Abstract
Scintigraphy has demonstrated gallium-67 accumulation within the heart in pericarditis and cardiomyopathies of various kinds. We present a case report of a 63-yr-old man with multisystem disease who showed extensive myocardial uptake of Ga-67 by scintigraphy. At autopsy, constrictive pericarditis with myocardial fibrosis was found. Gallium-67 localization has not been documented previously in myocardial fibrosis accompanying constrictive pericarditis.
MeSH terms
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Cardiomyopathies / complications
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Cardiomyopathies / diagnostic imaging*
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Cardiomyopathies / pathology
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Citrates*
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Citric Acid
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Gallium Radioisotopes*
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Heart / diagnostic imaging*
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Heart Septum / diagnostic imaging
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Heart Ventricles / diagnostic imaging
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Humans
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Male
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Middle Aged
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Pericarditis, Constrictive / complications
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Pericarditis, Constrictive / diagnostic imaging*
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Pericarditis, Constrictive / pathology
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Radionuclide Imaging
Substances
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Citrates
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Gallium Radioisotopes
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Citric Acid