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Myeloma multiplex versus osteolytic metastatic carcinoma: Differential diagnosis in dry bones
Author(s) -
Strouhal Eugen
Publication year - 1991
Publication title -
international journal of osteoarchaeology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.738
H-Index - 60
eISSN - 1099-1212
pISSN - 1047-482X
DOI - 10.1002/oa.1390010314
Subject(s) - differential diagnosis , multiple myeloma , metastatic carcinoma , pathology , multiplex , lytic cycle , medicine , carcinoma , osteolysis , biology , radiology , immunology , bioinformatics , virus
Taking into account the problems in differential diagnosis between lesions caused by the primary osseous tumour myeloma multiplex and the lytic form of metastatic carcinoma even in living patients, several authors of palaeopathological papers have been hesitant in accepting the possibility of distinguishing between the two processes in dry bones. In the light of several newly detected cases of both lesions in material from archaeological sites in central Europe, Egypt and Nubia, several features that might be of use in the separation of both disorders are demonstrated and discussed.