title: A patient with cardiac amyloidosis presenting a rapid increase in technetium-99m-hydroxymethylene diphosphonate accumulation.
abstract: We assessed the changes in cardiac condition in a patient with cardiac amyloidosis, by means of dual nuclei single photon emission computed tomographic (SPECT) images with technetium-99m-hydroxymethylene diphosphonate (99mTc-HMDP) and thallium-201 (201Tl). Dual SPECT showed a marked increase in myocardial 99mTc-HMDP accumulation along with deterioration of symptoms and signs, while 201Tl scintigraphy remained almost unchanged.
authors.affiliation: Second Department of Internal Medicine, Ehime University School of Medicine, Japan.
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Kobayashi
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Sekiya
authors.forename: Y
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Fujiwara
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Sumimoto
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Matsuoka
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Hamada
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Hiwada
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D000686:Amyloidosis / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*; D009202:Cardiomyopathies / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D013669:Technetium Tc 99m Medronate / Q000031:analogs & derivatives*; D015899:Tomography, Emission-Computed, Single-Photon
chemical_list: C024226:technetium Tc 99m hydroxymethylene diphosphonate; D013669:Technetium Tc 99m Medronate