Differential diagnosis of idiopathic fibrosis from malignant lymphadenopathy with PET and F-18 fluorodeoxyglucose.

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：PURPOSE:PET is a useful tool for detecting the presence and extent of brain tau accumulation. However, most first-generation tau PET tracers are limited for high off-target binding and detection of tau in non-Alzheimer disease (AD). This study evaluated potential clinical applications of F-PI-2620 as a novel PET tracer...

journal_title：Clinical nuclear medicine

authors： Oh M,Oh SJ,Lee SJ,Oh JS,Roh JH,Chung SJ,Lee JH,Lee CS,Kim JS

更新日期：2020-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：INTRODUCTION:I-FP-CIT SPECT is increasingly used to differentiate between Alzheimer's dementia (AD) and dementia with Lewy bodies (DLB). The role of I-FP-CIT SPECT in frontotemporal dementia (FTD) is rather unclear, albeit nigrostriatal involvement may occur. The aim of this study was to evaluate its role in the differ...

journal_title：Clinical nuclear medicine

authors： Spehl TS,Frings L,Hellwig S,Weiller C,Hüll M,Meyer PT,Amtage F

更新日期：2015-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Nine patients with thyroid cancer were treated with reserpine in an attempt to reduce radiation exposure to the salivary glands from 100-150 mCi doses of I-131 therapy to thyroid remnants or metastases. Three control patients were not treated with reserpine but did receive 100-150 mCi of I-131. Parotid/background rati...

journal_title：Clinical nuclear medicine

authors： Levy HA,Park CH

更新日期：1987-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Abnormal accumulation of Tc-99m MDP in the lungs and stomach was observed in a patient with multiple myeloma and refractory hypercalcemia. There was no roentgenographic evidence of calcification. At postmortem examination, the presence of amyloid deposits was confirmed in both organs, while the corresponding metastati...

journal_title：Clinical nuclear medicine

authors： Kanoh T,Uchino H,Yamamoto I,Torizuka K

更新日期：1986-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Thoracic pain is an entity that can be difficult to diagnose etiologically. Once the cardiac origin has been ruled out, the rheumatologic, neoplastic, and infectious causes have to be taken into account. We present the case of a patient with atypical chest pain after triple-bypass surgery in whom F-FDG PET/CT scan sho...

journal_title：Clinical nuclear medicine

authors： Oliván-Sasot P,Martínez-Sanchis B,Sánchez-Vañó R,Yepes-Agudelo AM,Bello-Arques P

更新日期：2018-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A 20-year-old man with gastrointestinal symptoms and weight loss underwent FDG PET/CT, which revealed multiple hypermetabolic hepatic lesions concerning for metastatic liver disease. The outcome of liver biopsy was consistent with the diagnosis of peliosis hepatis which is a rare benign disease characterized by multip...

journal_title：Clinical nuclear medicine

authors： Levin D,Hod N,Anconina R,Ezroh Kazap D,Shaco-Levy R,Lantsberg S

更新日期：2018-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:The purpose of this study was to evaluate 2 different injection techniques for lymphoscintigraphy to determine the axillary sentinel lymph node (SLN) in patients with breast cancer. METHODS:Thirty-six patients with early breast cancer were studied prospectively. Both peritumoral (PT) and subdermal (SD) injecti...

journal_title：Clinical nuclear medicine

authors： Eroglu A,Mudun A,Berberoglu K,Asoglu O,Ozmen V,Muslumanoglu M,Bozfakioglu Y,Yavuz E,Tuzlali S,Cantez S

更新日期：2004-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Erlotinib is a reversible epidermal growth factor receptor tyrosine kinase inhibitor used to treat advanced non-small cell lung carcinoma patients who have shown progression on at least 1 prior chemotherapy regimen. Most of the patients on erlotinib show cutaneous adverse effects. We report the 18F-FDG PET/CT findings...

journal_title：Clinical nuclear medicine

authors： Kumar K,Singh H,Gupta RK,Bal C,Kumar R

更新日期：2015-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:We aim to retrospectively evaluate the impact of hormone therapy (HT) on FDG avidity of metastatic lesions in patients with breast cancer (BC) undergoing PET/CT. PATIENTS AND METHODS:Three hundred eight patients with BC were scanned with PET/CT at 2 Italian institutions (mean time from diagnosis 4 yrs, rang...

journal_title：Clinical nuclear medicine

authors： Evangelista L,Redana S,Racca M,Geuna E,Vinante L,Zago G,De Carolis V,Ghiotto C,Saladini G,Varetto T

更新日期：2014-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The liver was not visualized by In-111 WBC scan in a patient with alcoholic liver disease. The liver was visualized on repeat scan when liver function had improved. ...

journal_title：Clinical nuclear medicine

authors： Segall GM,Goodwin DA

更新日期：1986-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:There are approximately 32,000 new cases of thyroid carcinoma annually in the United States. F-18 FDG PET/CT has an established role in cancer management, including thyroid cancer, usually in patients who are thyroglobulin (Tg) positive/iodine negative. We reviewed our experience with F-18 FDG PET/CT in thyroid...

journal_title：Clinical nuclear medicine

authors： Iagaru A,Kalinyak JE,McDougall IR

更新日期：2007-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Eleven patients, each with a painful solitary cold nodule of the thyroid were evaluated. All patients had subacute thyroiditis associated with neck pain and tenderness. Despite elevated sedimentation rate and increased thyroglobulin levels, nine of the patients were euthyroid, and I-131 uptake was normal in six. In al...

journal_title：Clinical nuclear medicine

authors： Hardoff R,Baron E,Sheinfeld M,Luboshitsky R

更新日期：1995-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A rare kind of obstructive jaundice caused by compression on the common bile duct due to an inflated Foley catheter balloon placed in the duodenum after Suguira surgery for bleeding esophageal vesicles secondary to portal hypertension is presented. After deflating the balloon, the obstruction was relieved. Tc-99m HIDA...

journal_title：Clinical nuclear medicine

authors： Abu Zidan FM,Kumar MS,Hassan IM,Samhan M,Dadah S

更新日期：1991-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Myocardial perfusion imaging with Tc-99m carbomethoxyisopropylisonitrile (CPI) was compared with Tl-201 imaging in 22 patients who were assessed for coronary artery disease. There was agreement between Tc-99m CPI and Tl-201 imaging for detecting segmental myocardial ischemia and fixed defects in 185/198 (93%) of left ...

journal_title：Clinical nuclear medicine

authors： Sia ST,Holman BL,Campbell S,Lister-James J,English RJ,Kronauge JF,Davison A,Jones AG

更新日期：1987-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Cardiac involvement is rare in neurofibromatosis 1 (NF 1). Very few cases of cardiac masses in this entity have been documented in the world literature. We present the F-FDG PET/CT findings in a rare case of cardiac plexiform neurofibromatosis. ...

journal_title：Clinical nuclear medicine

authors： D'souza MM,Sondhi P,D'souza P,Sharma R,Jaimini A,Pandey S,Mondal A,Tripathi RP

更新日期：2015-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Positive gastric mucosa Meckel diverticulum generally shows nonmoving activity in the right abdomen, which appears early in the study at about the same time of the appearance of the stomach. However, a stoma from ileostomy can result in similar findings on dynamic images. The difference between a true Meckel diverticu...

journal_title：Clinical nuclear medicine

authors： Wen Z,Salerno L,Zhuang H

更新日期：2019-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:C-methionine (MET) positron emission tomography (PET) is more sensitive than F-fluorodeoxyglucose (FDG)-PET for detecting myeloma lesion. Many clinical studies support this evidence mainly for multiple myeloma cases of IgG or IgA subtypes. However, this is not confirmed for low monoclonal protein-producing myelomas, s...

journal_title：Clinical nuclear medicine

authors： Imataki O,Uchida S,Yokokura S,Uemura M,Kadowaki N

更新日期：2017-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：UNLABELLED:Fluorine-18 fluoro-2-deoxy-D-glucose (FDG) uptake in brown adipose tissue (BAT) may generate FDG-PET scan misinterpretation. Recent studies have shown reduced FDG uptake in BAT in rats treated with high doses of the beta-blocker propranolol. The aim of this observational study was to present a cohort of pati...

journal_title：Clinical nuclear medicine

authors： Parysow O,Mollerach AM,Jager V,Racioppi S,San Roman J,Gerbaudo VH

更新日期：2007-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A case of a 23-year-old man with an encapsulated, anaerobic splenic abscess is reported. Both the In-111 leukocyte and Tc-99m sulfur colloid scans demonstrated an intrasplenic defect. The Ga-67 citrate scan revealed uptake in the rim of the abscess only where the abscess cavity was relatively photon-deficient. The com...

journal_title：Clinical nuclear medicine

authors： Ammann W,Chiu BK,Wright JM

更新日期：1986-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Stress fractures of the upper extremities are uncommon but can be a serious source of morbidity if not correctly diagnosed. We present a rare case of a 49-year-old female typist, who reported a 4-month history of a pain located in the region of the left lower ulnar epiphysis and extended to the left portion of the wri...

journal_title：Clinical nuclear medicine

authors： Georgoulias P,Demakopoulos N,Fezoulidis I

更新日期：2005-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Three cases of sickle cell disease associated with functional asplenia are described. The spleen was not visualized on routine Tc-99m-sulfur colloid scan. The bone scan performed with Tc-99m-phosphate compounds revealed abnormal splenic activity in all three cases. The previous case reports and the literature on this ...

journal_title：Clinical nuclear medicine

authors： Dhekne RD

更新日期：1981-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The authors present a case that demonstrates the continued high sensitivity of Tc-99m SC liver-spleen imaging for thoracic splenosis. A patient with profound weight loss, positive PPD and left upper lobe lung density on a chest radiograph was felt to have a strong clinical suspicion of a malignant pulmonary lesion. Tw...

journal_title：Clinical nuclear medicine

authors： Hardin VM,Morgan ME

更新日期：1994-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：AIM:The purpose of the current study was to conduct a systematic review and meta-analysis of the published literature to evaluate the diagnostic accuracy of FDG PET or PET/CT for intramedullary and extramedullary lesions in multiple myeloma. METHODS:The authors conducted a systematic MEDLINE search of published articl...

journal_title：Clinical nuclear medicine

authors： Lu YY,Chen JH,Lin WY,Liang JA,Wang HY,Tsai SC,Kao CH

更新日期：2012-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:Sentinel lymph node biopsy (SLNB) has been described as a minimally invasive method for lymph node staging in patients with a penile carcinoma and nonpalpable inguinal nodes in national and international guidelines of involved professional societies. However, this method is rarely used. The aim of this study wa...

journal_title：Clinical nuclear medicine

authors： Lützen U,Zuhayra M,Marx M,Zhao Y,Knüpfer S,Colberg C,Jünemann KP,Naumann CM

更新日期：2016-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A 40-year-old man was examined because he was a potential "healthy" renal donor. However, the routine work-up before surgery revealed hypertension, although there was no family history of this condition. The patient was examined to exclude secondary causes of hypertension. Tc-99m glucoheptonate renal imaging showed ne...

journal_title：Clinical nuclear medicine

authors： Kumar R,Gupta R,Reddy SN,Malhotra A

更新日期：2000-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Pheochromocytomas/paragangliomas (PGLs) are rare tumors and mostly benign. We report on a 32-year-old woman with metastatic PGL who was first diagnosed with an abdominal PGL at the age of 12 years. She soon developed metastatic disease and received several treatments including external beam radiation and chemotherapy....

journal_title：Clinical nuclear medicine

authors： Janssen I,Xekouki P,Nambuba J,Chen CC,Herscovitch P,Millo CM,Schrump DS,Pacak K

更新日期：2016-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A 19-year-old male military recruit presented with 3 weeks of persistent left hip and groin pain after abnormally twisting his hip during a hike. Initial radiographs were interpreted as negative. He subsequently underwent a bone scan which revealed linear left sacral uptake along or paralleling the sacroiliac joint. D...

journal_title：Clinical nuclear medicine

authors： Burgess MD,Johnston MJ,Silverman ED

更新日期：2017-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:An unusual phenomenon during lung scintigraphy is presented. Besides visualization of the lungs, accumulation of Tc-99m macroaggregated albumin (MAA) was seen in a small part of the liver and in and around several thoracic vertebrae. Contrast-enhanced radiographic computed tomography revealed extensive collateral path...

journal_title：Clinical nuclear medicine

authors： Esser JP,Oei HY,de Bruin HG,Krenning EP

更新日期：2004-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Hepatic epithelioid angiomyolipoma (AML) is rare. Although generally epithelioid AML shows benign biological behavior, it can occasionally have malignant potential. In this study, we report a case of 2 hepatic epithelioid AMLs with different F-FDG uptake; one is intensely FDG avid, and the other is non-FDG avid. ...

journal_title：Clinical nuclear medicine

authors： Zhang Y,Li B,Hou J,Yu H,Shi H

更新日期：2018-06-01 00:00:00