Diffuse pulmonary uptake of bone-seeking radiotracer in bone scintigraphy of a rare case of pulmonary alveolar microlithiasis

Pulmonary alveolar microlithiasis (PAM) is a rare diffuse pulmonary disease representing microliths formed by deposition of calcium phosphonate in the alveolar airspaces. PAM is often diagnosed incidentally during chest X-ray imaging. Most of them are asymptomatic. We present a 39-year-old man refer...

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Autores principales: Fallahi, Babak, Ghafary, Bahar Moasses, Fard-Esfahani, Armaghan, Eftekhari, Mohammad
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
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Publicado: Medknow Publications & Media Pvt Ltd 2015
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Case Report
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4479924/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/26170578
http://dx.doi.org/10.4103/0972-3919.158548
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author Fallahi, Babak
Ghafary, Bahar Moasses
Fard-Esfahani, Armaghan
Eftekhari, Mohammad
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description Pulmonary alveolar microlithiasis (PAM) is a rare diffuse pulmonary disease representing microliths formed by deposition of calcium phosphonate in the alveolar airspaces. PAM is often diagnosed incidentally during chest X-ray imaging. Most of them are asymptomatic. We present a 39-year-old man referring for a bone scan due to a complaint of right leg pain. Bone scan showed diffuse uptake of bone-seeking radiotracer on both lung fields predominantly in basal regions. The bronchoalveolar lavage test confirmed the diagnosis of PAM.
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spelling pubmed-44799242015-07-13 Diffuse pulmonary uptake of bone-seeking radiotracer in bone scintigraphy of a rare case of pulmonary alveolar microlithiasis Fallahi, Babak Ghafary, Bahar Moasses Fard-Esfahani, Armaghan Eftekhari, Mohammad Indian J Nucl Med Case Report Pulmonary alveolar microlithiasis (PAM) is a rare diffuse pulmonary disease representing microliths formed by deposition of calcium phosphonate in the alveolar airspaces. PAM is often diagnosed incidentally during chest X-ray imaging. Most of them are asymptomatic. We present a 39-year-old man referring for a bone scan due to a complaint of right leg pain. Bone scan showed diffuse uptake of bone-seeking radiotracer on both lung fields predominantly in basal regions. The bronchoalveolar lavage test confirmed the diagnosis of PAM. Medknow Publications & Media Pvt Ltd 2015 /pmc/articles/PMC4479924/ /pubmed/26170578 http://dx.doi.org/10.4103/0972-3919.158548 Text en Copyright: © Indian Journal of Nuclear Medicine http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/3.0 This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution-Noncommercial-Share Alike 3.0 Unported, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.
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Fallahi, Babak
Ghafary, Bahar Moasses
Fard-Esfahani, Armaghan
Eftekhari, Mohammad
Diffuse pulmonary uptake of bone-seeking radiotracer in bone scintigraphy of a rare case of pulmonary alveolar microlithiasis
title Diffuse pulmonary uptake of bone-seeking radiotracer in bone scintigraphy of a rare case of pulmonary alveolar microlithiasis
title_full Diffuse pulmonary uptake of bone-seeking radiotracer in bone scintigraphy of a rare case of pulmonary alveolar microlithiasis
title_fullStr Diffuse pulmonary uptake of bone-seeking radiotracer in bone scintigraphy of a rare case of pulmonary alveolar microlithiasis
title_full_unstemmed Diffuse pulmonary uptake of bone-seeking radiotracer in bone scintigraphy of a rare case of pulmonary alveolar microlithiasis
title_short Diffuse pulmonary uptake of bone-seeking radiotracer in bone scintigraphy of a rare case of pulmonary alveolar microlithiasis
title_sort diffuse pulmonary uptake of bone-seeking radiotracer in bone scintigraphy of a rare case of pulmonary alveolar microlithiasis
topic Case Report
url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4479924/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/26170578
http://dx.doi.org/10.4103/0972-3919.158548
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