Mismatch between radionuclide and contrast angiography in the assessment of the perfusion of a transplanted kidney.

abstract：:Relative spleen/liver activity ratio was determined from posterior projection images using a photodensitometric method. Ratios from scans of 22 patients with proven pancreatic carcinoma (12 from rectilinear scans and 10 from scintillation camera images) were determined and compared to studies from patients documented ...

journal_title：Clinical nuclear medicine

authors： Tatum JL,Burke TS,Fratkin MJ,Sharpe AR Jr,Goodrich JK

更新日期：1982-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A 66-year-old woman had fever, rash, and joint pain. Physical examination revealed multiple enlarged lymph nodes. A possibility of lymphoma was considered and FDG PET/CT was performed, which demonstrated elevated FDG activity not only in many lymph nodes but also in the spleen and liver. However, adult-onset Still dis...

journal_title：Clinical nuclear medicine

authors： Cai L,Chen Y,Huang Z

更新日期：2012-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:PET using the radiotracer (18)F-FDG is used for staging patients with esophageal cancer. Nonmalignant conditions, mainly inflammation and some benign tumors, however, can cloud the clinical picture by taking up FDG and producing a false-positive result. We report the case of a 46 year-old man with squamous cell carcin...

journal_title：Clinical nuclear medicine

authors： Bingham BA,Hatef DA,Chevez-Barrios P,Blackmon SH,Kim MP

更新日期：2013-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Brain death is the complete, irreversible cessation of brain function, including the capacity for brainstem, respiratory, and vegetative activities. It is a clinical diagnosis that can be supplemented with brain perfusion imaging. Absent cerebral blood flow can be visualized with CT angiography or perfusion scintigrap...

journal_title：Clinical nuclear medicine

authors： Pedersen MA,Jensen-Fangel S,Nielsen E,Borghammer P,Vendelbo MH

更新日期：2020-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Carcinoid is a subtype of neuroendocrine tumor, a rare group of tumors that are known to express somatostatin receptor 2. Ga-DOTATATE is a somatostatin analog that is specific for somatostatin receptor 2 and therefore allows visualization of neuroendocrine tumors. We present 2 cases of primary multifocal small bowel c...

journal_title：Clinical nuclear medicine

authors： Clark M,Nathan M,Broski SM

更新日期：2019-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:Tumor-induced osteomalacia (TIO) is rare paraneoplastic disorder generally caused by small benign neoplasm. Somatostatin receptor imaging has emerged as imaging of the choice in the localization of the causative tumors in new patients with clinical diagnosis of TIO. An accurate localization of the causative tum...

journal_title：Clinical nuclear medicine

authors： Shi X,Jing H,Li F,Zhao Y,Wang Z,Huo L

更新日期：2019-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The attendees at a meeting have different ways in which they get information and make decisions, different personal needs, and different ways in which they participate in groups. Some have counterproductive behaviors in committee meetings, such as attacking others, talking too long but not saying much, talking too lit...

journal_title：Clinical nuclear medicine

authors： Harolds JA

更新日期：2012-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Recent data suggest that diffuse gliomas carrying mutations in codon 34 of the H3 histone family 3A protein represent a very rare, distinct subgroup of IDH-wild type malignant astrocytic gliomas. However, characteristics detectable by MRI and F-FET PET in H3-G34-mutant gliomas are unknown. METHODS:We report...

journal_title：Clinical nuclear medicine

authors： Vettermann FJ,Felsberg J,Reifenberger G,Hasselblatt M,Forbrig R,Berding G,la Fougère C,Galldiks N,Schittenhelm J,Weis J,Albert NL,Schüller U

更新日期：2018-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Takayasu's disease (pulseless disease) is an uncommon chronic inflammatory disease primarily affecting the medium and large arteries, with a strong predilection for the aortic arch and its branches; hence, it sometimes is referred to as aortic arch syndrome. The etiology is unknown, although a systemic immunologic pro...

journal_title：Clinical nuclear medicine

authors： Balingit AG,Anderson JH

更新日期：1993-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A 56-year-old woman presented a history of left chest discomfort for 6 months. A prior CT revealed pericardial thickening, and malignancy cannot be excluded. For this reason, an FDG PET/CT scan was performed, which revealed abnormal activity inside the pericardium. The pathologic examination results after surgery demo...

journal_title：Clinical nuclear medicine

authors： Zhang G,Wang X,Yuan H,Zhang T

更新日期：2014-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:O-(2-fluoroethyl)-L-tyrosine (FET) PET/CT is a promising imaging modality for brain tumor imaging because of its reported high sensitivity for biologically active tumor tissue. We present a case of biopsy-proven neurosarcoidosis showing FET uptake. It is an important cause of false-positive uptake on FET PET/CT. ...

journal_title：Clinical nuclear medicine

authors： Chan M,Hsiao E

更新日期：2017-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Extraosseous Tc-MDP uptake on bone scans is frequently encountered and has a broad differential diagnosis. A small subset of such patients can present with intestinal Tc-MDP uptake. We present the case of a 35-year-old woman with status after right nephrectomy for renal cell carcinoma, being followed with bone scan fo...

journal_title：Clinical nuclear medicine

authors： Ng TSC,Sakellis CG,Jacene HA

更新日期：2019-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Ventriculoperitoneal shunt malfunction is common in patients after shunt surgery. Imaging is done to reveal the underlying cause and confirm the diagnosis. Shunt infection is one of the common causes of shunt malfunction. FDG PET CT is an accepted infection imaging tool and can be used to diagnose shunt infection accu...

journal_title：Clinical nuclear medicine

authors： Mathew B,Purandare NC,Agrawal A,Shah S,Puranik A,Rangarajan V

更新日期：2020-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A 55-year-old woman with a history of cervical carcinoma, status post hysterectomy and radiation therapy 8 years prior, presented worsening back pain for 9 months. The patient underwent a Tc-DTPA renal scan, which showed that a vertically linear tracer distribution was seen alongside the right ureter. Ureteroenteric f...

journal_title：Clinical nuclear medicine

authors： Hou X,Zhang W,Zhang Y

更新日期：2016-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Excessive alcohol ingestion is a recognized cause of reversible dilated cardiomyopathy. A case is reported of dilated cardiomyopathy associated with excessive alcohol consumption that was remarkable with respect to the rapidity and extent of normalization in left ventricular systolic function after cessation of alcoho...

journal_title：Clinical nuclear medicine

authors： Hicks RJ,Low RD,Arkles LB

更新日期：1993-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:To compare the accuracy of three camera-assisted methods for the measurement of Tc-99m mercaptoacetyltriglycine (MAG3) clearance. MATERIALS AND METHODS:MAG3 renal scintigraphy was performed in 21 adults with different degrees of renal function. Posterior views were obtained that included the heart and the kidn...

journal_title：Clinical nuclear medicine

authors： Bocher M,Shrem Y,Tappiser A,Klein M,Schechter D,Taylor A Jr,Chisin R

更新日期：2001-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:There have been numerous initiatives to improve quality and safety in surgery. Goal-directed fluid therapy and a quality bundle for emergency laparotomy surgery are two of them. The establishment of a Universal Protocol to prevent the wrong procedure, the wrong patient having a procedure, or the wrong site for a proce...

journal_title：Clinical nuclear medicine

authors： Harolds JA

更新日期：2017-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:Residual liver uptake at 15 minutes (RLU15), a new index for predicting residual liver function after excision of hepatocellular carcinoma, was evaluated using dynamic liver images and SPECT by Tc-99m DTPA galactosyl human serum albumin. MATERIALS AND METHODS:In 13 cases of hepatectomy, RLU15 was compared with...

journal_title：Clinical nuclear medicine

authors： Uetake M,Koizumi K,Yagawa A,Nogata H,Tezuka T,Kono H,Ozawa T,Kusano T,Miyabukuro M,Hosaka M

更新日期：1999-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:Considerable discrepancies are observed between clinical staging and pathological staging after surgical resection in patients with esophageal squamous cell carcinoma (ESCC). In this study, we examined the relationships between tumor SUVs on FDG PET/CT and aggressive pathological features in resected ESCC patie...

journal_title：Clinical nuclear medicine

authors： Lim CH,Park YJ,Shin M,Cho YS,Choi JY,Lee KH,Hyun SH

更新日期：2020-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A 52-year-old man with metastatic poorly differentiated bronchogenic carcinoma and serum calcium levels as high as 14.6 had intense Tc-99m MDP uptake found throughout the stomach wall on SPECT imaging. FDG uptake assessed by PET imaging was not elevated in the stomach, whereas multiple hyper-metabolic tumor foci could...

journal_title：Clinical nuclear medicine

authors： Meyer MA,McClaughry P

更新日期：1995-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Primary squamous cell carcinoma of the thyroid is rare. We present FDG PET/CT findings on 2 male patients with primary squamous cell carcinoma of the thyroid. Elevated FDG activity was visualized on primary thyroid tumor and metastatic lesions on both patients. ...

journal_title：Clinical nuclear medicine

authors： Cai L,Chen Y,Huang Z,Wu J

更新日期：2014-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The authors evaluated the clinical applications of Tc-99m methoxy isobutyl isonitrile (MIBI) in the simultaneous assessment of ventricular function and myocardial perfusion in patients with congenital heart disease. Global ventricular function was assessed by first-pass ECG gated study. Myocardial perfusion was evalua...

journal_title：Clinical nuclear medicine

authors： Imbriaco M,Cuocolo A,Pace L,Nicolai E,Nappi A,Celentano L,Palma G,Vosa C

更新日期：1994-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A 48-year-old woman presented with abdominal pain, and her initial investigations, which included an abdominal ultrasound and a pelvic MRI examination, revealed a dominant soft tissue mass abutting her left iliac bone, extensive pelvic adenopathy, and multiple osseous metastases. The findings were concerning for chond...

journal_title：Clinical nuclear medicine

authors： Li X,Liu S,Yao S,Wang M

更新日期：2015-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Poorly differentiated thyroid cancer is a rare thyroid cancer, accounts for approximately 5% of all thyroid cancer cases, and is associated with a poor prognosis. It commonly metastasizes to regional lymph nodes, lung, and bones. We present a patient with poorly differentiated thyroid cancer with unusual extensive spr...

journal_title：Clinical nuclear medicine

authors： Ma HY,Moadel R,Freeman LM

更新日期：2015-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A case is presented of an accessory spleen that was identified on nuclear scan at the time of diagnosis of splenic rupture. This information, proven by subsequent angiography, alerted the surgeons to the ease with which functional splenic tissue could be preserved in this patient. A sulfur colloid scan obtained post s...

journal_title：Clinical nuclear medicine

authors： Moallem AG,Khoury PT

更新日期：1982-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The regional cerebral blood flow in 31 patients was semiquantitatively measured with SPECT using N-isopropyl iodo-amphetamine (I-123 IMP). Of the 31 patients, 9 had Binswanger's disease (BD) (mean age: 64.2 years), 10 had Alzheimer's disease (AD) (mean age: 66.8 years), and 12 were neurologically normal (mean age: 67....

journal_title：Clinical nuclear medicine

authors： Kawabata K,Tachibana H,Sugita M,Fukuchi M

更新日期：1993-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Increased participation in sports by the general public has led to an increase in sports-induced injuries, including stress fractures, shin splints, arthritis, and a host of musculotendinous maladies. Bone scintigraphy with Tc-99m MDP has been used with increasing frequency in detecting stress fractures, but this stud...

journal_title：Clinical nuclear medicine

authors： Brill DR

更新日期：1983-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Hairy cell leukemia is a rare hematologic malignancy characterized by splenomegaly, pancytopenia, and susceptibility to infections. We report a case of a 66-year-old man, diagnosed with hairy cell leukemia, without severe cytopenias and splenomegaly, but with an extensive pathological retroperitoneal mass and infiltra...

journal_title：Clinical nuclear medicine

authors： Doma A,Škerget M,Žagar I

更新日期：2019-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:There are many causes of cerebrospinal (CSF) leaks. Most cases are secondary to blunt trauma and iatrogenic trauma caused by postoperative sequelae. Occasionally, CSF leakage may occur from nontraumatic or "spontaneous" causes, such as benign intracranial hypertension and "empty sella syndrome." Mass effect due to an ...

journal_title：Clinical nuclear medicine

authors： Ma HY,Sen P,Stein EG,Freeman LM

更新日期：2014-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The interview is usually a major determinant on whether or not a physician job applicant is hired. This article addresses a number of fine points for the interview not previously emphasized in this series of articles. For example, the job candidate needs to be careful that the questions he/she asks are not negative an...

journal_title：Clinical nuclear medicine

authors： Harolds J

更新日期：2014-10-01 00:00:00