PYROPHOSPHATE INFARCT SCAN

DATE: 4/14/2006

TECHNIQUE:  Images of the whole body with anterior and posterior views were obtained at least one hour following the intravenous injection of 11 millicuries of Technetium 99m Pyrophosphate.  Subsequently emission scan images of the whole body were obtained in anterior and posterior views.

RADIONUCLIDE DOSE: [10] mCi

CORRELATIVE STUDIES: None

COMPARISON: None

CLINICAL HISTORY: The patient is a […]-year-old [fe]male with acute peripheral arterial occlusion of bilateral lower extremities, referred to Nuclear Medicine for evaluation of rhabdomyolysis.

FINDINGS:

Large areas of diffusely increased tracer activity are noted in the muscles of proximal and distal left lower extremity and proximal right lower extremity.

Usual isotope uptake is seen throughout the bony thorax, and there are no abnormal areas of isotope uptake in skeletal system. There is normal tracer activity in both kidneys and in the urinary bladder.

IMPRESSION:

Large areas of increased tracer activity throughout the musculature of the left lower extremity and proximal right lower extremity is consistent with diagnosis of rhabdomyolysis.

Thank you for the opportunity to assist in the health care of this patient.

I, […], M.D., Ph.D., have reviewed this Nuclear Medicine study personally, and am in full agreement with the findings of the report presented here.