Scintigraphic evaluation of cardiac metabolism in multicentric Castleman's disease.
A 72-year-old woman had insidious onset of heart failure, and was diagnosed as multicentric Castleman's disease. She underwent myocardial imaging with technetium-99m tetrofosmin, 1-123 beta-methyl-iodophenyl pentadecanoic acid (BMIPP). Technetium-99m tetrofosmin studies showed almost normal uptake of the left ventricular myocardium indicating normal myocardial perfusion. 1-123 BMIPP showed reduced uptake in the apical segment of the myocardium, indicating regional fatty acid metabolic abnormalities.
Department of Cardiovascular and Respiratory Medicine, Shiga University of Medical Science, Otsu.
Shinro
S
Matsuo
Yasuyuki
Y
Nakamura
Ichiro
I
Nakae
Tetsuya
T
Matsumoto
Masahiko
M
Takada
Kiyoshi
K
Murata
Minoru
M
Horie
D000368:Aged; D005871:Castleman Disease / Q000150:complications / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*; D005227:Fatty Acids / Q000378:metabolism; D005260:Female; D006333:Heart Failure / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging* / Q000209:etiology; D006801:Humans; D007462:Iodobenzenes; D008659:Metabolic Diseases / Q000150:complications / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging* / Q000378:metabolism; D009206:Myocardium / Q000378:metabolism; D009943:Organophosphorus Compounds; D015609:Organotechnetium Compounds; D019275:Radiopharmaceuticals; D013667:Technetium; D015899:Tomography, Emission-Computed, Single-Photon / Q000379:methods*
D005227:Fatty Acids; D007462:Iodobenzenes; D009943:Organophosphorus Compounds; D015609:Organotechnetium Compounds; D019275:Radiopharmaceuticals; C049338:iodofiltic acid; C078700:technetium tc-99m tetrofosmin; D013667:Technetium