title: Evaluation by SPECT-CT of an incidental finding of a thymoma and breast cancer in a myocardial perfusion SPECT with 99mTc-MIBI.
abstract: We present a case of a 78-year-old female with effort angina. A myocardial perfusion SPECT (MPS) showed increased tracer uptake in two synchronic tumor lesions, a thymoma and a breast cancer. This case highlights the contribution of SPECT-CT in the characterization of these findings and its essential role in rapid decision-making. The patient underwent surgery of both lesions that had gone undetected prior to the conduction of the MPS.
authors.affiliation: Servicio de Medicina Nuclear, Hospital Clínico Universitario de Valladolid, Valladolid, Spain. palomagtalavera@gmail.com
authors.forename: P
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: García-Talavera
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Olmos
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Sainz-Esteban
authors.forename: M Á
authors.initials: MÁ
authors.lastname: Ruiz
authors.forename: M L
authors.initials: ML
authors.lastname: González
authors.forename: C
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Gamazo
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D001943:Breast Neoplasms / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D033162:Incidental Findings; D055414:Myocardial Perfusion Imaging; D019275:Radiopharmaceuticals; D017256:Technetium Tc 99m Sestamibi; D013945:Thymoma / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*; D015899:Tomography, Emission-Computed, Single-Photon
chemical_list: D019275:Radiopharmaceuticals; D017256:Technetium Tc 99m Sestamibi