Usefulness of 18F-FDG PET Associated With a High-Fat, Low-Carbohydrate Preparation for the Detection of a Myocardial-Embedded Metastasis. (May 2017)

• Record Type: Journal Article
• Authors: Djaileb, Loïc; Mandry, Damien; Riou, Laurent; Marie, Pierre-Yves; Verger, Antoine
• Is Part Of: Clinical nuclear medicine. Volume 42:Number 5(2017)
• Publication Date: 2017-05
• Subjects: 18F-FDG PET -- cardiac metastasis -- cardiac MRI -- high-fat and low-carbohydrate diet; Nuclear medicine -- Periodicals; Radioisotope scanning -- Periodicals; Nuclear Medicine -- Periodicals; 616.07575
• DOI: 10.1097/RLU.0000000000001588
• Languages: English
• ISSNs: 0363-9762

Abstract

Abstract : Abstract: The detection of left ventricle metastases is highly relevant because of the risk of severe adverse outcomes such as ventricular arrhythmia. We report herein the case of a 68-year-old man who presented with a ventricular tachycardia due to a myocardial metastasis from a renal cell carcinoma. The metastasis was embedded within the left ventricular lateral wall. It was identified on the basis of persistent 18 F-FDG focal uptake following the ingestion of a high-fat, low-carbohydrate preparation.