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Incidental detection of bronchial carcinoid on Tc-99m sestamibi SPECT/CT myocardial perfusion scintigraphy

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Technetium-99m sestamibi MPS is a commonly employed imaging study for myocardial perfusion; however, incidental extracardiac sestamibi uptake requires further evaluation, and the tracer uptake in the thorax/mediastinum may be pathological. The authors present a case of significant extra-cardiac uptake seen on stress MPS images helping in the incidental detection of bronchial carcinoid.

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  1. Department of Nuclear Medicine, Post Graduate Institute of Medical Education and Research, Chandigarh, India

    Dharmender Malik DNB, Apurva Sood MBBS, Madan Parmar MSc, Ashwani Sood DNB & Bhagwant Mittal MD, DNB

  2. Department of Histopathology, Post Graduate Institute of Medical Education and Research, Chandigarh, India

    Bishan Radotra MD, PhD

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Correspondence to Ashwani Sood DNB.

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Malik, D., Sood, A., Parmar, M. et al. Incidental detection of bronchial carcinoid on Tc-99m sestamibi SPECT/CT myocardial perfusion scintigraphy. J. Nucl. Cardiol. 24, 319–322 (2017). https://doi.org/10.1007/s12350-016-0449-8

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