Cardiac sarcoidosis demonstrated by Tl-201 and Ga-67 SPECT imaging.
Ga-67 and Tl-201 SPECT was performed to evaluate cardiac sarcoidosis in a 15-year-old boy. Tl-201 SPECT imaging showed decreased uptake in the inferior to lateral wall and Ga-67 accumulation in the area of decreased Tl-201 uptake. These findings suggested cardiac sarcoidosis, and cardiac biopsy confirmed this diagnosis. After corticosteroid therapy, myocardial uptake of Ga-67 disappeared and myocardial TI-201 uptake became more homogeneous.
Department of Nuclear Medicine, Kanazawa University School of Medicine, Japan.
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J
Taki
K
K
Nakajima
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H
Bunko
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M
Ohguchi
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N
Tonami
K
K
Hisada
D000293:Adolescent; D009202:Cardiomyopathies / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*; D005710:Gallium Radioisotopes; D006321:Heart / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D012507:Sarcoidosis / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*; D013794:Thallium Radioisotopes; D015899:Tomography, Emission-Computed, Single-Photon
D005710:Gallium Radioisotopes; D013794:Thallium Radioisotopes