Left ventricular myocardial uptake of a labeled somatostatin analog in carcinoid syndrome

A Mure; R Lebtahi; L Sarda; M Glikmanas; G Cadiot; E Brochet; M Faraggi; D Le Guludec

Left ventricular myocardial uptake of a labeled somatostatin analog in carcinoid syndrome

J Nucl Med. 1996 Feb;37(2):275-8.

Authors

A Mure¹, R Lebtahi, L Sarda, M Glikmanas, G Cadiot, E Brochet, M Faraggi, D Le Guludec

Affiliation

¹ Department of Nuclear Medicine, Bichat Hospital, Paris, France.

PMID: 8667061

Abstract

We report a case of left ventricular (LV) myocardial uptake of a labeled somatostatin analog in a patient with a carcinoid tumor of the small bowel. The patient developed liver metastases and a carcinoid syndrome, including right carcinoid heart disease, without right-to-left shunt on contrast ultrasonography or left ventricular myocardial metastases. The basis for visualization of the LV myocardium is probable somatostatin receptor upregulation.

Publication types

Case Reports

MeSH terms

Aged
Carcinoid Heart Disease / diagnostic imaging*
Carcinoid Heart Disease / metabolism
Carcinoid Tumor / complications
Carcinoid Tumor / secondary
Female
Heart / diagnostic imaging*
Heart Ventricles / diagnostic imaging
Humans
Indium Radioisotopes*
Intestinal Neoplasms / complications
Liver Neoplasms / secondary
Myocardium / metabolism
Radionuclide Imaging
Receptors, Somatostatin / metabolism
Somatostatin / analogs & derivatives*
Ultrasonography
Up-Regulation

Substances

Indium Radioisotopes
Receptors, Somatostatin
Somatostatin
pentetreotide