International Heart Journal
Online ISSN : 1349-3299
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Case Reports
Pericardial Abscess Detected by Gallium-67 Scintigraphy 40 Years After Cardiac Surgery
Wataru MitsumaMasahiro ItoSatoru FujitaKeiichi TsuchidaMasashi TakahashiJunichi HayashiMakoto KodamaYoshifusa Aizawa
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2005 Volume 46 Issue 6 Pages 1119-1122

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A 45-year-old female who had cardiac surgery 40 years earlier was transferred to our hospital because of refractory fever. Echocardiography showed an intrapericardial mass. Gallium-67 (67Ga) scintigraphy revealed abnormal accumulation at the same site of the intrapericardial mass and thoracoscopy revealed that the mass was a pericardial abscess (PA). After surgical resection, drainage and antibiotic therapy, her fever subsided and the abnormal accumulation of 67Ga disappeared. This case showed a very rare clinical course of PA and the importance of 67Ga scintigraphy for its diagnosis.
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