title: Usefulness of 18F-FDG PET Associated With a High-Fat, Low-Carbohydrate Preparation for the Detection of a Myocardial-Embedded Metastasis.
abstract: The detection of left ventricle metastases is highly relevant because of the risk of severe adverse outcomes such as ventricular arrhythmia. We report herein the case of a 68-year-old man who presented with a ventricular tachycardia due to a myocardial metastasis from a renal cell carcinoma. The metastasis was embedded within the left ventricular lateral wall. It was identified on the basis of persistent F-FDG focal uptake following the ingestion of a high-fat, low-carbohydrate preparation.
authors.affiliation: From the *Nuclear Medicine Department, CHU, Grenoble; †INSERM, U1039, Radiopharmaceutiques Biocliniques, Grenoble; and ‡Department of Radiology, CHRU, Nancy; §INSERM, U947 IADI, Nancy; and ∥Nuclear Medicine Department, CHRU, Nancy, France.
authors.forename: Loïc
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Djaileb
authors.forename: Damien
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Mandry
authors.forename: Laurent
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Riou
authors.forename: Pierre-Yves
authors.initials: PY
authors.lastname: Marie
authors.forename: Antoine
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Verger
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D002292:Carcinoma, Renal Cell / Q000473:pathology; D019788:Fluorodeoxyglucose F18; D006338:Heart Neoplasms / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging* / Q000556:secondary; D006801:Humans; D007680:Kidney Neoplasms / Q000473:pathology; D008297:Male; D049268:Positron-Emission Tomography; D019275:Radiopharmaceuticals
chemical_list: D019275:Radiopharmaceuticals; D019788:Fluorodeoxyglucose F18