TY - JOUR
T1 - Detection of pericardial effusion during Tc-99m MIBI parathyroid imaging in a patient with chronic renal failure
AU - Fojaja, M. R G
AU - Klain, M.
AU - Cardei, S.
AU - Gisonni, P.
AU - Cuocolo, A.
PY - 1996
Y1 - 1996
N2 - A 30-year-old woman had a history of chronic renal failure and was on regular hemodialysis. The patient had high levels of plasma parathyroid hormone, and ultrasonography of the neck demonstrated bilateral parathyroid hyperplasia. No nodular lesions in the anterior region of the neck were detected on physical examination. Dynamic and delayed parathyroid Tc-99m MIBI images were suggestive of a pericardial effusion. Planar Tc-99m MIBI myocardial scintigraphy was acquired in the three standard views, demonstrating a pericardial area of photon attenuation. Two-dimensional echocardiography confirmed the presence of large pericardial effusion.
AB - A 30-year-old woman had a history of chronic renal failure and was on regular hemodialysis. The patient had high levels of plasma parathyroid hormone, and ultrasonography of the neck demonstrated bilateral parathyroid hyperplasia. No nodular lesions in the anterior region of the neck were detected on physical examination. Dynamic and delayed parathyroid Tc-99m MIBI images were suggestive of a pericardial effusion. Planar Tc-99m MIBI myocardial scintigraphy was acquired in the three standard views, demonstrating a pericardial area of photon attenuation. Two-dimensional echocardiography confirmed the presence of large pericardial effusion.
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U2 - 10.1097/00003072-199606000-00021
DO - 10.1097/00003072-199606000-00021
M3 - Article
C2 - 8744196
AN - SCOPUS:0029955342
VL - 21
SP - 496
EP - 497
JO - Clinical Nuclear Medicine
JF - Clinical Nuclear Medicine
SN - 0363-9762
IS - 6
ER -