PT  - JOURNAL ARTICLE
AU  - Komal Bishnoi
AU  - Girish Kumar Parida
AU  - Ralph Emerson
AU  - Kanhaiyalal Agrawal
AU  - Amit Kumar Adhya
TI  - AN INCIDENTALLY DETECTED CASE OF ATYPICAL BRONCHIAL CARCINOID IN STRESS MYOCARDIAL PERFUSION SPECT/CT
AID  - 10.2967/jnmt.122.264507
DP  - 2022 Oct 01
TA  - Journal of Nuclear Medicine Technology
PG  - jnmt.122.264507
4099  - http://tech.snmjournals.org/content/early/2022/10/04/jnmt.122.264507.short
4100  - http://tech.snmjournals.org/content/early/2022/10/04/jnmt.122.264507.full
AB  - Myocardial perfusion imaging (MPI) is primarily done to look for stress induced perfusion defects in patients suspected of coronary artery disease. However, the rotating raw images can provide a significant information regarding surrounding structures. The lungs lie in close proximity to heart and any abnormality showing increased uptake can be seen on MPI. We report a case of 52-year-old man, with history of diabates for last 5 years, who presented to cardiac outpatient department (OPD) for occasional chest pain and dyspnea. Electrocardiogram (ECG) and echocardiography showed no significant abnormality. Patient was referred to nuclear medicine department for stress induced myocardial perfusion scintigraphy. The raw 99m-Tc sestamibi images were showing abnormal uptake in right lung hilar region which on subsequent investigations was diagnosed as a case of atypical bronchial carcinoid tumor.