title: [Abnormal lung uptake of 123I-BMIPP].
abstract: An eighty-one-year-old male patient with a feeling of chest pressure was admitted to our hospital for investigation of the heart. 201T1/123I-BMIPP dual scintigraphy was performed and multiple uptakes of 123I-BMIPP were detected in the lung, but not of 201T1. His chest X-ray and chest CT showed no abnormal lesions in the corresponding regions. There have been no reports that 123I-BMIPP accumulate in the lung. The possible cause of the lung uptake was embolism from aggregated 123I-BMIPP due to cold tempetatures.
authors.affiliation: Department of Radiology, Fukushima Medical University.
authors.forename: Shirou
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Ishii
authors.forename: Koichi
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Sugimoto
authors.forename: Masayuki
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Miyajima
authors.forename: Kotaro
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Sakuma
authors.forename: Fumio
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Shishido
mesh_terms: D000369:Aged, 80 and over; D003080:Cold Temperature; D005227:Fatty Acids; D006321:Heart / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*; D006801:Humans; D007457:Iodine Radioisotopes; D007462:Iodobenzenes; D008168:Lung / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging* / Q000473:pathology; D008297:Male; D015899:Tomography, Emission-Computed, Single-Photon / Q000379:methods
chemical_list: D005227:Fatty Acids; D007457:Iodine Radioisotopes; D007462:Iodobenzenes; C049338:iodofiltic acid