Simultaneous gallium-67 citrate and technetium-99m sestamibi SPET in a case of myocardial lymphoma: comparison with echocardiography before and after chemotherapy

Eur J Nucl Med. 1994 Sep;21(9):1013-6. doi: 10.1007/BF00238129.

Abstract

A patient with diffuse large cell lymphoma involving the interventricular septum and the inferior ventricular wall was imaged with a simultaneous dual-isotope single-photon emission tomography (SPET) acquisition technique, using the radiotracers technetium-99m hexakis 2-methoxyisobutylisonitrile (sestamibi) and gallium-67 citrate, in conjunction with echocardiography, prior to and following the first course of chemotherapy. Simultaneous acquisition--with the advantage of displaying corresponding sets of SPET slices without any need for position correction--, supplemented by echocardiography, increased the accuracy of evaluation of the extent of disease and response to treatment.

Publication types

  • Case Reports
  • Comparative Study

MeSH terms

  • Antineoplastic Combined Chemotherapy Protocols / therapeutic use
  • Citrates*
  • Citric Acid
  • Echocardiography*
  • Gallium Radioisotopes*
  • Heart Neoplasms / diagnostic imaging*
  • Heart Neoplasms / drug therapy
  • Humans
  • Lymphoma, Large B-Cell, Diffuse / diagnostic imaging*
  • Lymphoma, Large B-Cell, Diffuse / drug therapy
  • Male
  • Middle Aged
  • Technetium Tc 99m Sestamibi*
  • Tomography, Emission-Computed, Single-Photon / methods*

Substances

  • Citrates
  • Gallium Radioisotopes
  • Citric Acid
  • Technetium Tc 99m Sestamibi