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- Title
Extensive Metastatic Vascular Calcification in a Patient with Chronic Renal Failure and Tubercular Osteomyelitis as Seen on F-18 Fluorodeoxyglucose Positron Emission Tomography/Computed Tomography.
- Authors
Prakash, Sneha; Damle, Nishikant Avinash; Sethi, Prayas; Jana, Manisha
- Abstract
A 48-year-old male with known tubercular osteomyelitis of the left elbow and chronic renal failure presented with PTH independent hypercalcemia and underwent F-18 fluorodeoxyglucose positron emission tomography/computed tomography (PET/CT) to look for any underlying malignancy that might be causing his hypercalcemia. The PET/CT did not reveal any malignancy, but extensive metastatic calcification of small- and medium-sized arteries was noted throughout the body with relative sparing of large vessels. Alkaline tissue such as lungs, gastric mucosa, and kidneys that are usually involved in metastatic calcification were also spared. The underlying pathology for this kind of metastatic calcification was most likely chronic granulomatous disease, which was tubercular osteomyelitis in this patient. We present the PET/CT scan images of this unusual case of metastatic vascular calcification.
- Subjects
POSITRON emission tomography; CHRONIC kidney failure; ARTERIAL calcification; FLUORODEOXYGLUCOSE F18; COMPUTED tomography; CALCIPHYLAXIS; OSTEOMYELITIS
- Publication
Indian Journal of Nuclear Medicine, 2023, Vol 38, Issue 1, p74
- ISSN
0972-3919
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.4103/ijnm.ijnm_131_22