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20-10-2020 | Coronavirus | IMAGES THAT TEACH

Extra-cardiac multifocal lung uptake of 99mTc-sestamibi in myocardial perfusion imaging: An asymptomatic case with coronavirus infection features

Authors: Hadi Malek, MD, Mehdi Maghsudi, MD, Nahid Yaghoobi, MD

Published in: Journal of Nuclear Cardiology | Issue 3/2022

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Incidental abnormal non-cardiac findings are not uncommon in single photon emission computed tomography (SPECT) myocardial perfusion imaging (MPI).1 Thorough inspection of rotating raw and reconstructed images may not only lead to discovery of important non-cardiac disorder but also provide a hint of coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) during its outbreak.2 We report a challenging finding of multifocal pulmonary uptake in an asymptomatic patient with typical features of pulmonary involvement with COVID-19 infection, incidentally noticed in SPECT MPI. …
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Title
Extra-cardiac multifocal lung uptake of 99mTc-sestamibi in myocardial perfusion imaging: An asymptomatic case with coronavirus infection features
Authors
Hadi Malek, MD
Mehdi Maghsudi, MD
Nahid Yaghoobi, MD
Publication date
20-10-2020
Publisher
Springer International Publishing
Published in
Journal of Nuclear Cardiology / Issue 3/2022
Print ISSN: 1071-3581
Electronic ISSN: 1532-6551
DOI
https://doi.org/10.1007/s12350-020-02393-w

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