Diseases (Basel, Switzerland)
Incidental Cardiac Uptake on 99mTc-HMDP Bone Scintigraphy in Oncology Patients: Two Cases of Transthyretin Amyloid Cardiomyopathy with Literature Review.
Naoya Matsuki, Toru Awaya, Jin Endo, Taeko Kunimasa, Tatsuya Gomi, Yasushi Okamoto, Hidehiko Hara
Published: 202610.3390/diseases14010023
Abstract
BACKGROUND: Bone scintigraphy using technetium-99m hydroxymethylene diphosphonate (99mTc-HMDP) is extensively employed to detect bone metastases. However, incidental myocardial uptake may indicate wild-type transthyretin amyloid cardiomyopathy (ATTRw…
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