title: Incidental detection of bronchial carcinoid on Tc-99m sestamibi SPECT/CT myocardial perfusion scintigraphy.
abstract: Technetium-99m sestamibi MPS is a commonly employed imaging study for myocardial perfusion; however, incidental extracardiac sestamibi uptake requires further evaluation, and the tracer uptake in the thorax/mediastinum may be pathological. The authors present a case of significant extra-cardiac uptake seen on stress MPS images helping in the incidental detection of bronchial carcinoid.
authors.affiliation: Department of Nuclear Medicine, Post Graduate Institute of Medical Education and Research, Chandigarh, India.
authors.forename: Dharmender
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Malik
authors.affiliation: Department of Nuclear Medicine, Post Graduate Institute of Medical Education and Research, Chandigarh, India.
authors.forename: Apurva
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Sood
authors.affiliation: Department of Nuclear Medicine, Post Graduate Institute of Medical Education and Research, Chandigarh, India.
authors.forename: Madan
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Parmar
authors.affiliation: Department of Nuclear Medicine, Post Graduate Institute of Medical Education and Research, Chandigarh, India. sood99@yahoo.com.
authors.forename: Ashwani
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Sood
authors.affiliation: Department of Histopathology, Post Graduate Institute of Medical Education and Research, Chandigarh, India.
authors.forename: Bishan
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Radotra
authors.affiliation: Department of Nuclear Medicine, Post Graduate Institute of Medical Education and Research, Chandigarh, India.
authors.forename: Bhagwant
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Mittal
mesh_terms: D002276:Carcinoid Tumor / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*; D002283:Carcinoma, Bronchogenic / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D033162:Incidental Findings; D008875:Middle Aged; D055414:Myocardial Perfusion Imaging / Q000379:methods*; D019275:Radiopharmaceuticals; D000072098:Single Photon Emission Computed Tomography Computed Tomography / Q000379:methods*; D017256:Technetium Tc 99m Sestamibi
chemical_list: D019275:Radiopharmaceuticals; D017256:Technetium Tc 99m Sestamibi
keywords: Myocardial perfusion imaging: SPECT; adenosine; gated SPECT; sestamibi; technetium-99m