Hepato-cardiac juxtaposition secondary to right hemi-diaphragmatic eventration on 99mTc-Sestamibi myocardial perfusion scintigraphy

J Nucl Cardiol. 2021 Apr;28(2):750-751. doi: 10.1007/s12350-020-02033-3. Epub 2020 Jan 22.

Abstract

Liver radiotracer activity interfering with the inferior myocardial wall in a patient undergoing myocardial perfusion imaging (MPI) with 99mTc-Sestamibi is a known pitfall. We report a patient with pituitary macroadenoma who was subjected to stress-MPI study for pre-anesthetic clearance. The post-stress raw image showed the liver radiotracer activity in close approximation to the anteroseptal wall of the left ventricular myocardium, secondary to right hemi-diaphragmatic eventration.

Keywords: Acromegaly; Diaphragm eventration; Myocardial perfusion imaging; Sestamibi.

Publication types

  • Case Reports

MeSH terms

  • Aged
  • Diaphragmatic Eventration / complications*
  • Female
  • Humans
  • Myocardial Perfusion Imaging / methods*
  • Radiopharmaceuticals*
  • Technetium Tc 99m Sestamibi*
  • Tomography, Emission-Computed, Single-Photon / methods*

Substances

  • Radiopharmaceuticals
  • Technetium Tc 99m Sestamibi