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AFRICAN RESEARCH NEXUS
SHINING A SPOTLIGHT ON AFRICAN RESEARCH
medicine
Extracardiac mediastinal uptake incidentally seen during myocardial SPECT studies; are all neoplastic?
Egyptian Heart Journal, Volume 64, No. 2, Year 2012
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Incidentally seen non-cardiac findings during myocardial single photon emission computed tomography (SPECT) imaging are not uncommon. These findings may be an indirect but important indication for a variety of non-cardiac disorders that may occasionally mimic cardiac symptoms. Some of these disorders are gastric diseases, liver and gallbladder diseases, spleen disorders, sternal and vertebral pathologies, and pulmonary diseases. Many reports emphasized the value of reviewing raw data in the process of reporting SPECT studies, a rule that is easily forgotten by nuclear medicine specialists. This systematic way of reviewing raw data is not only used for quality control purposes, but also for better detection of non-cardiac incidental findings. © 2012 .
Authors & Co-Authors
Mandour Ali, Mohamed A.
Egypt, Cairo
Faculty of Medicine
Egypt, Cairo
Alfa Scan Radiology Center
Koura, Ibrahem M.
Egypt, Cairo
Faculty of Medicine
Egypt, Cairo
Alfa Scan Radiology Center
Sadek, Ayman A.
Egypt, Cairo
Faculty of Medicine
Egypt, Cairo
Alfa Scan Radiology Center
Khalil, Abdullah H.
Egypt, Cairo
Faculty of Medicine
Egypt, Cairo
Alfa Scan Radiology Center
Allam, Adel Hassan A.
Egypt, Cairo
Faculty of Medicine
Egypt, Cairo
Alfa Scan Radiology Center
Statistics
Citations: 5
Authors: 5
Affiliations: 2
Identifiers
Doi:
10.1016/j.ehj.2012.02.011
ISSN:
11102608
Research Areas
Cancer
Environmental
Health System And Policy
Noncommunicable Diseases