title: The role of bone scanning in the detection of metastatic calcification: a case report.
abstract: Metastatic calcification associated with renal failure is well described. Bone scanning agents accumulate to various degrees within extraskeletal sites of metastatic calcification. The authors describe a patient with polycystic kidney disease resulting in renal failure, with the subsequent development of secondary hyperparathyroidism and metastatic calcification. Bone scintigraphy revealed abnormal uptake in both lungs, the right leg, and the right hand.
authors.affiliation: Department of Nuclear Medicine, Groote Schuur Hospital and University of Cape Town, South Africa.
authors.forename: M A
authors.initials: MA
authors.lastname: Nizami
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Gerntholtz
authors.forename: C R
authors.initials: CR
authors.lastname: Swanepoel
mesh_terms: D002114:Calcinosis / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*; D005260:Female; D006225:Hand / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D006801:Humans; D006962:Hyperparathyroidism, Secondary / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000209:etiology; D007676:Kidney Failure, Chronic / Q000209:etiology; D008171:Lung Diseases / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*; D008875:Middle Aged; D009135:Muscular Diseases / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*; D016891:Polycystic Kidney, Autosomal Dominant / Q000150:complications; D011877:Radionuclide Imaging; D019275:Radiopharmaceuticals; D013669:Technetium Tc 99m Medronate; D017256:Technetium Tc 99m Sestamibi; D013848:Thigh / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D013933:Thumb / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging
chemical_list: D019275:Radiopharmaceuticals; D017256:Technetium Tc 99m Sestamibi; D013669:Technetium Tc 99m Medronate