Uptake of bone imaging agents by diffuse pulmonary metastatic calcification. [/sup 99m/Tc]

Journal Article · Tue Nov 01 00:00:00 EST 1977 · Am. J. Roentgenol.; (United States)

DOI:https://doi.org/10.2214/ajr.129.5.871· OSTI ID:7208209

Rosenthal, D I ^[1]; Chandler, H L; Azizi, F; Schneider, P B

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1. Harvard Medical School, Boston

Three cases of diffuse lung uptake of the bone scanning agent /sup 99m/Tc diphosphonate, which appears to reflect metastatic pulmonary calcification, are described. Each patient had hypercalcemia and renal failure. Clinical features common to patients with this scan pattern were ascertained from a review of the literature. Renal failure was present in all, and the majority have had hypercalcemia. The bone scan may prove to be a valuable adjunct to the diagnosis of metastatic pulmonary calcification; this characteristic pattern should be more widely appreciated.

• OSTI ID: 7208209
• Journal Information: Am. J. Roentgenol.; (United States), Vol. 129:5
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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