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Published in: Journal of Nuclear Cardiology 4/2017

01-08-2017 | Images that Teach

Cardiac metastasis from lung cancer mimicking as perfusion defect on N-13 ammonia and FDG myocardial viability PET/CT scan

Authors: Dharmender Malik, DNB, Rajender Basher, MD, Shelvin Vadi, MBBS, Bhagwant Mittal, MD, DNB, Anish Bhattacharya, DNB, PhD

Published in: Journal of Nuclear Cardiology | Issue 4/2017

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Primary cardiac tumors are very rare (0.01-0.1% on autopsy), metastatic cardiac tumors range between 0.7-3.5% in general population and up to 9.1% in patients with known malignancies.1 Primary lung cancer is the most common cause (36-39%) of cardiac metastases, followed by breast cancer (10-12%) and hematologic malignancies (10-21%).2 We report a case of myocardial metastasis from lung cancer, which initially presented as a perfusion defect on rest N-13 ammonia perfusion and FDG metabolic myocardial (myocardial viability) PET-CT scan. …
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Title
Cardiac metastasis from lung cancer mimicking as perfusion defect on N-13 ammonia and FDG myocardial viability PET/CT scan
Authors
Dharmender Malik, DNB
Rajender Basher, MD
Shelvin Vadi, MBBS
Bhagwant Mittal, MD, DNB
Anish Bhattacharya, DNB, PhD
Publication date
01-08-2017
Publisher
Springer International Publishing
Published in
Journal of Nuclear Cardiology / Issue 4/2017
Print ISSN: 1071-3581
Electronic ISSN: 1532-6551
DOI
https://doi.org/10.1007/s12350-016-0609-x

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