Metastatic soft tissue calcification in chronic renal failure detected by radionuclide imaging

Metastatic calcification has been reported in several disease entities, including chronic renal failure. Various imaging modalities have been shown to be useful in the detection of metastatic soft tissue calcification. Radionuclide imaging may detect metastatic soft tissue calcification more readily than routine diagnostic modalities and be a valuable noninvasive method to establish an early diagnosis in high-risk patients. The authors report a patient with extensive soft tissue metastatic calcification who had a myriad of clinical symptoms. The extensive calcification was detected with a radionuclide imaging.