Indium-111-labelled antimyosin antibody imaging in a patient with cardiac sarcoidosis

Eur J Nucl Med. 1993 Jan;20(1):80-2. doi: 10.1007/BF02261250.

Abstract

The aetiology of cardiac dysfunction caused by sarcoid granulomatous inflammation may be difficult to clarify, and the potential of imaging methods is limited. We report on a patient who presented with acute biventricular decompensation. Pulmonary sarcoidosis was confirmed after hospitalization. Four weeks after the initiation of corticosteroid treatment, scintigraphy with indium-111-labelled antimyosin antibody Fab fragments (AMAB) revealed distinct activity accumulation in major parts of the left ventricular wall (heart-lung ratio: 1.6) 72 h following injection. There may be a role for AMAB scintigraphy in the early detection of cardiac sarcoidosis.

Publication types

  • Case Reports

MeSH terms

  • Adult
  • Antibodies, Monoclonal*
  • Cardiomyopathies / diagnostic imaging*
  • Heart / diagnostic imaging*
  • Humans
  • Indium Radioisotopes*
  • Male
  • Organometallic Compounds*
  • Radionuclide Imaging
  • Sarcoidosis / diagnostic imaging*

Substances

  • Antibodies, Monoclonal
  • Indium Radioisotopes
  • Organometallic Compounds
  • imciromab pentetate