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Detection of Mediastinitis After Heart Transplantation by Gallium-67 Scintigraphy

Servicio de Medicina Nuclear, Hospital Nacional "Marques de Valdecilla," Radiologia y Medicina Fisica, Faculty of Medicine, Santander, Spain

Correspondence: For reprints contact: Jose M. Carril, Servicio de Medicina Nuclear, Hospital Nacional "Marques de Valdecilla," 39008 Santander, Spain.

ABSTRACT

We report the findings of a patient with post-cardiac transplant mediastinitis detected by ⁶⁷Ga-citrate imaging. Fever and leukocytosis were the first clinical signs suggesting infection. The usual diagnostic modalities, including CT and ultrasound, failed to identify the site of infection. A ⁶⁷Ga scan showed intense abnormal uptake behind the sternum. The site of uptake was shown by necropsy to be necrotic tissue involving cardiac sutures, pulmonary arteries, and the aorta due to infection with Haemophilus aphrophilus.

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