Tc-99m HDP uptake in cardiac amyloidosis

Clin Nucl Med. 1999 Mar;24(3):156-8. doi: 10.1097/00003072-199903000-00002.

Abstract

Amyloidosis is characterized by the soft-tissue deposition of amyloid protein. It may occur as a primary disorder but more often is seen as a manifestation of chronic illness. Scattered reports of the affinity of amyloid for bone scanning agents have appeared over many years. Isolated cardiac uptake of Tc-99m HDP is described in a patient with biopsy-proved cardiac amyloidosis on a background of tuberculosis, prostate cancer, and coronary artery disease.

Publication types

  • Case Reports

MeSH terms

  • Aged
  • Aged, 80 and over
  • Amyloidosis / complications
  • Amyloidosis / diagnostic imaging*
  • Bone and Bones / diagnostic imaging
  • Cardiomyopathies / diagnostic imaging*
  • Coronary Disease / complications
  • Heart / diagnostic imaging*
  • Humans
  • Male
  • Prostatic Neoplasms / complications
  • Radionuclide Imaging
  • Radiopharmaceuticals
  • Technetium Tc 99m Medronate*

Substances

  • Radiopharmaceuticals
  • Technetium Tc 99m Medronate