Dual-time-point F-18 FDG PET/CT for evaluation of intrathoracic lymph nodes in patients with non-small cell lung cancer.

abstract：:A previously healthy 9-year-old boy presented to an outside hospital with a history of abdominal pain and vomiting. An abdominal x-ray was unremarkable. A CT of the abdomen and pelvis performed to evaluate possible obstruction after weight loss and vomiting over a 3-week period demonstrated a large retroperitoneal mas...

journal_title：Clinical nuclear medicine

authors： Kang HJ,Beylergil V,Price AP,Abramson SJ,Carrasquillo JA

更新日期：2014-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Plummer's disease (autonomous goiter) presents a spectrum of forms, raging from solitary autonomous thyroid nodules to numerous small autonomous areas, and from unequivocal to servere hyperthyroidism. Progression is often very slow, but data on long-term follow up are scare, contradictory and limited to solitary nodul...

journal_title：Clinical nuclear medicine

authors： Wiener JD,de Vries AA

更新日期：1979-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Pulmonary calcification can be detected easily using Tc-99m phosphate compounds. Lung uptake of Tc-99m bone imaging agents was observed in two patients after liver transplantation. Transient hypercalcemia due to calcium infusion during hepatic transplantation may be responsible for the pulmonary calcification. ...

journal_title：Clinical nuclear medicine

authors： Raisis IP,Park CH,Yang SL,Maddrey W

更新日期：1988-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Two cases with Ga-PSMA-avid prostate cancer recurrence in the vas deferens are presented. These cases highlight the clinical importance of imaging the pattern of local prostate cancer recurrence and the potential difficulties that arise due to the altered anatomy in the prostate bed after prostatectomy or radiotherapy...

journal_title：Clinical nuclear medicine

authors： Priftakis D,Afaq A,Bomanji J

更新日期：2020-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:Metabolic changes occur in the right ventricle (RV) under increased afterload in pulmonary arterial hypertension. FDG PET imaging has potential to assess RV function. In this study, we aimed to determine the prognostic value of metabolic changes of RV using FDG PET imaging in idiopathic pulmonary arterial hyper...

journal_title：Clinical nuclear medicine

authors： Li W,Wang L,Xiong CM,Yang T,Zhang Y,Gu Q,Yang Y,Ni XH,Liu ZH,Fang W,He JG

更新日期：2015-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A 24-year-old female gymnast had a 3-month history of bilateral forearm pain. A Tc-99m MDP bone scan demonstrated focally increased activity in the radial shafts on blood pool and delayed images, characteristic of fatigue fractures. Fatigue fractures commonly occur in the lower extremities. Upper extremity fatigue fra...

journal_title：Clinical nuclear medicine

authors： Ahluwalia R,Datz FL,Morton KA,Anderson CM,Whiting JH Jr

更新日期：1994-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Olivopontocerebellar atrophy is a rare neurodegenerative syndrome associated with 2 distinct disorders: multiple system atrophy and spinocerebellar ataxia. We present a case involving a 66-year-old man with adult-onset progressing cerebellar signs reflective of a cerebellar syndrome with no significant family history ...

journal_title：Clinical nuclear medicine

authors： Harfouch N,Finkelstein M,Sathe S,Raden M,Brenner AI

更新日期：2020-09-01 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：:The patient was a 57-year-old man with lung cancer. He was referred to nuclear medicine department for the evaluation of bone metastases. Bone scintigraphy was performed with 99mTc-labeled HDP. An abnormal photopenic area around the heart was seen on blood pool images. Delayed image of the thorax was normal. Chest x-r...

journal_title：Clinical nuclear medicine

authors： Unal K,Unlu M,Guner L

更新日期：2013-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Malignant melanoma is a relatively uncommon cancer of increasing incidence. The authors report on two cases of malignant melanoma lesions (primary and lymph node metastasis) imaged with Tc-99m MIBI. One patient revealed intense accumulation of the radiotracer in a primary skin lesion of the thorax, whereas the other p...

journal_title：Clinical nuclear medicine

authors： Alonso O,Martinez M,Lago G,Bazzano C,Saadoun A,Mut F,Delgado L,Espasandin J,Touya E

更新日期：1996-07-01 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：: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：:A 5-week old jaundiced female underwent hepatobiliary scintigraphy using technetium-99m disofenin. Early images suggested right-sided cardiac activity. A nearly symmetric, bilobed liver with left-sided predominance was discovered. No biliary ducts, gallbladder, or small bowel activity were demonstrated up to 24 hours ...

journal_title：Clinical nuclear medicine

authors： Sullivan RF,Madell SJ,Oates E,Sarno RC

更新日期：1987-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The Dandy-Walker syndrome (DWS) is a rare congenital posterior fossa malformation characterized by aplasia or hypoplasia of the cerebellar vermis, cystic dilatation of the fourth ventricle, and enlargement of the posterior fossa. We present a 52-year-old Caucasian man diagnosed with gastrointestinal stromal tumor and ...

journal_title：Clinical nuclear medicine

authors： Infante JR,Garcia L,Rayo JI,Serrano J,Dominguez ML,Moreno M

更新日期：2016-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:Primary hyperparathyroidism is a disease of uncertain etiology that results from hypersecretion of parathyroid hormone (PTH) by the parathyroid gland. In most institutions, the preferred imaging protocol utilizes a dual-phase technique with Tc-99m sestamibi which is reported to be more sensitive than earlier pr...

journal_title：Clinical nuclear medicine

authors： Klieger P,O'Mara R

更新日期：1998-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A 73-year-old man diagnosed with Merkel cell carcinoma of the left nasal ala was referred for preoperative scintigraphic sentinel lymph node mapping. In three separate foci around the lesion, 0.2 mCi of Tc-sulfur colloid was intradermally administered. Planar images demonstrated accumulation of tracer midway between t...

journal_title：Clinical nuclear medicine

authors： Bermo MS,Leung A,Behnia F

更新日期：2016-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A 42-year-old woman with multiple hepatic cysts associated with autosomal polycystic kidney disease was evaluated for abdominal discomfort and new liver test abnormalities following blind aspirations of her liver cysts. Tc-99m mebrofenin hepatobiliary imaging revealed a markedly enlarged liver with multiple photon def...

journal_title：Clinical nuclear medicine

authors： Salam M,Keeffe EB

更新日期：1989-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:An automated volume determination program using SPECT imaging with Tc-99m has been validated by both phantom and patient studies. Its use for monitoring change of function of the liver and change in tumor mass during different therapy regimes has been assessed. The technique is not restricted to the estimation of the ...

journal_title：Clinical nuclear medicine

authors： Kavanagh GJ,Kavanagh JT,Kavanagh PB,Irwin LE,Perkins AC,Swanson LA

更新日期：1990-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A 32-month-old female child with a history of stage IV favorable biology neuroblastoma with a 123-I MIBG (metaiodobenzylguanidine scan) avid adrenal mass, with retroperitoneal nodal extension and bony metastasis, was in complete remission after intense multimodal therapy. Seventeen months after diagnosis a surveillanc...

journal_title：Clinical nuclear medicine

authors： Schindler T,Yu C,Rossleigh M,Pereira J,Cohn R

更新日期：2010-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:Image quality (IQ) of PET in voluminous body regions can be limited, which impairs the assessment of small metastatic lesions. Time-of-flight (TOF) reconstruction algorithm may deliver an increase of spatial resolution. The purpose of this study was to evaluate the impact of TOF on IQ, lesion detection rate, le...

journal_title：Clinical nuclear medicine

authors： Hausmann D,Bittencourt LK,Attenberger UI,Sertdemir M,Weidner A,Büsing KA,Brade J,Wenz F,Schoenberg SO,Dinter DJ

更新日期：2014-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Twenty five In-111 oxine platelet imaging procedures were performed in 21 renal transplant patients to assess the value of this study for diagnosis of renal transplant rejection in recipients receiving cyclosporine (CYS) for immunosuppression. Fourteen biopsies were performed, and an extensive, in-depth review of the ...

journal_title：Clinical nuclear medicine

authors： Marcus CS,Koyle MA,Darcourt J,Vivian M

更新日期：1986-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Ga DOTATATE PET/CT in noninvasive characterization of synchronous pituitary neoplasm and meningioma in a 38-year-old man is illustrated. The patient presented with an MRI-detected lobulated enhancing sellar-suprasellar mass with erosion of bony sella measuring 4.5 × 3.5 × 3.4 cm (with differential diagnosis with germ ...

journal_title：Clinical nuclear medicine

authors： Basu S,Ranade R,Hazarika S

更新日期：2016-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:The present study aimed to better define the usefulness of F-FDG PET/CT in predicting pathological tumor response (PTR) and survival in patients with noncardia gastric cancer treated with preoperative chemotherapy. METHODS:Seventy-one patients were recruited in 6 Italian centers. The SUV of F-FDG PET/CT was...

journal_title：Clinical nuclear medicine

authors： Morgagni P,Bencivenga M,Colciago E,Tringali D,Giacopuzzi S,Framarini M,Saragoni L,Mura G,Graziosi L,Marino E,Fumagalli Romario U,Baiocchi G,Moretti A,Rossi V,Verlato G

更新日期：2020-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Gallium scan detection of various neoplasms is tabulated by anatomic and histologic categories. The experience with many neoplasms is sufficient to accurately predict the likelihood of detection with gallium. This tabulation helps to point out other areas where the cumulative experience is insufficient to accurately p...

journal_title：Clinical nuclear medicine

authors： Teates CD,Bray ST,Williamson BR

更新日期：1978-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Studies have suggested that Tc-99m white blood cell (WBC) imaging is superior to contrast radiology for assessing the extent and activity of inflammatory bowel disease (IBD). The Tc-99m WBC scan seems ideally suited to obtain, in only one examination, a precise temporal snapshot of the distribution and intensity of in...

journal_title：Clinical nuclear medicine

authors： Charron M

更新日期：2000-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A variety of sequelae of elevated calcium levels are encountered in patients with underlying primary hyperparathyroidism, including stone formation such as calculi in the urinary tract and sialoliths in the salivary glands and ducts. We present a case of a 54-year-old woman with fatigue, myalgia, and poor concentratio...

journal_title：Clinical nuclear medicine

authors： Pattanayak P,Santhanam P,Javadi MS,Solnes LB,Rowe SP

更新日期：2017-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:There are occasional reports of a hiatal hernia demonstrating thoracic uptake on I-131 scintigraphy. This is a cause of a potential false-positive appearance mimicking a pulmonary or mediastinal metastasis. Hiatal hernia is 1 of a number of causes of false-positive I-131 whole-body scans. Although previous case report...

journal_title：Clinical nuclear medicine

authors： Freeman M,Roach P,Robinson B,Shields M

更新日期：2003-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Thallium-201 uptake patterns in the orbits are not widely known. Diffuse, bilateral orbital localization of TI-201 chloride may be an incidental finding because of orbital muscle or other soft tissue uptake. Differences in orbital blood flow and soft tissue mass may be the cause of the varying uptake intensities in mo...

journal_title：Clinical nuclear medicine

authors： Durak H,Durak I,Derebek E,Kaynak S,Metin E,Ergin M

更新日期：1995-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A 29-year-old male presented with a 6-month history of left hip pain. Radiography and CT demonstrated a 6-cm lytic lesion of the left acetabulum. F-18 FDG PET for staging of the biopsy-proven malignant PEComa demonstrated intense hypermetabolism corresponding to the lytic left acetabulum. The patient underwent left he...

journal_title：Clinical nuclear medicine

authors： Rakheja R,Abikhzer G,Alabed YZ,Nahal A,Lisbona R

更新日期：2012-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A 67-year-old woman was referred for staging of a mucosa-associated lymphoid tumor lymphoma involving the left conjunctiva. CT scan had shown paravertebral and pelvic masses, and a breast nodule. FDG PET/CT demonstrated moderately increased uptake in the left ocular conjunctiva and confirmed the paravertebral and pelv...

journal_title：Clinical nuclear medicine

authors： Sallak A,Besson FL,Pomoni A,Christinat A,Adler M,Aegerter JP,Nguyen C,de Leval L,Frossard V,Prior JO

更新日期：2014-03-01 00:00:00