Provider: Moravian Museum, Brno, Czech Republic TY - JOUR JO - Anthropologie (Brno) TI - Microscopic methods for the differentiation of lytic metastatic carcinoma and multiple myeloma AU - Nìmeèková A AU - Strouhal E Y1 - 2010 VL - 48 IS - 2 PB - Moravian Museum, Brno, Czech Republic SN - 0323-1119 SP - 141 EP - 147 KW - Scanning electron microscopy KW - Light histology using semi-thin sections KW - Laser confocal electron microscopy KW - Osteolytic metastases of carcinoma KW - Multiple myeloma N2 - N2 - Today, we have the possibility to use the following examination methods for palaeopathologic specimens: scanning electron microscopy (SEM), classic light histology using semi-thin Epon sections, stained by toluidine blue (LH), and laser confocal scanning microscopy (LCSM). Samples from two cases are described to demonstrate the microscopic distinction between osteolytic metastases of carcinoma and multiple myeloma. ER -