Skeletal scintigraphy in coeliac disease.
A patient with undiagnosed, long-standing coeliac disease had multiple hot spots on skeletal scintigraphy, similar to those observed in malignant disease metastatic to the skeleton. A gluten-free diet corrected the pathological laboratory values, and a repeat skeletal scintigram 15 months after the first one was normal. It is important to identify the secondary hyperparathyroidism of coeliac disease as a cause of multiple hot spots in skeletal scintigraphy--the finding resembles malignancy, but is due to a benign, curable condition.
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Department of Internal Medicine, Mikkeli Central Hospital, Finland.
D000328:Adult; D001842:Bone and Bones / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*; D002446:Celiac Disease / Q000150:complications / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D006962:Hyperparathyroidism, Secondary / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging* / Q000209:etiology; D011877:Radionuclide Imaging; D013669:Technetium Tc 99m Medronate
D013669:Technetium Tc 99m Medronate