Metastatic calcification of multiple visceral organs in non-Hodgkin's lymphoma.

Lorberboym, M; Bergman, D; Kim, C K · J Nucl Med · 1995

case_report · Level V

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Abstract

A patient with non-Hodgkin's lymphoma who developed acute hypercalcemia following chemotherapy was evaluated for skeletal metastases with a whole-body bone scan. Although metastatic disease is an unlikely cause of hypercalcemia, considering the acutely rising serum calcium, the bone scan is useful in excluding multiple metastases as a cause. In addition, the study demonstrated metastatic calcification in multiple organs, including the pancreas which is uncommon, and the liver and spleen, which is rare.

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