RT Journal Article
SR Electronic
T1 Abnormal Biodistribution on <sup>99m</sup>Tc-Red Blood Cell–Labeled Multigated Acquisition in the Presence of Suspected Cold Agglutinin Disease
JF Journal of Nuclear Medicine Technology
JO J. Nucl. Med. Technol.
FD Society of Nuclear Medicine
SP 175
OP 176
DO 10.2967/jnmt.118.222182
VO 47
IS 2
A1 Robert Massey
A1 Jennifer S. Jurgens
YR 2019
UL http://tech.snmjournals.org/content/47/2/175.abstract
AB A 99mTc-red blood cell (RBC)–labeled multigated acquisition is a procedure in which the patient’s RBCs are radiolabeled and imaged with electrocardiography-gated cardiac scintigraphy to assess the heart’s pumping efficiency. Cold agglutinin disease, or cold antibody autoimmune hemolytic anemia, is a rare form of autoimmune hemolytic anemia in which the body’s immune system attacks and destroys its own RBCs. This case addresses an altered biodistribution pattern of radiolabeled RBCs in the presence of suspected cold agglutinin disease observed during a multigated acquisition.