Author/Authors :
Amini, Abdullatif Bushehr University of Medical Sciences - Department of Cardiology - Bushehr, Iran , Dehdar, Firoozeh Bushehr University of Medical Sciences - Bushehr Medical University Hospital - The Persian Gulf Nuclear Medicine Research Center - Department of Molecular Imaging and Radionuclide Therapy (MIRT) - Bushehr, Iran , Jafari, Esmail Bushehr University of Medical Sciences - Bushehr Medical University Hospital - The Persian Gulf Nuclear Medicine Research Center - Department of Molecular Imaging and Radionuclide Therapy (MIRT) - Bushehr, Iran , Assadi, Majid Bushehr University of Medical Sciences - Bushehr Medical University Hospital - The Persian Gulf Nuclear Medicine Research Center - Department of Molecular Imaging and Radionuclide Therapy (MIRT) - Bushehr, Iran , Gholamrezanezhad, Ali University of Southern California - Keck School of Medicine - Department of Diagnostic Radiology - Los Angeles, USA
Abstract :
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.
Keywords :
SPECT , myocarditis , Tc-99m octreotide , somatostatin receptor scintigraphy , Myocarditis
