Discrepancy between Ga-67 citrate and F-18 fluorodeoxyglucose positron emission tomographic scans in pulmonary infection.

abstract：:Mesothelioma is a malignancy arising from the embryonic coelomic mesodermal lining forming the pleura, peritoneum, pericardium, and tunica vaginalis. It is mostly induced by exposure to asbestos. The author presents a 77-year-old woman with an atypical manifestation of epithelioid mesothelioma, which does not follow t...

journal_title：Clinical nuclear medicine

authors： Nguyen BD

更新日期：2014-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Numerous expected competencies of a chief nursing officer are outlined in this article including communication, ability to build relationships, expertise about the environment of healthcare and its future directions, leadership, expertise in business matters, combating bullying, encouraging shared decision making, and...

journal_title：Clinical nuclear medicine

authors： Harolds JA,Miller LB

更新日期：2020-08-11 00:00:00

abstract：:Three patients in whom Caroli's disease was diagnosed by cholangiographic methods were studied by scintigraphy with Tc-99m DISIDA. Cholescintigrams showed an intense concentration of the radionuclide in the form of round spots near the hepatic hilus in late images. In two patients with cholestasis, a delayed hepatic c...

journal_title：Clinical nuclear medicine

authors： Cabrera J,Quintero E,Bruguera M,Alarcó R,Lomeña F,Humbert P,de las Casas P,Rodés J

更新日期：1985-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Ga-DOTATATE imaging is commonly used for the detection of metastatic disease in neuroendocrine tumors. We present a case of a 69-year-old woman postsurgery for lung carcinoid tumor in which sequential follow-up Ga-DOTATATE PET/CT studies identified focal hepatic uptake that was presumed to represent a liver metastasis...

journal_title：Clinical nuclear medicine

authors： Hod N,Levin D,Anconina R,Taragin BH,Dudnik J,Lantsberg S

更新日期：2019-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A 72-year-old man underwent F-NaF PET/CT to evaluate causes of lower back pain. The PET images revealed multiple foci of increased activity in several vertebral bodies, which might account for the patient's symptoms. In addition, the CT image revealed partially calcified soft tissue mass in the posterior wall of the u...

journal_title：Clinical nuclear medicine

authors： Shao F,Zou Y,Cai L,Wang X,Chen Y

更新日期：2016-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A 5-year-old patient suffered Horner syndrome, which was caused by a neuroblastoma in the left apex of the lung shown on the initial I-MIBG scan. After the surgical resection and external radiation to the left lung field, a follow-up I-MIBG scan revealed significantly less MIBG activity in the left upper chest compare...

journal_title：Clinical nuclear medicine

authors： Bai X,Yang H,Zhuang H

更新日期：2015-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Acute suppurative thyroiditis is an uncommon condition. Most patients have preexisting oropharyngeal fistulae. Penetrating oropharyngeal injuries resulting from swallowed foreign bodies provide an acquired channel of infection spreading into the relatively resistant thyroid gland. The authors describe a patient with i...

journal_title：Clinical nuclear medicine

authors： Yung BC,Loke TK,Fan WC,Chan JC

更新日期：2000-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Quantitative perfusion scans were used to predict the proportion of pulmonary function lost by inclusion of lung in radiotherapy fields. Nineteen patients receiving radiotherapy for carcinoma of the lung had pulmonary function evaluated by forced expiratory volume at 1 second (FEV1) prior to and following radiotherapy...

journal_title：Clinical nuclear medicine

authors： Moldofsky PJ,Rubenstein JH,Richter MP,Solin LJ,Gatenby RA,Broder GJ

更新日期：1988-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:An 85-year-old man with a 2-year history of prostate cancer, treated with radiotherapy and hormonal therapy, presented increased prostatic-specific antigen levels. F-choline PET/CT showed focal prostatic uptake consistent with known local recurrence, increased uptake of 2 hypodense thyroid nodules and of 2 left cervic...

journal_title：Clinical nuclear medicine

authors： Vija Racaru L,Gabiache E,Fontaine S,DʼAure D,Mourey L,Courbon F,Zerdoud S

更新日期：2019-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Primary seminoma of the prostate is extremely rare. We describe a case of a 35-year-old man who presented with difficulty in urinating. Physical findings were unremarkable, but a rectal examination revealed a slightly hardened prostate with a nodule in the right lobe. Blood parameters were normal; however, blood chemi...

journal_title：Clinical nuclear medicine

authors： Hayasaka K,Koyama M,Fukui I

更新日期：2011-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Pituitary macroadenoma constitutes a frequently misdiagnosed benign tumor. We report herein a case where such macroadenoma, a prolactinoma, was incidentally discovered in a 63-year-old man who had been referred to F-FDG PET and F-FDOPA PET imaging for a pharmacoresistant epilepsy. An increased uptake was documented fo...

journal_title：Clinical nuclear medicine

authors： Ginet M,Cuny T,Schmitt E,Marie PY,Verger A

更新日期：2017-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:The initial or first clinical presentation of altered sensation of smell is directly linked to the degree of impaired sensitivity. We took the opportunity to examine normal and nonspecific MRI findings in 6 patients with known anosmia after traumatic brain injury with perfusion SPECT brain imaging. MATERIAL AN...

journal_title：Clinical nuclear medicine

authors： Mann NM,Vento JA

更新日期：2006-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:The aim of this study was to compare 99mTc-MDP bone scanning, 18F NaF PET/CT, 18F FDG PET/CT, and whole-body MRI (WBMRI) for detection of known osseous metastases. PATIENTS AND METHODS:This prospective pilot trial (September 2007-April 2009) enrolled 10 participants (5 men, 5 women, 47-81 years old) diagnose...

journal_title：Clinical nuclear medicine

authors： Iagaru A,Young P,Mittra E,Dick DW,Herfkens R,Gambhir SS

更新日期：2013-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A case of right ventricular aneurysm due to coronary artery disease in a 69-year-old male with no prior history of surgery or chest trauma is reported. The presence of the aneurysm was diagnosed by gated radionuclide angiography and confirmed by contrast angiography. This is the first description of an isolated right ...

journal_title：Clinical nuclear medicine

authors： Shaffer PB,Bashore TM,Noto AM,Diblasio G,Olsen JO,Schall SF

更新日期：1987-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:The authors obtained noninvasive quantitative measurements of regional cerebral blood flow using Tc-99m L,L-ethyl cysteinate dimer (Tc-99m ECD) SPECT to evaluate cerebral collateral circulation during balloon test occlusion (BTO) of the internal carotid artery and vertebral artery (VA). METHODS:Five cases asso...

journal_title：Clinical nuclear medicine

authors： Yamamoto Y,Nishiyama Y,Toyama Y,Satoh K,Irie K,Ohkawa M

更新日期：2002-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A 59-year-old female patient was hospitalized with anemia from recurrent gastrointestinal bleeding. Planar (99m)Tc-tagged red blood cell bleeding scan suggested an active site of low-rate hemorrhage in the left upper quadrant, but after 60 minutes it could not conclusively define the bleeding as originating in small v...

journal_title：Clinical nuclear medicine

authors： Bentley BS,Tulchinsky M

更新日期：2014-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Usefulness of N-isopropyl-p-I-123 iodoamphetamine (I-123 IMP) for the detection of malignant melanoma and malignant lymphoma is well known. The appropriate interval from administration until image acquisition is unusual because the accumulation mechanism is different. We present a case of choroidal melanoma of the rig...

journal_title：Clinical nuclear medicine

authors： Yoshimura M,Akata S,Saito K,Shindo H,Park J,Hirose H,Koizumi K,Goto H

更新日期：2007-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：UNLABELLED:This study evaluates the diagnostic utility of 3-phase bone scintigraphy for diagnosing osteoradionecrosis of the jaw (ORNJ). METHODS:Thirty-two consecutive patients with a history of radiation to the head and neck region (range, 62-70 Gy; mean, 68 Gy; median, 69 Gy) due to squamous cell cancer and suspecte...

journal_title：Clinical nuclear medicine

authors： Lapa C,Linz C,Bluemel C,Mottok A,Mueller-Richter U,Kuebler A,Schneider P,Czernin J,Buck AK,Herrmann K

更新日期：2014-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In a prospective study for evaluation of the use of a monoclonal antibody directed against melanoma in the staging of patients affected by malignant melanoma, we report monoclonal antibody uptake in a follicular thyroid adenoma. Computed tomography, ultrasonography, and pertechnetate scintigraphy did not provide a cer...

journal_title：Clinical nuclear medicine

authors： Feggi L,Prandini N,Pansini G,Virgili T,Indelli M,Virgili AR

更新日期：1991-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We report the case of a 45-year-old woman diagnosed with non-Hodgkin lymphoma. Six months after completion of R-CHOP, she relapsed, and 2 cycles of R-ESHAP were given, with a view to allograft transplant. One month later, F-FDG PET/CT revealed disease progression. Biopsy of lymph nodes showed reactive changes, without...

journal_title：Clinical nuclear medicine

authors： Skoura E,Ardeshna K,Halsey R,Wan S,Kayani I

更新日期：2016-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The goal of bleeding scintigraphy is to localize the site of origin of a hemorrhage to within general regions of the large or small bowel. Activity is typically seen to extravasate from the blood pool into the lumen, and the collection of activity then moves on sequential images, as a result of the cathartic action of...

journal_title：Clinical nuclear medicine

authors： Krynyckyi BR,Zuckier LS,Tatlidil R,Chen WT,Kim CK,Freeman LM

更新日期：2002-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:F-FDG PET/CT was performed on a 70-year-old man to stage the newly diagnosed multiple myeloma. A hypermetabolic lesion in the gallbladder fundus was revealed incidentally and suspected for gallbladder carcinoma, but was finally proven to be a cholesterol granuloma by the pathology of cholecystectomy. ...

journal_title：Clinical nuclear medicine

authors： Fu Z,Chen X,Yang X,Li Q

更新日期：2019-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A 75-year-old woman with a history of sarcoidosis presenting with low cardiac output and complete right bundle-branch block underwent 4'-[methyl-C]-thiothymidine (4DST) PET/CT after cardiac MRI and FDG PET/CT for the evaluation of suspected cardiac sarcoidosis (CS) before treatment. Cardiac MRI revealed late gadoliniu...

journal_title：Clinical nuclear medicine

authors： Hotta M,Minamimoto R,Kubota S,Awaya T,Hiroi Y

更新日期：2018-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:After a total or near total thyroidectomy and radioiodine ablation therapy for differential thyroid cancer (DTC), routine follow-up methods are (131)I or (131)I whole-body scanning (WBS) as well as serum thyroglobulin (Tg) and anti-thyroglobulin (anti-Tg) levels. We describe a case of a 41-year-old woman with follicul...

journal_title：Clinical nuclear medicine

authors： Aliyev A,Ylmaz S,Ozhan M,Asa S,Halac M

更新日期：2013-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Venous malformations of the parotid glands are uncommon and can be difficult to confirm on routine anatomical imaging alone because of overlap of imaging features with other more common parotid lesions. (99m)Tc RBC scans combined with SPECT/CT offer a noninvasive way to diagnose parotid venous malformations without th...

journal_title：Clinical nuclear medicine

authors： Patel R,Saad H,Srinivasan A,Brown RK

更新日期：2015-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:The aim of the present study was to evaluate whether computed tomography based-attenuation correction (CT-AC) provides any advantage over non-attenuation-corrected (NAC) images for qualitative and quantitative analysis of single photon emission tomography (SPECT) myocardial perfusion imaging (MPI). METHODS:W...

journal_title：Clinical nuclear medicine

authors： Sharma P,Patel CD,Karunanithi S,Maharjan S,Malhotra A

更新日期：2012-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Osteonecrosis and osteopenia are widely recognized skeletal complications of therapy in recipients of renal transplants. These conditions are often complicated by fractures, usually in the femora, pelvis or vertebrae. The authors describe two sedentary adult allograft recipients who presented with leg pain and in whom...

journal_title：Clinical nuclear medicine

authors： Larcos G,Gruenewald SM

更新日期：1994-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A 73-year-old man with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease and no known malignancies was evaluated for back pain. MR examination showed lumbar spine compression fractures, and an F-FDG PET/CT scan was requested to assess for skeletal metastatic disease and potential detection of a primary neoplasm. The PET/CT examin...

journal_title：Clinical nuclear medicine

authors： Sinha P,Sinha S,Schlehr E,Schlehr JM

更新日期：2020-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A case is reported in which a urinoma developed following a renal transplant. Dual isotope renography-cystography using Tc-99m DTPA and Ga-67 citrate revealed the diagnosis after ultrasonography and radiographic cystography were nondiagnostic. ...

journal_title：Clinical nuclear medicine

authors： Baker AL,Cowan RJ,Assimos DG

更新日期：1987-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Five pioneers had a huge impact on the quality movement in health care in the United States. Ernest Codman contributed in many ways, including his focus on outcome analysis. Avidis Donabedian is known for his focus on the 3 domains of structure, process, and outcome in health care. Walter Shewhart is known especially ...

journal_title：Clinical nuclear medicine

authors： Harolds J

更新日期：2015-08-01 00:00:00