title: SPECT imaging with Tl-201 and Ga-67 in myocardial sarcoidosis.
abstract: Two patients with myocardial sarcoidosis are presented, both of whom underwent SPECT imaging with Tl-201 and Ga-67. The first had Ga-67 myocardial uptake with a Tl-201 defect, which disappeared with corticosteroid therapy. The second had multiple Tl-201 defects without Ga-67 uptake, which persisted despite corticosteroid therapy. Therefore, the combination of Tl-201 and Ga-67 imaging may be useful for recognizing myocardial sarcoidosis and for predicting the response to corticosteroid therapy.
authors.affiliation: Third Department of Internal Medicine, Hamamatsu University School of Medicine, Japan.
authors.forename: C
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Kurata
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Sakata
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Taguchi
authors.forename: Y
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Fukumoto
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Miyata
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Aoshima
authors.forename: N
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Yamazaki
mesh_terms: D000305:Adrenal Cortex Hormones / Q000627:therapeutic use; D009202:Cardiomyopathies / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging* / Q000188:drug therapy; D005260:Female; D005710:Gallium Radioisotopes; D006801:Humans; D008875:Middle Aged; D012507:Sarcoidosis / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging* / Q000188:drug therapy; D013794:Thallium Radioisotopes; D014055:Tomography, Emission-Computed / Q000379:methods
chemical_list: D000305:Adrenal Cortex Hormones; D005710:Gallium Radioisotopes; D013794:Thallium Radioisotopes