title: Intense uptake of technetium-99m tetrofosmin by lactating breasts.
abstract: A 38-year-old woman was hospitalized for syncope. Because an electrocardiogram showed intermittent ventricular tachycardia, myocardial perfusion imaging with technetium-99m tetrofosmin was performed to screen for coronary artery disease. Left ventricular myocardial perfusion was within normal limits. However, symmetric bilateral breast uptake was noted. According to her clinical history, she had been breast-feeding her 5-month-old infant until this admission. In these circumstances, the breast uptake of Tc-99m tetrofosmin was thought to be physiologic and related to lactation.
authors.affiliation: Department of Radiology, Asahikawa Medical College Hospital, Japan.
authors.forename: W
authors.initials: W
authors.lastname: Yamamoto
authors.forename: N
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Shuke
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Usui
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Aburano
authors.forename: N
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Takehara
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Kikuchi
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D001940:Breast / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007774:Lactation; D009943:Organophosphorus Compounds; D015609:Organotechnetium Compounds; D011877:Radionuclide Imaging; D019275:Radiopharmaceuticals
chemical_list: D009943:Organophosphorus Compounds; D015609:Organotechnetium Compounds; D019275:Radiopharmaceuticals; C078700:technetium tc-99m tetrofosmin