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Technetium-99m pyrophosphate imaging in acute renal failure associated with nontraumatic rhabdomyolysis

Journal Article · · AJR, Am. J. Roentgenol.; (United States)
Technetium-99m pyrophosphate (Tc-PYP) imaging was performed in five patients with acute renal failure associated with nontraumatic rhabdomyolysis. Four patients had phencyclidine intoxication and one had viral pneumonia. During the acute phase, marked uptake of pyrophosphate was seen in all patients in several muscle groups, but always in the thigh adductors. The results show that phencyclidine intoxication can result in diffuse muscle uptake of Tc-PYP without overt evidence of muscle injury. Tc-PYP imaging may provide a clue to the cause of acute renal failure in patients with suspected rhabdomyolysis in whom elevations of serum creatine phosphokinase concentrations are equivocal.
Research Organization:
Los Angeles County-King Drew Medical Center, Los Angeles, CA
OSTI ID:
5008449
Journal Information:
AJR, Am. J. Roentgenol.; (United States), Journal Name: AJR, Am. J. Roentgenol.; (United States) Vol. 4; ISSN AAJRD
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English