Somatostatin Receptor Scintigraphy in a Patient with Myocarditis

We report a case of myocarditis imaged with technetium-99m octreotide cardiac single-photon emission computed tomography which showed diffuse uptake in the myocardium, indicating inflammatory reaction to myocardial damage. Somatostatin receptor scintigraphy of the heart could be considered in patien...

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Published inMolecular imaging and radionuclide therapy Vol. 30; no. 1; pp. 50 - 53
Main Authors Amini, Abdullatif, Dehdar, Firoozeh, Jafari, Esmail, Gholamrezanezhad, Ali, Assadi, Majid
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published Turkey Galenos Publishing House 01.02.2021
Galenos Publishing
Subjects
Case reports
Computed tomography
Conflicts of interest
Heart diseases
Inflammation
Interesting Image
Medical imaging
Myocarditis
Myocardium
Octreotide
Patients
Photon emission
Receptors
Scintigraphy
Single photon emission computed tomography
Somatostatin
Technetium
Technetium isotopes
Myocarditis
Tc-99m octreotide
somatostatin receptor scintigraphy
SPECT
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Summary:We report a case of myocarditis imaged with technetium-99m octreotide cardiac single-photon emission computed tomography which showed diffuse uptake in the myocardium, indicating inflammatory reaction to myocardial damage. Somatostatin receptor scintigraphy of the heart could be considered in patients with suspected cardiac inflammation. This could facilitate early diagnosis and guide appropriate treatment.
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ISSN:2146-1414
2147-1959
DOI:10.4274/mirt.galenos.2019.03164