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Cardiac imaging impaired by a silicone breast implant.

Publication ,  Journal Article
Meine, TJ; Patel, MR; Heitner, J; Fortin, TA; Pagnanelli, RA; Gehrig, TR; Kim, R; Borges-Neto, S
Published in: Clin Nucl Med
April 2005

The authors report a case of a left-sided silicone breast implant interfering with nuclear imaging of the myocardium. Cardiac SPECT imaging of a woman documented widespread infarct in the anterolateral, inferior, and posterolateral walls, as well as mixed ischemia/infarct in the anterior wall. Subsequent cardiac MRI revealed just anterolateral and inferolateral infarct. The anterior wall was completely viable. Also apparent on the MR images was a left breast implant overlying the anterior myocardial wall. This case of a left-sided silicone breast implant interfering with nuclear imaging of the myocardium highlights the importance of understanding the potential interference from silicone breast implants.

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Clin Nucl Med

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ISSN

0363-9762

Publication Date

April 2005

Volume

30

Issue

4

Start / End Page

262 / 264

Location

United States

Related Subject Headings

  • Silicones
  • Radionuclide Imaging
  • Nuclear Medicine & Medical Imaging
  • Myocardial Infarction
  • Magnetic Resonance Imaging
  • Humans
  • Heart
  • Foreign Bodies
  • Female
  • Diagnostic Errors
 

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Meine, T. J., Patel, M. R., Heitner, J., Fortin, T. A., Pagnanelli, R. A., Gehrig, T. R., … Borges-Neto, S. (2005). Cardiac imaging impaired by a silicone breast implant. Clin Nucl Med, 30(4), 262–264. https://doi.org/10.1097/01.rlu.0000156378.61359.bd
Meine, Trip J., Manesh R. Patel, John Heitner, Terry A. Fortin, Robert A. Pagnanelli, Thomas R. Gehrig, Raymond Kim, and Salvador Borges-Neto. “Cardiac imaging impaired by a silicone breast implant.Clin Nucl Med 30, no. 4 (April 2005): 262–64. https://doi.org/10.1097/01.rlu.0000156378.61359.bd.
Meine TJ, Patel MR, Heitner J, Fortin TA, Pagnanelli RA, Gehrig TR, et al. Cardiac imaging impaired by a silicone breast implant. Clin Nucl Med. 2005 Apr;30(4):262–4.
Meine, Trip J., et al. “Cardiac imaging impaired by a silicone breast implant.Clin Nucl Med, vol. 30, no. 4, Apr. 2005, pp. 262–64. Pubmed, doi:10.1097/01.rlu.0000156378.61359.bd.
Meine TJ, Patel MR, Heitner J, Fortin TA, Pagnanelli RA, Gehrig TR, Kim R, Borges-Neto S. Cardiac imaging impaired by a silicone breast implant. Clin Nucl Med. 2005 Apr;30(4):262–264.

Published In

Clin Nucl Med

DOI

ISSN

0363-9762

Publication Date

April 2005

Volume

30

Issue

4

Start / End Page

262 / 264

Location

United States

Related Subject Headings

  • Silicones
  • Radionuclide Imaging
  • Nuclear Medicine & Medical Imaging
  • Myocardial Infarction
  • Magnetic Resonance Imaging
  • Humans
  • Heart
  • Foreign Bodies
  • Female
  • Diagnostic Errors