Radionuclide imaging in myocardial sarcoidosis. Demonstration of myocardial uptake of technetium pyrophosphate99m and gallium.
A patient had severe congestive cardiomyopathy secondary to myocardial sarcoidosis. The clinical diagnosis was confirmed by radionuclide ventriculography, thallium 201 (201Tl), gallium-67 (67Ga), and technetium-99m (99mTc) pyrophosphate (TcPYP) scintigraphy. Myocardial TcPYP uptake has not been reported previously in sarcoidosis. In this patient, TcPYP was as useful as gallium scanning and thallium imaging in documenting the myocardial process.
D000328:Adult; D009202:Cardiomyopathies / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*; D011756:Diphosphates; D005260:Female; D005710:Gallium Radioisotopes; D006321:Heart / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*; D006801:Humans; D011868:Radioisotopes; D011877:Radionuclide Imaging; D012507:Sarcoidosis / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*; D013667:Technetium; D016698:Technetium Tc 99m Pyrophosphate; D013793:Thallium
D011756:Diphosphates; D005710:Gallium Radioisotopes; D011868:Radioisotopes; D016698:Technetium Tc 99m Pyrophosphate; D013667:Technetium; D013793:Thallium