title: Incidental Detection of Shoulder Peripheral T-Cell Lymphoma During the Redistribution Phase of 201Tl Myocardial Perfusion Scintigraphy.
abstract: A 74-year-old woman underwent Tl myocardial perfusion scan for cardiac symptoms; increased radiotracer accumulation in the left shoulder was found in the redistribution images only, and the shoulder was normal in the stress images. Suspecting septic arthritis subsequent investigations were performed, and peripheral T-cell lymphoma was diagnosed. Attention should also be paid to extracardiac sites in interpreting redistribution images taken as late as 4 hours apart from stress images because some clinically pertinent ancillary findings may be found in redistribution images only.
authors.affiliation: From the *Department of Nuclear Medicine PET Center, China Medical University Hospital; †Department of Biomedical Imaging Radiological Science, and ‡School of Medicine, China Medical University, Taichung, Taiwan.
authors.forename: Yu-Ren
authors.initials: YR
authors.lastname: Chen
authors.forename: Te-Chun
authors.initials: TC
authors.lastname: Hsieh
authors.forename: Kuo-Yang
authors.initials: KY
authors.lastname: Yen
authors.forename: Chia-Hung
authors.initials: CH
authors.lastname: Kao
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D033162:Incidental Findings; D016411:Lymphoma, T-Cell, Peripheral / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*; D055414:Myocardial Perfusion Imaging; D019275:Radiopharmaceuticals; D012782:Shoulder / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D013794:Thallium Radioisotopes
chemical_list: D019275:Radiopharmaceuticals; D013794:Thallium Radioisotopes