Metastatic calcification: the role of bone scanning.
Metastatic calcification involving the lungs and stomach was demonstrated in 3 patients by bone scans. In one patient, postmortem studied five days later confirmed the findings. Follow-up scans in 2 patients, demonstrating improvement in one and worsening in another, paralleled the clinical course.
D000328:Adult; D001842:Bone and Bones / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*; D002114:Calcinosis / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008175:Lung Neoplasms / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000473:pathology; D008297:Male; D008545:Melanoma / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000473:pathology; D008875:Middle Aged; D009362:Neoplasm Metastasis; D011877:Radionuclide Imaging; D013274:Stomach Neoplasms / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000473:pathology; D013667:Technetium
D013667:Technetium