Detection of Impending Pericardial Tamponade During Skeletal Imaging

Bone imaging using Tc–99m MDP was performed on a 68–year–old man with a newly diagnosed adenocarcinoma of the lung. The image unexpectedly showed increased activity in the heart area. Emergent echocardiography demonstrated impending pericardial tamponade. A malignant pericardial effusion was verifie...

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Published in:Clinical nuclear medicine 1989-07, Vol.14 (7), p.479-481
Main Authors: ENGELER, CLAUDIA M, DUCRET, RENÉ P, ULSTAD, VALERIE, MAHAN, MARK, KUNI, CHRISTOPHER C, BOUDREAU, ROBERT J
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Adenocarcinoma - complications
Adenocarcinoma - diagnostic imaging
Adenocarcinoma - secondary
Aged
Biological and medical sciences
Bone and Bones - diagnostic imaging
Cardiac Tamponade - diagnostic imaging
Cardiac Tamponade - etiology
Cardiology. Vascular system
Heart
Heart Neoplasms - complications
Heart Neoplasms - diagnostic imaging
Heart Neoplasms - secondary
Humans
Lung Neoplasms
Male
Medical sciences
Pericardial Effusion - diagnostic imaging
Pericardial Effusion - etiology
Radionuclide Imaging
Technetium Tc 99m Medronate
Tumors of the heart
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Summary:Bone imaging using Tc–99m MDP was performed on a 68–year–old man with a newly diagnosed adenocarcinoma of the lung. The image unexpectedly showed increased activity in the heart area. Emergent echocardiography demonstrated impending pericardial tamponade. A malignant pericardial effusion was verified by pericardiocentesis.
ISSN:0363-9762
1536-0229
DOI:10.1097/00003072-198907000-00002