INTENSE MYOCARDIAL UPTAKE OF TC-99M-DIPHOSPHONATE IN A UREMIC PATIENT WITH SECONDARY HYPERPARATHYROIDISM AND PERICARDITIS - CASE-REPORT

  • 1 January 1976
    • journal article
    • research article
    • Vol. 17  (10) , 896-898
Abstract
A patient on chronic hemodialysis, with secondary hyperparathyroidism and uremic pericarditis, showed marked myocardial uptake of 99mTc-diphosphonate [used for defecting myocardial infarcts]. Several possible mechanisms for the myocardial uptake are discussed.

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