Soft-Tissue Uptake That Often Is Clinically Significant
| Organ or tissue | Pathologic condition |
|---|---|
| Breast | Breast cancer |
| Pleural space | Malignant effusion |
| Liver | Calcified or necrotic metastases |
| Heart | Amyloidosis or infarction |
| Spleen | Sickle cell disease |
| Brain | Infarction |
| Muscle | Heterotopic ossification or myositis |
| Stomach | Hypercalcemia, metastatic calcification |
| Lung | Hypercalcemia, metastatic calcification |
| Renal cortex | Hypercalcemia |
| Joints | Osteochondromatosis |
| Pericardium | Pericarditis or malignant effusion |
| Soft-tissue tumor | Osteogenic sarcoma or malignancy |