Multifactorial uptake of Tc-99m methylene diphosphonate in chronic renal failure.
Soft-tissue calcifications are a frequent complication in patients with chronic renal failure. Numerous underlying factors are thought to favor their formation. A case is presented of a patient who was in end-stage renal failure, secondary to glomerulonephritis. A renal transplant had not been successful. She was on long-term dialysis and had suffered aluminum toxicity (positive desferrioxamine test). She complained of proximal myopathy and bone pain.
Department of Nuclear Medicine, Wellington Hospital, New Zealand. russell.taylor@ccdhb.org.nz
Roger E R
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Taylor
D001842:Bone and Bones / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007676:Kidney Failure, Chronic / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*; D008168:Lung / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D011877:Radionuclide Imaging; D019275:Radiopharmaceuticals; D012867:Skin / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D013669:Technetium Tc 99m Medronate
D019275:Radiopharmaceuticals; D013669:Technetium Tc 99m Medronate