Lung uptake in a young patient with hypercalcemia who was found to have systemic lupus erythematosus.
We report the case of 19-year-old woman with severe hypercalcemia who was evaluated with a bone scan to exclude bone metastases. Increased uptake in both lungs was detected on the bone scan. The patient's final diagnosis was systemic lupus erythematous (SLE). There is no reported pattern of bone scanning in SLE, and diffuse lung uptake has not been reported in these patients.
Khoury
Jabour
J
Department of Nuclear Medicine, Western Galilee Hospital, Nahariya, Israel. Jabourk@yahoo.com
Jerushalmi
Jacqueline
J
Mograbi
Ahmed
A
Saab
Amir
A
Loberant
Norman
N
D000328:Adult; D001859:Bone Neoplasms / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000378:metabolism / Q000556:secondary; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D006934:Hypercalcemia / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000209:etiology / Q000378:metabolism*; D008168:Lung / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging* / Q000378:metabolism*; D008180:Lupus Erythematosus, Systemic / Q000150:complications / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging* / Q000378:metabolism*; D009382:Neoplasms, Unknown Primary / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000378:metabolism; D011877:Radionuclide Imaging; D019275:Radiopharmaceuticals / Q000493:pharmacokinetics; D017256:Technetium Tc 99m Sestamibi / Q000493:pharmacokinetics*
D019275:Radiopharmaceuticals; D017256:Technetium Tc 99m Sestamibi