Altered radiopharmaceutical distribution in myeloma: bone tracer in the heart and heart tracer in the bone
Gupta, A.K.; Meyer, P.; Gross, M.D.; Fig, L.M.; Shapiro, B.
Clinical Nuclear Medicine 23(12): 820-823
1998
ISSN/ISBN: 0363-9762 PMID: 9858293 Document Number: 491019
Tissue deposits of amyloid may lead to various clinical symptoms and signs, depending on the site of deposition. In addition, a specific subtype of amyloidosis, AL protein type, is associated with multiple myeloma. Two cases representing contrasting examples of altered radiopharmaceutical biodistribution in myeloma and amyloidosis are presented and discussed, with a bone tracer depicting the heart and a heart tracer depicting the bones.