Liver Trapping of (99m)Tc Macroaggregated Albumin During Ventilation/Perfusion Scintigraphy in a Patient With Superior Vena Cava Stenosis as Demonstrated by SPECT/CT

Clin Nucl Med. 2015 Jul;40(7):e366-9. doi: 10.1097/RLU.0000000000000791.

Abstract

A 50-year-old woman presented to our institution with a 1-day history of right posterior thoracic pain and dyspnea. She had a previous history of conservative resection of a high-grade basal-like infiltrating ductal carcinoma of the right breast 2 years before, subsequently treated by chemotherapy and radiotherapy. A ventilation and perfusion (VQ) scintigraphy performed for suspected pulmonary embolism showed an abnormal deposition of (99m)Tc macroaggregated albumin ((99m)Tc-MAA) in the left lobe of the liver. This unusual finding prompted additional imaging that demonstrated a superior vena cava stenosis.

Publication types

  • Case Reports

MeSH terms

  • Constriction, Pathologic / diagnostic imaging*
  • Female
  • Humans
  • Liver / diagnostic imaging*
  • Middle Aged
  • Multimodal Imaging
  • Perfusion Imaging*
  • Radiopharmaceuticals / pharmacokinetics*
  • Technetium Tc 99m Aggregated Albumin / pharmacokinetics*
  • Tomography, Emission-Computed, Single-Photon*
  • Tomography, X-Ray Computed*
  • Vena Cava, Superior / diagnostic imaging*
  • Vena Cava, Superior / pathology

Substances

  • Radiopharmaceuticals
  • Technetium Tc 99m Aggregated Albumin