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

Clin Nucl Med. 2017 May;42(5):e249-e250. doi: 10.1097/RLU.0000000000001588.

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 F-FDG focal uptake following the ingestion of a high-fat, low-carbohydrate preparation.

Publication types

  • Case Reports

MeSH terms

  • Aged
  • Carcinoma, Renal Cell / pathology
  • Fluorodeoxyglucose F18*
  • Heart Neoplasms / diagnostic imaging*
  • Heart Neoplasms / secondary
  • Humans
  • Kidney Neoplasms / pathology
  • Male
  • Positron-Emission Tomography*
  • Radiopharmaceuticals*

Substances

  • Radiopharmaceuticals
  • Fluorodeoxyglucose F18