title: Positive indium-111 leukocyte imaging in post myocardial infarction syndrome.
abstract: The diagnosis of post myocardial infarction syndrome (PMIS) is sometimes difficult because of the absence of a specific test. We report a 68-year-old man with PMIS who had a persistent accumulation of indium-111 oxine labeled leukocytes in the infarcted myocardium for 1 month. The uptake of leukocytes preceded the appearance of the main symptoms and disappeared with the clinical improvement after the therapy with steroids. Leukocyte imaging has a potential as a useful tool for early diagnosis, evaluation of therapy and assessing the mechanism of PMIS.
authors.affiliation: First Department of Internal Medicine, Hyogo College of Medicine, Japan.
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Ikeoka
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Naruse
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Kawashima
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Ohyanagi
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Maeda
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Miyoshi
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Fujitani
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Iwasaki
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Fukuchi
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D006801:Humans; D007205:Indium Radioisotopes; D007962:Leukocytes; D008297:Male; D009203:Myocardial Infarction / Q000150:complications*; D009942:Organometallic Compounds; D015125:Oxyquinoline / Q000031:analogs & derivatives; D013577:Syndrome; D015899:Tomography, Emission-Computed, Single-Photon
chemical_list: D007205:Indium Radioisotopes; D009942:Organometallic Compounds; C032950:indium oxine; D015125:Oxyquinoline