Publication at Faculty of Medicine in Hradec Králové |
2017
Abstract
Multiple myeloma is in most cases accompanied by bone disorder, which is the cauce of concomitant pain, often the first symptoms of the disease. The cause of myeloma bone disease is the imbalance between processes osteoresorption and osteocreation.
This can lead to varying degrees of impairment from accelerated osteoporosis to extensive skeletal involvement with typical osteolytic lesions, possibly accompanied by the presence of pathological fractures. Today, we have many options available to help the patient with this cancer.
The aim of this article is to familiarize the reader with their overview so that they can be used in a particular case.