Metastatic pulmonary, gastric, and renal calcification demonstrated on bone scintigraphy in a patient with malignant melanoma and renal failure

Clinical Nuclear Medicine

Volumn 23, Issue 12, 1998, Pages 824-827

  Wheat, Deirdre ^a   McCarthy, Peter ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL GALWAY   (Ireland)

Author keywords

Malignant Melanoma; Metastatic Calcification; Occult Malignancy; Tc 99m MDP Scintigraphy

Indexed keywords

MEDRONATE TECHNETIUM TC 99M;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BONE SCINTISCANNING; CASE REPORT; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; ISOTOPE LABELING; KIDNEY FAILURE; KIDNEY METASTASIS; LUNG METASTASIS; MELANOMA; STOMACH CARCINOMA; TUMOR CALCINOSIS;

EID: 0031674691     PISSN: 03639762     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00003072-199812000-00007     Document Type: Article

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