MCQ : Nuclear-18
56 yo man, with dyspnoea on effort and vertigo.
Which is the best interpretation of these images?
A) Cardiac Amyloidosis
B) Cardiac Endocarditis
C) Cardiac Sarcoidosis
D) Normal scan
Right answer is: A) Cardiac Amyloidosis
This is a patient with aTTR cardiac amiloidosis (grade: Perugini 3).
In this patient, the tracer uptake is present in both left and right ventricles, as showed by the planar and spect images. This pattern indicates the presence of amiloyd deposition in the whole myocardium.
