Cardiac sarcoidosis demonstrated by Tl-201 and Ga-67 SPECT imaging

Clin Nucl Med. 1990 Sep;15(9):636-9. doi: 10.1097/00003072-199009000-00010.

Abstract

Ga-67 and Tl-201 SPECT was performed to evaluate cardiac sarcoidosis in a 15-year-old boy. Tl-201 SPECT imaging showed decreased uptake in the inferior to lateral wall and Ga-67 accumulation in the area of decreased Tl-201 uptake. These findings suggested cardiac sarcoidosis, and cardiac biopsy confirmed this diagnosis. After corticosteroid therapy, myocardial uptake of Ga-67 disappeared and myocardial TI-201 uptake became more homogeneous.

Publication types

  • Case Reports

MeSH terms

  • Adolescent
  • Cardiomyopathies / diagnostic imaging*
  • Gallium Radioisotopes
  • Heart / diagnostic imaging*
  • Humans
  • Male
  • Sarcoidosis / diagnostic imaging*
  • Thallium Radioisotopes
  • Tomography, Emission-Computed, Single-Photon*

Substances

  • Gallium Radioisotopes
  • Thallium Radioisotopes