, Munich, Germany.
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