[Localization of technetium-99m methylene diphosphonate in hepatocellular carcinoma--a report of two cases].
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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.
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Plaque-like congenital osteoma cutis was treated with disodium etidronate. We could not prove, however, any definitely positive effect.
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Calcification (CALC) is the most frequent cause of the clinical failure of bioprosthetic heart valves (BHVs). Controlled release of disodium ethanehydroxydiphosphonate (EHDP) has been demonstrated to inhibit subdermal BHV calcification at effective low local doses, avoiding adverse effects. However, the eventual circulatory use of controlled release EHDP necessitates addressing several critical issues that may affect efficacy. These include the effects of sterilization on EHDP release and the efficacy of sustained release matrices containing CaEHDP, which is less soluble than NaEHDP. The effects of CaEHDP-NaEHDP incorporation and steam sterilization on controlled release of EHDP from silicone-rubber matrices was studied both in vitro and in vivo using a rat subdermal model and sheep tricuspid valve replacements. Autoclaved EHDP matrices (20% wt/wt) released 88.9% +/- 7.84 of contained drug after 140 days in vitro, compared with control (87.6% +/- 10.3 cumulative release). Autoclaved EHDP matrices completely inhibited BHV CALC in 60 day rat subdermal implants (8.84 +/- 3.68 micrograms Ca++/mg tissue), comparable to nonsterilized EHDP-loaded matrices (7.06 +/- 2.00 micrograms Ca++/mg tissue). Nontreated CALC levels were 183 +/- 7.60 micrograms Ca++/mg tissue. Na-CaEHDP co-incorporation into silicone rubber matrices markedly prolonged controlled release with the 1:1 Na-CaEHDP mixture demonstrating an extrapolated release duration of approximately 20 years, assuming the total amount of dispersed drug was released. Data from tricuspid valve replacements in sheep demonstrate erratic control calcification (41.3 +/- 14.9 micrograms Ca++/mg tissue), but complete suppression of BHV calcification with Na2EHDP controlled release (5.74 +/- 1.35 micrograms Ca++/mg tissue) after 150 days.
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