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Percutaneous osteoplasty (POP) as a technical extension of percutaneous vertebroplasty has been used as a treatment for osteolytic lesions in weight-bearing bones besides the vertebrae, and has demonstrated beneficial outcomes in terms of pain relief and functional improvement. However, its efficacy in non-weight-bearing bones is not well known. Herein, we present the case of a patient with an osteolytic lesion from multiple myeloma in the sternum, a non-weight-bearing bone, who obtained sustained pain relief and improvement of life quality after POP. These data suggest that POP may be an alternative treatment for osteolytic lesions in non-weight-bearing bones.
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Zhou, B., Wu, CG., Li, MH. et al. Percutaneous osteoplasty for painful sternal lesion from multiple myeloma. Skeletal Radiol 38, 281–285 (2009). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00256-008-0620-7
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