title: Somatostatin analogue scintigraphy in a patient with viral myocarditis.
abstract: Myocarditis may present clinically with a wide range of manifestations and often remains unrecognized. The diagnosis of myocarditis traditionally has been based on histological findings, but endomyocardial biopsy has a low sensitivity and clinicians are reluctant to proceed with an invasive diagnostic technique. Among newer diagnostic approaches, cardiac magnetic resonance imaging has gained acceptance as an efficient noninvasive tool to determine myocardial inflammation. In this context, imaging with radiolabeled somatostatin analogues could also be relevant because of their ability to delineate inflammatory sites. In conclusion, a case is presented in which somatostatin receptor imaging of the myocardium with (99m)Tc-depreotide tomography was used in the assessment of viral myocarditis.
authors: Department of Nuclear Medicine, AHEPA University Hospital, Thessaloniki, Greece. emoral@hol.gr
authors: Efstratios
authors: E
authors: Moralidis
authors: Lilian
authors: L
authors: Mantziari
authors: George
authors: G
authors: Gerasimou
authors: Ioannis H
authors: IH
authors: Styliadis
authors: Anna
authors: A
authors: Gotzamani-Psarrakou
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D006801:Humans; D008279:Magnetic Resonance Imaging; D008297:Male; D009205:Myocarditis / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging* / Q000473:pathology / Q000503:physiopathology / Q000821:virology*; D015609:Organotechnetium Compounds; D011877:Radionuclide Imaging; D013004:Somatostatin / Q000031:analogs & derivatives*
chemical_list: D015609:Organotechnetium Compounds; D013004:Somatostatin; C444119:technetium Tc 99m depreotide