Thallium-201 myocardial SPECT in a patient with mirror-image dextrocardia and left bundle branch block

Ann Nucl Med. 2003 Sep;17(6):503-6. doi: 10.1007/BF03006443.

Abstract

A 53-year-old male patient with a previous diagnosis of situs inversus with mirror-image dextrocardia underwent thallium-201 (Tl-201) stress-redistribution myocardial perfusion single photon emission computed tomography (SPECT). Electrocardiogram (ECG) obtained on right hemithorax revealed constant complete left bundle branch block. Tl-201 stress-redistribution SPECT images revealed abnormal perfusion with reversible ischemia in the anteroseptal, septal and inferoseptal walls. Coronary angiography performed 1 month after SPECT study was normal. This case illustrates that false positive reversible perfusion defects can be seen in patients with mirror-image dextrocardia associated with constant complete left bundle branch block. To our knowledge, this is the first reported case of mirror-image dextrocardia and constant complete left bundle branch block with false positive Tl-201 SPECT findings.

Publication types

  • Case Reports

MeSH terms

  • Bundle-Branch Block / complications
  • Bundle-Branch Block / diagnosis*
  • Bundle-Branch Block / diagnostic imaging
  • Coronary Artery Disease / complications
  • Coronary Artery Disease / diagnosis
  • Coronary Artery Disease / diagnostic imaging*
  • Dextrocardia / complications
  • Dextrocardia / diagnosis
  • Dextrocardia / diagnostic imaging*
  • Diagnosis, Differential
  • Electrocardiography
  • False Positive Reactions
  • Humans
  • Male
  • Middle Aged
  • Radiopharmaceuticals
  • Thallium*
  • Tomography, Emission-Computed, Single-Photon / methods*

Substances

  • Radiopharmaceuticals
  • thallium chloride
  • Thallium