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Metastatic calcification: Accumulation of a bone tracer during dynamic data acquisition

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Metastatic calcification is often detected by bone scintigraphy. We recently saw metastatic calcification in the stomach and kidneys of a patient on continuous ambulatory peritoneal dialysis. Tc-99m HMDP accumulation into both organs was noted even in the first frame of dynamic data acquisition of 4 min/frame, suggesting that calcium deposits may create an aggressive process and we may obtain information on the calcium deposit rate to better understand the mechanism of metastatic calcification.

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  1. Department of Nuclear Medicine, Kanazawa University School of Medicine, 13-1 Takara-machi, Kanazawa, 920, Ishikawa, Japan

    Seigo Kinuya, Junichi Taki, Takatoshi Michigishi & Norihisa Tonami

  2. Department of Internal Medicine, Noto General Hospital, Japan

    Masahiko Fujioka

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Kinuya, S., Taki, J., Fujioka, M. et al. Metastatic calcification: Accumulation of a bone tracer during dynamic data acquisition. Ann Nucl Med 10, 433–435 (1996). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF03164806

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