Diffuse and marked breast uptake of both 123I-BMIPP and 99mTc-TF by myocardial scintigraphy.
Unexpected breast uptake was observed in a 32-year-old woman referred for evaluation of hypertrophic cardiomyopathy. Diffuse and marked bilateral breast uptake of 123I-BMIPP and 99mTc-TF was shown by both planar and SPECT imaging during the first study, and the uptake of both radionuclides had decreased significantly eleven months later. At the time of the first radionuclide examination, she was occasionally breast feeding her 2-year-old child and had small amounts of milk production. At the follow up examination, the frequency of breast feeding was significantly reduced and she produced only small amounts of milk. Therefore, the uptake of 123I-BMIPP and 99mTc-TF may have been caused by lactation.
Thet-Thet-Lwin
Institute of Clinical Medicine, University of Tsukuba, Ibaraki, Japan.
Takeda
T
T
Wu
J
J
Fumikura
Y
Y
Iida
K
K
Yamaguchi
I
I
Itai
Y
Y
D000328:Adult; D001940:Breast / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*; D002312:Cardiomyopathy, Hypertrophic / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D002675:Child, Preschool; D005227:Fatty Acids; D005260:Female; D006321:Heart / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*; D006801:Humans; D007457:Iodine Radioisotopes; D007462:Iodobenzenes; D007774:Lactation; D009943:Organophosphorus Compounds; D015609:Organotechnetium Compounds; D015899:Tomography, Emission-Computed, Single-Photon
D005227:Fatty Acids; D007457:Iodine Radioisotopes; D007462:Iodobenzenes; D009943:Organophosphorus Compounds; D015609:Organotechnetium Compounds; C049338:iodofiltic acid; C078700:technetium tc-99m tetrofosmin