Amyloid imaging mismatch

Clin Nucl Med. 2012 Aug;37(8):807-9. doi: 10.1097/RLU.0b013e318251e1d3.

Abstract

An 82-year-old man with suspected systemic amyloidosis and complete atrioventricular block underwent vascular biopsy during his pacemaker implantation with pathology showing amyloid deposits. 99mTc-aprotinin SPECT revealed increased radiotracer uptake along the left ventricular wall, consistent with cardiac amyloidosis. 11C-PiB PET/CT performed for the evaluation of amyloid deposits in the brain showed findings suggestive of Alzheimer disease without abnormal radiotracer concentration in the myocardium to match the 99mTc-aprotinin SPECT findings. Dynamic PET images showed increased 11C-PiB concentration in the left ventricular myocardium at 2 minutes after injection, with subsequent tracer clearance by approximately 5 minutes, consistent with normal 11C-PiB biodistribution.

Publication types

  • Case Reports
  • Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

  • Aged, 80 and over
  • Amyloid / metabolism*
  • Aniline Compounds
  • Aprotinin
  • Benzothiazoles
  • Humans
  • Male
  • Multimodal Imaging*
  • Organotechnetium Compounds
  • Positron-Emission Tomography*
  • Thiazoles
  • Tomography, Emission-Computed, Single-Photon
  • Tomography, X-Ray Computed*

Substances

  • 2-(4'-(methylamino)phenyl)-6-hydroxybenzothiazole
  • Amyloid
  • Aniline Compounds
  • Benzothiazoles
  • Organotechnetium Compounds
  • Thiazoles
  • technetium Tc 99m aprotinin
  • Aprotinin