Scintimamography; Sestamibi; MIBI; Mediastinal hyperactivity; Right myocardium
Abstract :
[en] Scintimammography performed with Tc-99m sestamibi in a 63-year-old woman with a history of mitral valve replacement and pulmonary hypertension demonstrated that the frequently observed sternal hyperactivity on anterior views could arise from the myocardium. Caution therefore should be taken before the diagnosing of any hyperactivity in the lower sternal region as a neoplastic involvement.
Disciplines :
Radiology, nuclear medicine & imaging
Author, co-author :
Servais, Fabienne; Hôpital Erasme - Univesité Libre de Bruxelles - ULB > Service des Radioisotopes
Seret, Alain ; Hôpital Erasme - Univesité Libre de Bruxelles - ULB > Service des Radioisotopes
Blocklet, Didier; Hôpital Erasme - Univesité Libre de Bruxelles - ULB > Service des Radioisotopes
Lenaers, André; Hôpital Erasme - Univesité Libre de Bruxelles - ULB > Service des Radioisotopes
Schoutens, André; Hôpital Erasme - Univesité Libre de Bruxelles - ULB > Service des Radioisotopes
Language :
English
Title :
Hyperactivity in the low sternal region with Tc-99m sestamibi: possible cardiac origin
Publication date :
July 1998
Journal title :
Clinical Nuclear Medicine
ISSN :
0363-9762
eISSN :
1536-0229
Publisher :
J. B. Lippincott & Co., Philadelphia, United States - Pennsylvania
Author post-print version. The final published version differs from this post-print version and is available at www.nuclearmed.com. The authors thank J. B. Lippincott & Co for allowing deposit of their final version on the ULg institutional repository.
