A unique finding on gallium-67 scintigraphy: widespread fatal skin manifestations of Pseudomonas sepsis.

abstract：PURPOSE:We investigated the value of early dynamic (ED) PET for the detection and characterization of bladder cancer. METHODS:Fifty-two bladder cancer patients were prospectively enrolled. The study protocol was composed of ED, whole-body (WB, 60 minutes after injection), and additional delayed (AD, 120 minutes after ...

journal_title：Clinical nuclear medicine

authors： Yoon HJ,Yoo J,Kim Y,Lee DH,Kim BS

更新日期：2017-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A 50-year-old man, who had diffuse large B-cell lymphoma in the neck and just finished 4 cycles of chemotherapy, presented to our department to evaluate the status of the disease. FDG PET/CT revealed a focally increased activity in the right lobe of the liver. However, pathological examination showed hepatocyte hydrop...

journal_title：Clinical nuclear medicine

authors： Zhao M,Zhang W

更新日期：2016-03-01 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：:A 5-year-old girl with fever and tenderness in her left wrist and right ankle was hospitalized. Bone scanning and Tc-99m labeled leukocyte imaging showed increased uptake in these joints and also in her left knee. These radionuclide methods helped determine the diagnosis and were superior to plain radiography and CT s...

journal_title：Clinical nuclear medicine

authors： Vorne M,Salo S,Anttolainen I,Peltola H,Mokka R

更新日期：1990-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Urinothorax or urothorax, the presence of urine in the pleural space, is a rare complication of percutaneous access to the kidney for the management of complex renal and proximal ureteral calculi and ureteropelvic junction obstruction. Other causes such as blunt renal trauma, ureteral instrumentation, or ureteral surg...

journal_title：Clinical nuclear medicine

authors： Agranovich S,Cherniavsky E,Tiktinsky E,Horne T,Lantsberg S

更新日期：2008-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A 15-year-old boy underwent hepatobiliary scintigraphy for suspected acute cholecystitis. The initial images revealed an activity in the neighborhood of normal gallbladder fossa, suggestive of possible activity in the gallbladder, which would be inconsistent with a diagnosis of acute cholecystitis. However, after drin...

journal_title：Clinical nuclear medicine

authors： Bai X,Wang X

更新日期：2018-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Single photon emission computed tomography of the brain with Tc-99m labeled hexamethylpropyleneamine oxime was used to evaluate a patient who suffered hypoxic cerebral injury. Hypoperfusion in the right parieto-occipital and left occipital regions was demonstrated on the SPECT images, while both the cranial CT and EEG...

journal_title：Clinical nuclear medicine

authors： Lee A,Mena IG,Miller B

更新日期：1989-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Reflex sympathetic dystrophy (RSD) usually follows traumatic injuries or neurologic disorders. The authors report a rare case of RSD that followed intraarterial administration of cocaine in a patient with a history of intravenous drug abuse. The cocaine was self-administered inadvertently into the femoral artery rathe...

journal_title：Clinical nuclear medicine

authors： Gay D,Singh A

更新日期：2000-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Four cases of ankylosing spondylitis are presented in which radionuclide bone studies indicated focal abnormalities of the spine. In three patients, the area of abnormal nuclide uptake corresponded to a site of pseudarthrosis, and in the fourth an acute fracture was present. As such focal lesions on bone scans are unu...

journal_title：Clinical nuclear medicine

authors： Resnick D,Williamson S,Alazraki N

更新日期：1981-05-01 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：:We report the case of a 27-year-old woman referred to our department for the characterization of a 7 × 6-cm left ischio-anal fossa mass by Ga-DOTATOC PET/CT. Several diagnoses were previously mentioned, in particular, myxoid sarcoma but also pelvic paraganglioma. Urinary methoxylated derivates and blood chromogranin A...

journal_title：Clinical nuclear medicine

authors： Thuillier P,Risson JR,Eusen Y,Uguen A,Abgral R

更新日期：2019-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Dementia with Lewy bodies (DLB) is the most common cause of dementia after Alzheimer disease. It is often underdiagnosed because of the overlapping with Alzheimer disease symptoms. We report the F-FDG and F-florbetapir dynamic PET images (early and delay phases) of an 83-year-old woman with cognitive impairment associ...

journal_title：Clinical nuclear medicine

authors： López-Mora DA,Camacho V,Lleó A,Fernández A,Carrió I

更新日期：2018-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Hippocampal damage has been linked to memory impairment. To clarify the relationship between decreased hippocampal blood flow and memory impairment in patients after cardiovascular surgery, the authors compared Tc-99m HMPAO SPECT findings and Mini Mental State Examination (MMSE) scores. Eight patients who had valve re...

journal_title：Clinical nuclear medicine

authors： Nishimura T,Fukuchi K,Hayashida K,Hirose Y,Iwamoto B

更新日期：1998-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Four patients with sternocostoclavicular hyperostosis showing characteristic abnormal uptake on bone imaging are described. Bone imaging was useful in the diagnosis of sternocostoclavicular hyperostosis. ...

journal_title：Clinical nuclear medicine

authors： Otsuka N,Fukunaga M,Sone T,Nagai K,Tomomitsu T,Yanagimoto S,Muranaka A,Ono S,Morita R

更新日期：1986-09-01 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：:When early complications occur after a kidney transplant, radionuclide angiography may be useful in determining a possible vascular origin. The authors describe the case of a patient with anuria continuing 24 hours after transplantation. Radionuclide angiography showed a defect at the site of the renal graft, suggesti...

journal_title：Clinical nuclear medicine

authors： Herrmann T,Granjon D,Decousus M,Soler C,Rusch P

更新日期：1991-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:Remnant thyroid ablation is crucial in the management of patients with differentiated thyroid cancer. However, the optimal dose of radioactive I for ablation is still controversial. This study aimed to compare the success rate of different activities of I for postoperative remnant ablation in randomized contr...

journal_title：Clinical nuclear medicine

authors： Song X,Meng Z,Jia Q,Zhang L,Xu K,Tan J,Zhang G,Zheng W,Li X,Zhang J

更新日期：2015-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:Dynamic PET studies with a ⁶⁸Ga-Bombesin analog, the ⁶⁸Ga-BZH₃, were performed in patients with highly suspected recurrent gliomas to investigate the effect of the receptor scintigraphy on tumor grading. Furthermore, dynamic F-18 Fluorodeoxyglucose (FDG) studies were performed for comparison. METHODS:The study...

journal_title：Clinical nuclear medicine

authors： Dimitrakopoulou-Strauss A,Seiz M,Tuettenberg J,Schmieder K,Eisenhut M,Haberkorn U,Strauss LG

更新日期：2011-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The diagnosis of unilateral renal vein thrombosis was established in a 50-year-old woman. A functional evaluation, by means of Tc-99m DTPA, was performed almost immediately, and at intervals up to nearly eight months later. Functional return of the involved kidney could be documented by plotting the ratio of affected ...

journal_title：Clinical nuclear medicine

authors： Chapman CN,Sziklas JJ,Spencer RP,Rosenberg RJ

更新日期：1983-11-01 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：:Sentinel node detection in patients with breast cancer is routinely performed in our department. Images frequently show star-shaped activity at the site of injection caused by septum penetration. These star-shaped artifacts could possibly impair visualization of nearby sentinel nodes. The aim of this study was to dete...

journal_title：Clinical nuclear medicine

authors： Lemstra C,Broersma M,Poot L,Jager PL

更新日期：2004-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We present the F-FDG and Ga prostate-specific membrane antigen PET/CT images of a 61-year-old patient with a newly diagnosed prostate carcinoma (4 + 4 Gleason score) and high serum prostate-specific antigen levels (460 ng/mL). In F-FDG PET/CT, minimal uptake was demonstrated in the prostatic mass without any accompany...

journal_title：Clinical nuclear medicine

authors： Soydal C,Ozkan E,Yerlikaya H,Utkan G,Kucuk ON

更新日期：2016-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Some of the causes for resident burnout and other impairments of wellness are the same as for other physicians, but some are quite different. For example, residents have much less autonomy and control, are under more pressure to learn a huge amount of information quickly, are more frequently evaluated, have stress fro...

journal_title：Clinical nuclear medicine

authors： Harolds JA

更新日期：2020-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Brain MRI in an 82-year-old man with presumed Bell's palsy revealed a clinically unsuspected right parotid gland mass but no other acute findings. Biopsy revealed poorly differentiated adenocarcinoma. Staging F-FDG PET/CT revealed an FDG-avid parotid mass, abnormal FDG uptake along the course of the facial nerve from ...

journal_title：Clinical nuclear medicine

authors： Achong DM,Zloty M

更新日期：2016-06-01 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：:Fibrous dysplasia of the bone is a developmental benign skeletal disorder characterized by replacement of normal bone and normal bone marrow with abnormal fibro-osseous tissue. We report on a case of a biopsy-proven fibrous dysplasia lesion in the left temporal bone, with intensely increased activity (SUVmax, 56.7) on...

journal_title：Clinical nuclear medicine

authors： Papadakis GZ,Millo C,Sadowski SM,Karantanas AH,Bagci U,Patronas NJ

更新日期：2017-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A 72-year-old man with a history of prostate adenocarcinoma initially managed by radical prostatectomy and salvage radiation therapy underwent resection of a left vas deferens recurrence identified on PSMA PET. Despite an initial response, PSA failed to fall below 3.5 ng/L, prompting re-evaluation with PSMA PET/CT: a ...

journal_title：Clinical nuclear medicine

authors： Chaussé G,Skinnider B,Crook J,Black P,Abikhzer G,Probst S

更新日期：2020-09-01 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：:Increased bone activity in the sacroiliac joints has been shown to be a sensitive method for detecting sacroiliitis in brucellosis. Because symmetrically increased uptake usually is difficult to detect, this study was performed to improve the sensitivity by quantifying sacroiliac joint uptake. Quantification was accom...

journal_title：Clinical nuclear medicine

authors： El-Desouki MI,Benjamin RS

更新日期：1999-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A patient complaining of headaches and bone pain at multiple sites had Tc-99m MDP scintigraphy performed for possible bone trauma after a motor vehicle accident. Bone imaging revealed a small focal increase in tracer uptake in the area of the laryngeal cartilage. There was some reluctance to place a label on this abno...

journal_title：Clinical nuclear medicine

authors： Steuart RD,Morrison RT

更新日期：1992-10-01 00:00:00