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CC BY-NC-ND 4.0 · World J Nucl Med 2021; 20(01): 105-108
DOI: 10.4103/wjnm.WJNM_35_20
Case Report

Breast uptake on a myocardial perfusion scan

Cristina Morales
1   Nuclear Medicine Division, Philippine Heart Center, Quezon City, Philippines
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Angelin Apostol
1   Nuclear Medicine Division, Philippine Heart Center, Quezon City, Philippines
2   Nuclear Medicine Section, Lung Center of the Philippines, Quezon City, Philippines
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Abstract

A 42-year-old female underwent a myocardial perfusion scan (MPS) for the evaluation of coronary artery disease. Raw and cine loop images hinted at abnormal tracer accumulation in the chest. Review of short-axis slices and low-dose computed tomography images taken for attenuation correction and their subsequent fusion confirmed the presence of focal tracer uptake localized to nodular breast masses. This case demonstrates that despite MPS not being optimized to detect breast pathologies, careful inspection of unprocessed images and the application of available software for fusion can help detect concurrent pathology.

Keywords

Breast - incidental findings - myocardial perfusion scan - technetium-99m sestamibi

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Publication History

Received: 07 May 2020

Accepted: 25 May 2020

Article published online:
30 March 2022

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