Slight brightness and osteosclerotic changes of bones on plain X‐ray could be clues to the diagnosis of disseminated carcinomatosis of bone marrow

Abstract

Abstract Clinicians should be alert to the presence of slight brightness and osteosclerotic changes of bones on plain X‐rays, especially in patients without a history of gastric, colon, breast, lung, or prostate cancers, which could lead to the diagnosis of disseminated carcinomatosis of bone marrow.

Keywords

• disseminated carcinomatosis of bone marrow
• elevated alkaline phosphatase
• gastric cancer
• plain X‐rays