[Radiological and scintiscan diagnosis and follow-up in plasmocytoma (author's transl)]

The results of conventional x-ray examination and skeleton scintiscanning in 32 patients with multiple or monostotic affection of the bones in plasmocytoma in primary diagnosis and after radiation treatment of individual osseous foci, are presented in a comparative study. 15% of the roentgenologically established defects could not be detected via scintiscan. Advantages of conventional x-ray examination are greater accuracy on the extension and danger of fracture or identification of existing fractures of osseous foci. On the other hand, the effects of radiation therapy after high-voltage treatment, or subsequent relapses as well as stationary findings in the bone after high-voltage treatment, are detected more easily by means of scintiscanning.