Tc-99m MIBI uptake secondary to pulmonary interstitial fibrosis in progressive systemic sclerosis.
Pulmonary uptake of Tc-99m MIBI in a patient with progressive systemic sclerosis (PSS, diffuse scleroderma) is described. Nonspecific alveolitis, active interstitial fibrosis pulmonary hypertension, and specific uptake by the fibroblasts in patients with PSS are possible mechanisms of Tc-99 MIBI uptake observed.
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Division of Nuclear Medicine, Thomas Jefferson University Hospital, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, 19107, USA.
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D005260:Female; D006321:Heart / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D006801:Humans; D008168:Lung / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*; D008875:Middle Aged; D011658:Pulmonary Fibrosis / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging* / Q000209:etiology; D012595:Scleroderma, Systemic / Q000150:complications*; D017256:Technetium Tc 99m Sestamibi; D015899:Tomography, Emission-Computed, Single-Photon
D017256:Technetium Tc 99m Sestamibi