Unusual visceral distribution of technetium-99m-methylene diphosphonate in a case of hypercalcemia of malignancy

被引:2
作者
Shimpi, Madhuri Mahajan [1 ]
Singh, Natasha [1 ]
Gupta, Nitin [1 ]
机构
[1] PD Hinduja Natl Hosp & Med Res Ctr, Dept Nucl Med & PET CT, VS Marg, Bombay 400016, Maharashtra, India
来源
INDIAN JOURNAL OF NUCLEAR MEDICINE | 2016年 / 31卷 / 01期
关键词
Altered bone scan tracer distribution; hypercalcemia; metastatic calcification;
D O I
10.4103/0972-3919.172368
中图分类号
R8 [特种医学]; R445 [影像诊断学];
学科分类号
1002 ; 100207 ; 1009 ;
摘要
We report a case of 18-year-old boy who presented with vomiting, backache, and fever for 1-month, diagnosed to have anaplastic large cell lymphoma of urinary bladder with hypercalcemia and metastatic calcification in multiple viscera. His computed tomography scan was suggestive of soft tissue lesion in the urinary bladder and multiple lytic skeletal lesions. Bone scan showed unusual visceral uptake in lungs, liver, spleen, and myocardium in addition to osseous lesions. The clinical laboratory test revealed functional impairment of visceral organs. The patient died 3 months later.
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