Abnormal Deposition of Radiostrontium in Lungs

Chaudhuri, Tapan K.; Chaudhuri, Tuhin K.; Muilenburg, Mark I.; Christie, James H.

doi:10.1378/chest.61.2.190

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“…It has been suggested that this finding reflects pulmonary calcification [2,7,10,13,19,20], In the present investigation no patients showed radiographic evidence of calcification of the lungs. As no histological examination had been performed in any of the patients no definite conclusion can be stated concerning the increased uptake in the lungs.…”

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Osteoscintigraphic Changes in Kidney-Transplanted Patients

Heerfordt

Ølgaard

Madsen

et al. 1978

Nephron

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Technetium-99m-polyphosphate bone scintigraphy was performed in 105 kidney-transplanted patients. The pathological scintigraphic changes were classified as either (1) generalized, symmetrical or (2) focal accumulations of the tracer in the bones. 40 of the patients had normal scintigrams. 18 patients had generalized symmetrical scintigraphic changes alone, while focal scintigraphic changes were found in 14 patients without generalized changes and 33 patients had generalized as well as focal changes. The severity of the scintigraphic findings correlated to the results of the transplantation, i.e. the total dose of prednisone, the number of rejection episodes and the creatinine clearance at the time of scintigraphy. Compared to patients on hemodialysis a less frequent appearance of generalized scintigraphic changes was found in kidney-transplanted patients, suggesting that the frequency of renal osteodystrophy decreases after a successful transplantation. The more frequent appearance of focal changes after a kidney transplantation suggests that a bone disease of a different etiology now is superimposed. As both types of scintigraphic changes showed highly significant correlations to the total dose of prednisone, it is concluded that glucocorticoid treatment is an important etiological factor in the development of focal bone lesions and may contribute to the maintenance of generalized skeletal lesions after a kidney transplantation.

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Osteoscintigraphic Changes in Kidney-Transplanted Patients

Heerfordt

Ølgaard

Madsen

et al. 1978

Nephron

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Visceral Calcification and the CaXP Product

Velentzas¹,

Meindok²,

Oreopoulos³

et al. 1978

Homeostasis of Phosphate and Other Minerals

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Bone scintigraphy in the diagnosis of pulmonary calcification in multiple myeloma

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We present a case of multiple myeloma in which pulmonary calcification was clinically shown by bone scintigraphy and subsequently confirmed at autopsy. It is suggested that, in patients with myeloma, radionuclide bone scanning may be of value for differentiating deposits in the lung due to calcification from those due to other types of pulmonary infiltration revealed by chest X-rays. A thorough review of the relevant literature is presented.

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Abnormal Deposition of Radiostrontium in Lungs

Cited by 7 publications

References 4 publications

Osteoscintigraphic Changes in Kidney-Transplanted Patients

Osteoscintigraphic Changes in Kidney-Transplanted Patients

Visceral Calcification and the CaXP Product

Bone scintigraphy in the diagnosis of pulmonary calcification in multiple myeloma

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