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Abnormal Tl-201 myocardial scintigraphy associated with administration of sodium aurothiomalate.

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Allman, KC; Petry, N; Shapiro, B
Published in: Clin Nucl Med
July 1997

A patient with strikingly reduced Tl-201 myocardial retention after intramuscular administration of gold therapy (sodium aurothiomalate) is described. Following a routine Bruce protocol exercise test, postexercise scintigraphy was normal; an abnormal scan of the thorax was obtained on delayed imaging at 3 hours. This scan showed no demonstrable myocardial retention of tracer. In between the two acquisitions, the patient received 50 mg intramuscular sodium aurothiomalate for rheumatoid arthritis. A repeat scan obtained 3 days later showed a normal myocardial scintigram. It is recommended that patients receiving intramuscular gold therapy should not undergo such treatment close to the timing of Tl-201 myocardial scans.

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Clin Nucl Med

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ISSN

0363-9762

Publication Date

July 1997

Volume

22

Issue

7

Start / End Page

479 / 480

Location

United States

Related Subject Headings

  • Thallium Radioisotopes
  • Radionuclide Imaging
  • Nuclear Medicine & Medical Imaging
  • Middle Aged
  • Male
  • Humans
  • Heart
  • Gold Sodium Thiomalate
  • Antirheumatic Agents
  • 3202 Clinical sciences
 

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Allman, K. C., Petry, N., & Shapiro, B. (1997). Abnormal Tl-201 myocardial scintigraphy associated with administration of sodium aurothiomalate. Clin Nucl Med, 22(7), 479–480. https://doi.org/10.1097/00003072-199707000-00007
Allman, K. C., N. Petry, and B. Shapiro. “Abnormal Tl-201 myocardial scintigraphy associated with administration of sodium aurothiomalate.Clin Nucl Med 22, no. 7 (July 1997): 479–80. https://doi.org/10.1097/00003072-199707000-00007.
Allman KC, Petry N, Shapiro B. Abnormal Tl-201 myocardial scintigraphy associated with administration of sodium aurothiomalate. Clin Nucl Med. 1997 Jul;22(7):479–80.
Allman, K. C., et al. “Abnormal Tl-201 myocardial scintigraphy associated with administration of sodium aurothiomalate.Clin Nucl Med, vol. 22, no. 7, July 1997, pp. 479–80. Pubmed, doi:10.1097/00003072-199707000-00007.
Allman KC, Petry N, Shapiro B. Abnormal Tl-201 myocardial scintigraphy associated with administration of sodium aurothiomalate. Clin Nucl Med. 1997 Jul;22(7):479–480.

Published In

Clin Nucl Med

DOI

ISSN

0363-9762

Publication Date

July 1997

Volume

22

Issue

7

Start / End Page

479 / 480

Location

United States

Related Subject Headings

  • Thallium Radioisotopes
  • Radionuclide Imaging
  • Nuclear Medicine & Medical Imaging
  • Middle Aged
  • Male
  • Humans
  • Heart
  • Gold Sodium Thiomalate
  • Antirheumatic Agents
  • 3202 Clinical sciences