title: Reversible severe lower limb pain during a dipyridamole sestamibi myocardial perfusion study: a case report.
abstract: A 68-year-old woman reported acute severe pain in both lower limbs during a dipyridamole sestamibi myocardial perfusion scan. The pain was rapidly relieved by the administration of intravenous aminophylline. A review of the literature on the adverse effects of dipyridamole did not include this symptom.
authors.affiliation: Department of Nuclear Medicine, St Vincent's Hospital, Sydney, Australia.
authors.forename: D C
authors.initials: DC
authors.lastname: Wong
authors.forename: E
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Szeto
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D004176:Dipyridamole / Q000009:adverse effects*; D005260:Female; D006321:Heart / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*; D006801:Humans; D007866:Leg / Q000098:blood supply; D010146:Pain / Q000139:chemically induced*; D019275:Radiopharmaceuticals; D017256:Technetium Tc 99m Sestamibi; D015899:Tomography, Emission-Computed, Single-Photon; D014665:Vasodilator Agents / Q000009:adverse effects*
chemical_list: D019275:Radiopharmaceuticals; D014665:Vasodilator Agents; D004176:Dipyridamole; D017256:Technetium Tc 99m Sestamibi