Myocardial uptake of Tc-99m macroaggregated albumin during perfusion lung scanning

Coskun C., Basoglu T., Bernay I., Bahadir H., Ucar R., Şahin M.

Clinical Nuclear Medicine, cilt.23, sa.1, ss.42-43, 1998 (SCI-Expanded) identifier identifier

  • Yayın Türü: Makale / Tam Makale
  • Cilt numarası: 23 Sayı: 1
  • Basım Tarihi: 1998
  • Doi Numarası: 10.1097/00003072-199801000-00014
  • Dergi Adı: Clinical Nuclear Medicine
  • Derginin Tarandığı İndeksler: Science Citation Index Expanded (SCI-EXPANDED), Scopus
  • Sayfa Sayıları: ss.42-43
  • Anahtar Kelimeler: Extrapulmonary Uptake, Lung Scanning, Tc-99m-MAA
  • Ondokuz Mayıs Üniversitesi Adresli: Evet

Özet

The authors present a case of extrapulmonary Tc-99m macroaggregated albumin uptake in a patient with reversed atrial septal defect and cleft lip. Perfusion lung scanning was performed to rule out pulmonary embolism because of dyspnea, cyanosis, and tachy-arrhythmia. Besides minimal systemic activity, significant myocardial uptake of the tracer was observed. Coronary angiography could not be performed because of the severely altered general condition of the patient. It was postulated that this was most probably due to an anomalous origin of the left coronary artery from the pulmonary trunk.