Calcific constrictive pericarditis demonstrated on 99mTc-MDP bone scintigraphy

Authors

  • Natalie Burns
  • Jabi E. Shriki
  • Ali M. Farvid
  • Karim E. El-Sherief
  • Mark J. Cunningham
  • Patrick M. Colletti
  • Jerold S. Shinbane

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.3941/jrcr.v3i5.63

Keywords:

calcific constrictive pericarditis, constrictive pericarditis

Abstract

The authors present a case of calcific constrictive pericarditis, imaged with bone scintigraphy.  The patient presented with three months of shortness of breath, chest pain, and chest tightness during exercise, among other nonspecific symptoms.  Although the diagnosis was made based on chest radiography and cardiac MRI, bone scintigraphy was used to corroborate the diagnosis of calcific constrictive pericarditis.  Bone scintigraphy showed a pattern of tracer accumulation consistent with pericardial uptake.  Calcific constrictive pericarditis was also confirmed at the time of surgery.

Author Biographies

Natalie Burns

Medical Student

Keck School of Medicine

Jabi E. Shriki

Assistant Professor

Division of Cardiothoracic Imaging and Division of Body Imaging

USC Department of Radiology

Ali M. Farvid

Clinical Fellow

USC Department of Cardiology

Karim E. El-Sherief

Resident

USC Department of Internal Medicine

Mark J. Cunningham

Assistant Professor,

Department of Cardiothoracic Surgery

Patrick M. Colletti

Associate Professor

USC Department of Radiology

 

Jerold S. Shinbane

Associate Professor

USC Department of Cardiology

McKusick-Kaufman Syndrome: Atretic Upper Vaginal Pouch; an Unusual Urogenital MR Finding

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Published

2009-05-03

Issue

Vol. 3 No. 5 (2009)

Section

Cardiac Imaging

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