Open AccessUnexpected large benign thymoma on myocardial scintigraphy, a case report
Author(s) -
Sepideh Hekmat,
Nahid Yaghoobi
Publication year - 2016
Publication title -
the egyptian journal of radiology and nuclear medicine /the egyptian journal of radiology and nuclear medicine
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.19
H-Index - 13
eISSN - 2090-4762
pISSN - 0378-603X
DOI - 10.1016/j.ejrnm.2015.11.006
Subject(s) - medicine , thymoma , radiology , mediastinum , myocardial perfusion scintigraphy , coronary artery disease , scintigraphy , myocardial perfusion imaging , anterior mediastinum , perfusion , nuclear medicine , cardiology , pathology , coronary angiography , myocardial infarction
Myocardial perfusion imaging (MPI) by 99mTc-sestamibi constitutes a major part of nuclear medicine studies. Incidental detection of extracardiac abnormalities occurs not infrequently. These can include benign and malignant lesions and their detection can be of great value in patient’s future.We present a 60 year-old man who underwent MPI to evaluate coronary artery disease as the possible cause of his chest discomfort. The images revealed a large area of intense increased tracer uptake in the antero- inferior mediastinum that further evaluation confirmed to be a benign thymoma