Fig. 11
From: MRI in multiple myeloma: a pictorial review of diagnostic and post-treatment findings
These images present the same patient as in Fig. 8, with response to therapy, 100 days after autologous stem cell transplantation, with 5 % plasma cells on bone marrow on biopsy. a T1-weighted and T2-weighted STIR coronal images of the body and b T1-weighted and fat-suppressed T2-weighted images of the thoracolumbar spine, demonstrating a clear increase in signal intensity on T1-weighted and decrease on T2-weighted images, due to reappearance of normal bone marrow. c There is a residual high signal intensity on the b1000 images, due to residual oedema and necrosis after therapy despite the return of fat cells, accompanied by d a decrease in perfusion due to destruction of the neovasculature with the reappearance of a type 1 (L3 - blue) and type 2 (T10 - yellow) curve