Positive indium-111 leukocyte imaging in post myocardial infarction syndrome.
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.
Ikeoka
K
K
First Department of Internal Medicine, Hyogo College of Medicine, Japan.
Naruse
H
H
Kawashima
S
S
Ohyanagi
M
M
Maeda
H
H
Miyoshi
A
A
Fujitani
K
K
Iwasaki
T
T
Fukuchi
M
M
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
D007205:Indium Radioisotopes; D009942:Organometallic Compounds; C032950:indium oxine; D015125:Oxyquinoline