Abstract
Vitamin D intoxication, which may result from zealous intake of health food supplements, may cause metastatic calcification. This is the first reported case of a patient with vitamin D intoxication who had massive gastric uptake of [99mTc]MDP, but no lung uptake, with histologic documentation of the metastatic calcification by gastric biopsy. It is probable that the metastatic calcification was a highly metabolic process in this patient since the gastric uptake resolved within 3 wk when serum calcium and phosphate had returned to normal.
MeSH terms
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Bone and Bones / diagnostic imaging
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Calcinosis / chemically induced
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Calcinosis / diagnostic imaging
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Cholecalciferol / blood
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Cholecalciferol / poisoning*
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Female
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Gastric Mucosa / pathology
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Humans
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Hypercalcemia / chemically induced
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Hypercalcemia / diagnostic imaging
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Lung / diagnostic imaging
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Middle Aged
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Radionuclide Imaging
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Sodium Pertechnetate Tc 99m / metabolism
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Stomach / diagnostic imaging*
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Stomach Diseases / chemically induced
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Stomach Diseases / diagnostic imaging
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Technetium Tc 99m Medronate*
Substances
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Cholecalciferol
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Sodium Pertechnetate Tc 99m
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Technetium Tc 99m Medronate