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Early disappearance of calcification in posterior paraspinal muscles in a patient with rhabdomyolysis associated with neuroleptic malignant syndrome

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We report computed tomography (CT) findings that demonstrated early disappearance of ectopic calcification in the bilateral posterior paraspinal muscles in a patient with rhabdomyolysis. A 37-year-old man with acute renal failure due to rhabdomyolysis caused by neuroleptic malignant syndrome underwent studies with CT and bone scintigraphy. First, bone scintigraphy showed high radiotracer uptake in bilateral posterior paraspinal muscles; then CT demonstrated ectopic calcification in those muscles. After 2.5 months, CT showed that the calcification had completely disappeared. Bone scintigraphy anticipated calcification, and CT demonstrated a unique course of early disappearance of the calcification.

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  1. Hiroki Sasaki

    Present address: Department of Radiology, University of Tokyo Hospital, 7-3-1 Hongo, Bunkyo-ku, Tokyo, 113-8655, Japan

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  1. Department of Radiology and Nuclear Medicine, Hyogo Brain and Heart Center, 520 Saishoko, Himeji, Hyogo, 670-0981, Japan

    Hiroki Sasaki, Kazunari Ishii, Atsushi K. Kono, Naokazu Miyamoto & Tetsuya Fukuda

  2. Department of Neurology, Hyogo Brain and Heart Center, Himeji, Hyogo, Japan

    Junko Kanata & Yasushi Kita

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Sasaki, H., Ishii, K., Kono, A. et al. Early disappearance of calcification in posterior paraspinal muscles in a patient with rhabdomyolysis associated with neuroleptic malignant syndrome. Radiat Med 24, 463–466 (2006). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11604-006-0047-9

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