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Diffuse, intense lung uptake on a bone scan: a case report.

J P Strain·T C Hill·J A Parker·K J Donohoe·G M Kolodny
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PURPOSE: Clinical and scintigraphic findings are described in a patient with unexpected diffuse lung uptake on bone scan after a heroin overdose. METHODS: The patient's Tc-99m MDP bone scan is reviewed along with the pertinent clinical history and laboratory findings. RESULTS: Marked diffuse and symmetric lung uptake is present on bone scintigraphy in a patient with a history of acute renal failure and a markedly elevated calcium-phosphate product but normal renal function and laboratory values at the time of the examination. CONCLUSIONS: The incidental observation of metastatic calcification by bone scintigraphy is important, because it may aid in the diagnosis of a previously unsuggested elevated calcium-phosphate product, renal failure, or both. Furthermore, the intensity of tracer localization on bone tracer-specific imaging may help evaluate the activity of the metastatic calcification process.

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J P Strain, T C Hill, J A Parker, K J Donohoe, G M Kolodny. 2000. Diffuse, intense lung uptake on a bone scan: a case report.. https://doi.org/10.1097/00003072-200008000-00007

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