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A lateral skull radiograph (a) shows numerous lytic lesions classic for myeloma. More subtle, at the craniocervical junction (b), there is a destructive lesion of C2 resulting in compression (open arrow), abnormal flexion (small arrow), and translation, and potential instability.
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The axial skeleton, the spine, skull, pelvis, and ribs are more often affected than the limbs (Figs. 1-3).
A lateral thoracic spine radiograph shows multiple severe vertebral body compression fractures (small arrows), vertebra plana, also characteristic of multiple myeloma. At T11 and T12 (open arrows), mild vertebral sclerosis is a result of treatment and healing.
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The axial skeleton, the spine, skull, pelvis, and ribs are more often affected than the limbs (Figs. 1-3).
A frontal view of the shoulder shows a chronic pathological fracture of the surgical neck of the humerus (small arrow) across a large lytic lesion with a 'moth-eaten' appearance down the humeral shaft, and involving the clavicle and ribs. Note the missing 5th rib, destroyed by a plasmacytoma (open arrows).
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The axial skeleton, the spine, skull, pelvis, and ribs are more often affected than the limbs (Figs. 1-3).