Usefulness of PET/CT for detecting a second primary cancer after treatment for squamous cell carcinoma of the head and neck.

abstract：PURPOSE:To determine the yield and patterns of abnormalities noted by Tc-99m DMSA renal imaging in cases of first-time versus recurrent urinary tract infections (UTIs) in children. MATERIALS AND METHODS:We reviewed 101 Tc-99m DMSA studies performed for 52 first-time and 49 recurrent UTIs in 99 children during a period...

journal_title：Clinical nuclear medicine

authors： Loutfi I,Al-Zaabi K,Elgazzar AH

更新日期：1999-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:No study has analyzed a sizeable cohort that comprised solely peripheral T-cell lymphoma (PTCL) patients for the diagnostic and prognostic performance of F-FDG PET/CT for bone marrow (BM) involvement. This study aimed to investigate the utility of PET/CT for the identification of BM involvement and to explore i...

journal_title：Clinical nuclear medicine

authors： Abe Y,Kitadate A,Usui Y,Narita K,Kobayashi H,Miura D,Takeuchi M,Oʼuchi E,Oʼuchi T,Matsue K

更新日期：2019-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Gallium-67 distribution in normal patients is well known; it is also known that the concentration in some tissues may vary according to an individual physiologic stimulus. In this report, the case of a young woman is presented who was studied 15 days after a cesarean section and showed physiologic and pathologic Ga-67...

journal_title：Clinical nuclear medicine

authors： López OL,Maisano ER

更新日期：1984-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:This study aims to investigate the feasibility of using simultaneous breast MRI and PET to assess the synergy of MR pharmacokinetic and fluorine-18 fluorodeoxyglucose (F-FDG) uptake data to characterize tumor aggressiveness in terms of metastatic burden and Ki67 status. METHODS:Twelve consecutive patients unde...

journal_title：Clinical nuclear medicine

authors： Margolis NE,Moy L,Sigmund EE,Freed M,McKellop J,Melsaether AN,Kim SG

更新日期：2016-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A 70-year-old man underwent Tc-methylene diphosphonate scintigraphy for staging of adenocarcinoma prostate. Scintigraphy revealed diffuse increased tracer uptake in skeletal system along with faint renal visualization, a pattern compatible with metastatic superscan. The scintigraphy also revealed increased radiotracer...

journal_title：Clinical nuclear medicine

authors： Kulkarni M,Soni A,Shetkar S,Amer M,Mulavekar A,Joshi P

更新日期：2017-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We describe a unique case of an occult esophageal cancer patient without any significant symptomatology, which initially presented with a subcutaneous metastasis in the thigh. Eventually, FDG PET-CT unmasked the primary tumor of unknown origin. ...

journal_title：Clinical nuclear medicine

authors： Gemmel F,Roosjen H,van der Wijk P,Collins J

更新日期：2008-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Radionuclide scintigraphy is a safe and accurate means of detecting postoperative urologic complications in renal transplant recipients. Early identification of urinary leakage coupled with aggressive intervention significantly reduces the associated morbidity and mortality. Perivesical extravasate may be difficult to...

journal_title：Clinical nuclear medicine

authors： Bushnell DL,Wilson DG,Lieberman LM

更新日期：1984-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We describe a patient with labile hypertension and elevated metanephrines who underwent 123Iodine metaiodobenzylguanidine (MIBG) for the detection of a possible paraganglioma. The scan revealed markedly abnormal diffusely increased activity in the right renal parenchyma. A CT angiogram showed severe renal artery steno...

journal_title：Clinical nuclear medicine

authors： Jordan A,Seltzer M,Siegel A

更新日期：2014-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Stress-lymphoscintigraphy evaluates the effects of exercise on lymph drainage. Results may predict outcomes of complex physical therapy as a first-line lymphedema treatment. Microsurgical approaches are best in patients with lymphangectasia or dermal backflow. Lymphatic pathway mapping helps plan lympho-venous anastom...

journal_title：Clinical nuclear medicine

authors： Tartaglione G,Visconti G,Bartoletti R,Gentileschi S,Ieria FP,Colletti PM,Rubello D,Salgarello M

更新日期：2019-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A 69-year-old woman presented with cognitive impairment related to attentive, executive, and mnemonic functions; progressive worsening of walking, speaking, writing, and reading ability; and double sphincter incontinence. Leukoencephalopathy, cystic lesions, and calcifications, suspected for Labrune syndrome, were obs...

journal_title：Clinical nuclear medicine

authors： Cuzzocrea M,Florimonte L,Scola E,Benti R,Castellani M

更新日期：2020-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Intravenous leiomyomatosis is a life-threatening leiomyoma that grows into the extrauterine venous system. A high recurrence rate has been reported in reproductive-age women who undergo only tumor excision to preserve fertility. Precise diagnosis of tumor extension is essential to achieve complete resection. A 24-year...

journal_title：Clinical nuclear medicine

authors： Chino Y,Tsuyoshi H,Tsujikawa T,Okazawa H,Yoshida Y

更新日期：2017-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Determination of left ventricular function with tomographic radionuclide angiocardiography using a seven-pinhole collimator was evaluated by comparing results of invasive contrast studies and planar multigated blood pool imaging to the tomographic study of 25 patients. LAO, seven-pinhole multigated blood pool acquisit...

journal_title：Clinical nuclear medicine

authors： Myers RW,Bails RP,Reed VR,Price JM,Drasin E,Hill JD,Saphir JR

更新日期：1982-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The authors report a transient, unilateral reverse ventilation/perfusion (V/P) mismatch in a patient with squamous cell lung cancer. The right lung was well perfused but not ventilated (unilateral reverse V/P mismatch). However, lung imaging performed 3 days later demonstrated the absence of both perfusion and ventila...

journal_title：Clinical nuclear medicine

authors： Watanabe N,Hirano T,Inoue T,Matsumoto M,Oriuchi N,Tateno M,Matsumoto H,Nagamachi Y,Endo K

更新日期：1992-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Lipoid pneumonia is uncommon disease caused by presence of macroscopic fat in the lung parenchyma commonly originating from exogenous source secondary to aspiration or inhalation of animal fats or mineral or vegetable oils. Alternatively, it can be due to endogenous fat accumulated in the alveoli in the setting of chr...

journal_title：Clinical nuclear medicine

authors： Ansari-Gilani K,Faraji N,Gilkeson RC

更新日期：2018-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The normal scintigraphic features of 111In pentetreotide include uptake in the pituitary, thyroid, liver, spleen, kidneys, urinary bladder, gallbladder, and bowel. In premenopausal women, faint activity can be seen in the breasts. We present 2 cases of symmetrical, markedly increased mammary uptake. Our hypothesis to ...

journal_title：Clinical nuclear medicine

authors： Van Eeckhoudt SF,Teunissen JJ,Kwekkeboom DJ

更新日期：2012-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:Right bundle branch block (RBBB) is a conduction defect that often is accompanied by nonspecific patient symptoms. The objective of this study was to evaluate the false-positive results obtained with TI-201 myocardial SPECT in patients with RBBB. METHODS:Thirty-one patients (24 men, 7 women; age range, 35 to 7...

journal_title：Clinical nuclear medicine

authors： Küçük NO,Arican P,Ibiş E,Aras G,Berkalp B,Oral D,Kir KM

更新日期：2000-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Chronic subdural hematoma (SDH) is difficult to diagnose by clinical manifestations only. Nonspecific neurologic symptoms and signs may lead physicians to make other diagnoses. Although head trauma is the most common cause, it may be considered insignificant or omitted due to its minor initial manifestations. We prese...

journal_title：Clinical nuclear medicine

authors： Hsieh TC,Kao CH,Wu YC,Wang CH,Yen KY,Sun SS

更新日期：2009-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Bone scintigraphy is very sensitive in detecting metastases in an early stage, when changes in osteoblast function precede morphologic changes. In many oncologic situations, however, osteoarticular abnormal changes seen on the bone scan are not caused by tumor infiltration. They may be due to tumor associated conditio...

journal_title：Clinical nuclear medicine

authors： Stokkel MP,Valdés Olmos RA,Hoefnagel CA,Richel DJ

更新日期：1993-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:Insulinomas are predominantly benign neuroendocrine tumors originating from beta cells within the islets of Langerhans of the endocrine pancreas. Because surgical resection represents the only curative therapy option, exact tumor localization and discrimination of insulinomas from focal or diffuse manifestation...

journal_title：Clinical nuclear medicine

authors： Michalski K,Laubner K,Stoykow C,Omrane MA,Maecke HR,Seufert J,Goetz C,Meyer PT,Ruf J

更新日期：2020-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:The study aimed to investigate the value of clinical variables and rest gated single-photon emission computed tomography (SPECT) in predicting cardiac deaths in medically treated dilated cardiomyopathy (DCM) patients. METHODS:This is a retrospective study. Fifty-six consecutive hospitalized DCM patients who un...

journal_title：Clinical nuclear medicine

authors： Wang L,Yang MF,Cai M,Zhao SH,He ZX,Wang YT

更新日期：2013-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND AND PURPOSES:The aim of the study was to examine the patterns of lymph node metastases from esophageal squamous cell carcinoma (ESCC) and compare the laterality of lymphatic metastasis in cervical, supraclavicular, and paratracheal areas using F-FDG PET/CT. PATIENTS AND METHODS:The data of 75 patients who u...

journal_title：Clinical nuclear medicine

authors： Liu CJ,Cheng JC,Lee JM,Cheng MF,Tzen KY,Yen RF

更新日期：2015-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Cerebral autosomal dominant arteriopathy with subcortical infarcts and leukoencephalopathy (CADASIL) is a hereditary microangiopathy caused by mutations in the Notch3 gene located on chromosome 19, leading to 4 cardinal features with aura, cerebrovascular ischemic events, mood disturbances, and dementia. Acetazolamide...

journal_title：Clinical nuclear medicine

authors： Park SA,Yang CY,Choi SS,Kim WH

更新日期：2011-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Tc-99m pertechnetate is known for its uptake and excretion by the mammary gland. Generally, lactating women are not advised to have any radioisotopic studies. If it is necessary to have one, it is recommended that they do not breast-feed their children for at least 24 hours. Congenital absence of the mammary gland is ...

journal_title：Clinical nuclear medicine

authors： Halkar RK,Abdel-Dayem H,Jahan S,Sehweil A,Sayed M

更新日期：1985-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:To produce fluorodeoxyglucose (FDG) images with markers for normal organs and large blood vessels in patients with suspected lung cancer. METHODS:Dual isotope SPECT images were made using F-18 FDG- and Tc-99m-labeled autologous red cells. RESULTS:FDG-positive lesions are localized in relation to major structu...

journal_title：Clinical nuclear medicine

authors： Burt R

更新日期：1998-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In order to establish early and precise methods for evaluating the effect of secondary chemotherapy in patients with recurrent ovarian cancer, both the clinical course of 3 women treated with gemcitabine-based secondary chemotherapy and the potential for early and accurate evaluation of the secondary chemotherapeutic ...

journal_title：Clinical nuclear medicine

authors： Tsuyoshi H,Morishita F,Orisaka M,Okazawa H,Yoshida Y

更新日期：2013-07-01 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：:Infected aortic aneurysm is an uncommon life-threatening disease. A 68-year-old man had a history of type 2 diabetes mellitus and repeated urinary tract infections. He presented with fever, chills, low back pain, leukocytosis, and Salmonella group B bacteremia. For evaluation of suspected lumbar vertebral osteomyeliti...

journal_title：Clinical nuclear medicine

authors： Hsu CC,Huang YF,Chuang YW

更新日期：2008-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We report on an incidental detection of a meningioma on [F]-2'-fluoro-5-methyl-1-beta-D-arabinofuranosyluracil (F-FMAU) PET/CT scan that was performed during a prospective investigation of F-FMAU PET/CT for targeted biopsy of potential sites of tumor in men with suspected prostate cancer based on elevated prostate-spe...

journal_title：Clinical nuclear medicine

authors： Varghese B,Velez E,Desai B,Jadvar H

更新日期：2018-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Melorheostosis is a rare but benign disorder characterized by asymmetric osteosclerotic dysplasia. Radiographic appearances are characteristic and described as "melting wax flowing down a candle." This disorder may involve more than one bone contiguously across the joints following a sclerotomal distribution. It is of...

journal_title：Clinical nuclear medicine

authors： Sonoda LI,Halim MY,Balan KK

更新日期：2011-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:Fully automated synthesis of 11C-labeled 2β-carbomethoxy-3β-(4-fluorophenyl)tropane (11C CFT) as a dopamine transporter positron emission tomography (PET) tracer is performed with Sep-Pak purification, which cannot separate 11C CFT from nor-β-CFT and will result in the residual precursor nor-β-CFT in the final ...

journal_title：Clinical nuclear medicine

authors： Huang T,Wang H,Tang G,Liang X,Shi X,Zhang X

更新日期：2012-08-01 00:00:00