Diphosphonate bone scan in an unusual case of rhabdomyolysis: a report and literature review.
We describe a patient with bilobar pneumonia and acute renal failure, whose unusual skeletal muscle uptake on technetium methylenediphosphonate bone scan led to the diagnosis of rhabdomyolysis. The clinical and serologic findings were most consistent with Legionnaires' disease. Radioisotope scanning may occasionally be useful in the diagnosis and management of muscle disease, particularly myositis and rhabdomyolysis.
Ludmer
L M
LM
Washington Hospital Center, Section of Rheumatology, Washington, DC 20010.
Chandeysson
P
P
Barth
W F
WF
D058186:Acute Kidney Injury / Q000150:complications; D000328:Adult; D001842:Bone and Bones / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007877:Legionnaires' Disease / Q000150:complications / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D011014:Pneumonia / Q000150:complications; D011877:Radionuclide Imaging; D012206:Rhabdomyolysis / Q000150:complications / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*; D013669:Technetium Tc 99m Medronate
D013669:Technetium Tc 99m Medronate