What Does A Rib Lesion On CT Scan Report Indicate?

Posted on Sat, 24 Jan 2015

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Question : I am a myeloma patient. Was first diagnosed in 2012. Now i have rib lesion on the ct scan and biopsy shows active plasma but bone marrow is normal. Relapse?

Answered by Dr. Benard Shehu (-5 hours later)

No it's not relapse but it's a bone metastasis.

Above answer was peer-reviewed by : Dr. Chakravarthy Mazumdar

Follow up: Dr. Benard Shehu (10 minutes later)

So now its not multiple myeloma ? Treatment for this will be different than that of a relapse myeloma ?

Answered by Dr. Benard Shehu (2 hours later)

Brief Answer:
Multiple myeloma passes through active&inactive stages...

Detailed Answer:
Hi back,

From what you are describing, it is multiple myeloma. However, I need to have your tests reports to give the final conclusions.

MM passes through various stages. If Ct-scan showed rib lesions, they might be metastatic lesions. Can you please provide the ct-scan report and other tests you did recently?

The disease passes through the active and inactive stages.

Looking forward to have the requested reports in!
Dr.Benard

Above answer was peer-reviewed by : Dr. Chakravarthy Mazumdar