Abstract
A 72-year-old woman had insidious onset of heart failure, and was diagnosed as multicentric Castleman's disease. She underwent myocardial imaging with technetium-99m tetrofosmin, 1-123 beta-methyl-iodophenyl pentadecanoic acid (BMIPP). Technetium-99m tetrofosmin studies showed almost normal uptake of the left ventricular myocardium indicating normal myocardial perfusion. 1-123 BMIPP showed reduced uptake in the apical segment of the myocardium, indicating regional fatty acid metabolic abnormalities.
MeSH terms
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Aged
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Castleman Disease / complications
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Castleman Disease / diagnostic imaging*
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Fatty Acids / metabolism
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Female
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Heart Failure / diagnostic imaging*
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Heart Failure / etiology
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Humans
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Iodobenzenes
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Metabolic Diseases / complications
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Metabolic Diseases / diagnostic imaging*
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Metabolic Diseases / metabolism
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Myocardium / metabolism
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Organophosphorus Compounds
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Organotechnetium Compounds
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Radiopharmaceuticals
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Technetium
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Tomography, Emission-Computed, Single-Photon / methods*
Substances
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Fatty Acids
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Iodobenzenes
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Organophosphorus Compounds
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Organotechnetium Compounds
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Radiopharmaceuticals
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iodofiltic acid
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technetium tc-99m tetrofosmin
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Technetium