Gallium-67 citrate localization in the heart secondary to constrictive pericarditis with myocardial fibrosis.
Scintigraphy has demonstrated gallium-67 accumulation within the heart in pericarditis and cardiomyopathies of various kinds. We present a case report of a 63-yr-old man with multisystem disease who showed extensive myocardial uptake of Ga-67 by scintigraphy. At autopsy, constrictive pericarditis with myocardial fibrosis was found. Gallium-67 localization has not been documented previously in myocardial fibrosis accompanying constrictive pericarditis.
D009202:Cardiomyopathies / Q000150:complications / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging* / Q000473:pathology; D002951:Citrates; D019343:Citric Acid; D005710:Gallium Radioisotopes; D006321:Heart / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*; D006346:Heart Septum / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D006352:Heart Ventricles / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D010494:Pericarditis, Constrictive / Q000150:complications / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging* / Q000473:pathology; D011877:Radionuclide Imaging
D002951:Citrates; D005710:Gallium Radioisotopes; D019343:Citric Acid