Increased technetium‐99 m hydroxy diphosphonate soft tissue uptake on bone scintigraphy in chronic kidney disease patients with secondary hyperparathyroidism: correlation with hyperphosphataemia

In conclusion, dialysis‐treated CKD patients with secondary hyperparathyroidism have a high incidence of soft tissue uptake, and this finding is strongly correlated with elevated phosphate, but not calcium values.

Source: Clinical Physiology and Functional Imaging - July 1, 2015 Category: Radiology Authors: Lotte Hahn Enevoldsen, James Heaf, Liselotte Højgaard, Bo Zerahn, Philip Hasbak Tags: Original Article Source Type: research