Gallium-67-citrate accumulation in the heart with tumor involvement.
Tumor involvement of the heart is often found in post-mortem examination of patients who died of widespread malignancy. Recently, we saw four patients who had intense gallium uptake in the region of the heart. All of them had some cardiac symptoms and abnormal physical findings. Tumor was found in the pericardium and myocardium in all three patients who received necropsy.
D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D000818:Animals; D005260:Female; D005710:Gallium Radioisotopes; D006338:Heart Neoplasms / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*; D006801:Humans; D016403:Lymphoma, Large B-Cell, Diffuse / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D008297:Male; D008545:Melanoma / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D009362:Neoplasm Metastasis; D010496:Pericardium / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D011877:Radionuclide Imaging; D051381:Rats
D005710:Gallium Radioisotopes