Spectral computed tomography as a novel diagnostic tool for mushroom poisoning–induced myocarditis: a case report
Haiyan Yang, Jinqiu Ruan, Saiyi Chen, Mei Su, Raheel Ahmed, ugur Canpolat, Alessandro Palmieri, Deepti Ranganathan · 2026
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Haiyan Yang and co-authors report a case where an advanced CT scan caught a rare cause of heart inflammation in a 2026 paper. A healthy 58-year-old man fell into heart failure with multi-organ trouble after eating a poisonous mushroom, Trogia venenata. Standard tests showed only mild heart damage, and ordinary scans of his heart arteries found no blockage.
Spectral CT, which reads tissue makeup as well as shape, told more. Its delayed-phase maps showed a raised share of fluid space in the heart muscle, a sign of diffuse injury that plain iodine maps missed. A later magnetic scan confirmed widespread inflammation of the heart muscle. The authors argue spectral CT can speed hard calls when magnetic scans are not at hand.
Catalog record
| CREATOR | Haiyan Yang, Jinqiu Ruan, Saiyi Chen, Mei Su, Raheel Ahmed, ugur Canpolat, Alessandro Palmieri, Deepti Ranganathan |
|---|---|
| YEAR | 2026 |
| COLLECTION | PAPERS |
| FORMAT | TXT |
| FILE SIZE | 15 KB |
| VERSION | 1.0 |
| LICENSE | CC BY 4.0 |
| RIGHTS | CC BY |
| SOURCE | Europe PMC |