Case: Bone & joint disease radiograph #65451384
Bone & joint disease Intermediate
Read this radiograph systematically before revealing the answer. What is the main abnormality?
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Answer: Multiple myeloma
What to look for in multiple myeloma
- Multiple lytic lesions (raindrop skull).
Description by the image author (may be in another language): X-ray of the left humerus of a 59 year old man with elevated myeloma protein . It shows subtle lytic lesions of multiple myeloma .
Educational case. The diagnosis comes from the image's documented source; the "what to look for" list describes the condition in general and is not a report of this individual image.
