Unexpected large benign thymoma on myocardial scintigraphy, a case report
| Autor: | Sepideh Hekmat, Nahid Yaghoobi |
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| Rok vydání: | 2016 |
| Předmět: |
medicine.medical_specialty
Thymoma Mediastinal mass Benign Thymoma Inferior mediastinum 030204 cardiovascular system & hematology 99mTc-sestamibi 030218 nuclear medicine & medical imaging Coronary artery disease 03 medical and health sciences Myocardial perfusion imaging 0302 clinical medicine Myocardial scintigraphy medicine Radiology Nuclear Medicine and imaging In patient medicine.diagnostic_test Chest discomfort business.industry Extracardiac uptake medicine.disease Radiology Nuclear Medicine and imaging Radiology business |
| Zdroj: | The Egyptian Journal of Radiology and Nuclear Medicine. 47:107-110 |
| ISSN: | 0378-603X |
| DOI: | 10.1016/j.ejrnm.2015.11.006 |
| Popis: | Myocardial perfusion imaging (MPI) by 99mTc-sestamibi constitutes a major part of nuclear medicine studies. Incidental detection of extracardiac abnormalities occurs not infrequently. These can include benign and malignant lesions and their detection can be of great value in patient’s future. We present a 60 year-old man who underwent MPI to evaluate coronary artery disease as the possible cause of his chest discomfort. The images revealed a large area of intense increased tracer uptake in the antero- inferior mediastinum that further evaluation confirmed to be a benign thymoma. |
| Databáze: | OpenAIRE |
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