Septic Haemophilus influenzae polyarthritis demonstrated best with Tc-99m HMPAO labeled leukocytes.

abstract：:A 68-year-old man with sarcoidosis showed high F-FDG uptake in the mediastinal and hilar lymph nodes on F-FDG PET, suggesting active inflammation. F-fluoro-boronophenylalanine (FBPA) PET showed no significant uptake in the mediastinal and hilar lymph nodes, suggesting its cancer specificity as a substrate of L-type am...

journal_title：Clinical nuclear medicine

authors： Watabe T,Shimamoto H,Naka S,Kamiya T,Murakami S

更新日期：2020-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A 43-year-old woman who had a history of right mastectomy for breast cancer presented with fever and swelling in the right supraclavicular region during her second course of chemotherapy. An FDG PET/CT was performed to evaluate this patient, which revealed mildly increased FDG activity in the lymph node in the supracl...

journal_title：Clinical nuclear medicine

authors： Hua F,Feng X,Guan Y,Zhao J,Huang Z

更新日期：2009-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This report describes a 19-year-old man with interruption of the inferior vena cava with azygos continuation. Both radionuclide venography and MRI clearly showed venous return of the lower limbs through prominent collateral systems. ...

journal_title：Clinical nuclear medicine

authors： Kuo CW,Peng NJ,Chiu YL

更新日期：2017-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Extrapulmonary small cell carcinoma (SCC) is an uncommon malignancy. A 57-year-old man was referred because of a 1-month history of left lumbago. MR images showed an ovoid tumor in the left adrenal gland. FDG PET/CT showed intense FDG uptake of the left adrenal tumor with thrombosis of the left renal vein. The patient...

journal_title：Clinical nuclear medicine

authors： Dong A,Zuo C,Wang Y

更新日期：2013-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The uptake of Tc-99m tetrofosmin (TF) is reported in a case of parathyroid adenoma. A 65-year-old woman was studied on different days with TF, Tc-99m sestamibi (MIBI) and Tl-201 chloride (Tl). TF and MIBI injections were preceded by oral administration of potassium perchlorate. Clear identification of the adenoma was ...

journal_title：Clinical nuclear medicine

authors： Mansi L,Rambaldi PF,Marino G,Pecori B,Del Vecchio E

更新日期：1996-09-01 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：:This article discusses some of the most recent research and future directions of the Adult Cardiac Surgery Database of the Society of Thoracic Surgeons. In addition to numerous articles on short-term outcomes from cardiac surgery on adults, there are new initiatives of the Adult Cardiac Surgery Database which will all...

journal_title：Clinical nuclear medicine

authors： Harolds JA

更新日期：2017-09-01 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：:Two cases of aortic dissection are presented in which discordance between renal perfusion and function has been demonstrated with Tc-99m DTPA. Renal perfusion on the affected side was decreased on blood flow imaging, whereas renal function, including parenchymal accumulation and excretion assessed by subsequent sequen...

journal_title：Clinical nuclear medicine

authors： Aburano T,Yokoyama K,Taki J,Takayama T,Shuke N,Tonami N,Hisada K

更新日期：1992-01-01 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：:Breast cancer is the most common cancer in women with rising incidence worldwide. F-FDG PET/CT imaging has already established itself as a pivotal modality for staging, restating and response assessment in patients with carcinoma breast. The complex biology of this cancer is increasingly being decoded and various mole...

journal_title：Clinical nuclear medicine

authors： Vatsa R,Singh SS,Ashwathanarayana AG,Kumar R,Rana N,Shukla J,Mittal BR

更新日期：2020-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Stress fractures are a common injury in long-distance runners, and typically involve the lower extremities. Although relatively rare, pubic ramus stress fractures also occur, primarily in female runners. Bone imaging visualized a pubic stress fracture and a tibial stress fracture in a female long-distance runner with ...

journal_title：Clinical nuclear medicine

authors： Thorne DA,Datz FL

更新日期：1986-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The purpose of this study was to directly compare the efficacy of Tc-99m MIBI with TI-201/Tc-99m pertechnetate scintigraphy for localizing parathyroid adenomas in patients with primary hyperparathyroidism. Of 21 patients suspected of having primary hyperparathyroidism who had undergone both studies, 14 had subsequent ...

journal_title：Clinical nuclear medicine

authors： Rauth JD,Sessions RB,Shupe SC,Ziessman HA

更新日期：1996-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Most physicians interviewing for a job are seeking a clinical position. There are many different types of interviews for such employment, and this article enumerates the types of interviews and some characteristics of each. ...

journal_title：Clinical nuclear medicine

authors： Harolds JA

更新日期：2013-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In the course of a work-up for fever of unknown origin associated with intermittent arrhythmias, a gallium scan was performed which revealed diffuse myocardial uptake. The diagnosis of Lyme disease myocarditis subsequently was confirmed by serologic titers. One month following recovery from the acute illness, the abno...

journal_title：Clinical nuclear medicine

authors： Alpert LI,Welch P,Fisher N

更新日期：1985-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:This article illustrates the complementary nature of preoperative radionuclide parathyroid imaging and intraoperative rapid parathyroid hormone (PTH) assays in primary hyperparathyroid disease. The authors review the literature on these procedures and compare this protocol and its cost-effectiveness with those ...

journal_title：Clinical nuclear medicine

authors： Wilkinson RH Jr,Leight GS Jr,Garner SC,Borges-Neto S

更新日期：2000-03-01 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：: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：:F-fluorocholine has recently emerged as a very sensitive agent for seeking parathyroid adenomas. We represent a case with esophageal diverticulum incidentally detected on F-fuorocholine PET/CT, which should be kept in mind as a reason of false positivity in primary hyperparathyroidism. ...

journal_title：Clinical nuclear medicine

authors： Araz M,Cinel M,Soydal C,Ozkan E,Kucuk NO

更新日期：2020-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We emphasize the role of Tc-99m-3,3-diphosphono-1,2-propanodicarboxylicacid (DPD) scintigraphy as a noninvasive tool to distinguish transthyretin (TTR)-related cardiac amyloidosis from other forms of cardiac amyloidosis. We report the case of a 76-year-old male patient suffering from congestive heart failure in whom i...

journal_title：Clinical nuclear medicine

authors： Rossi P,Tessonnier L,Frances Y,Mundler O,Granel B

更新日期：2012-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：AIM:The aim of this study was to evaluate the redifferentiative and antiproliferative effects of rosiglitazone in patients with progressive differentiated thyroid cancer (DTC) without or with negligible overall radioiodine uptake. MATERIALS AND METHODS:A total of 9 patients with progressive DTC with either no or only ...

journal_title：Clinical nuclear medicine

authors： Rosenbaum-Krumme SJ,Freudenberg LS,Jentzen W,Bockisch A,Nagarajah J

更新日期：2012-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:To evaluate the findings and usefulness of Ga-67 scanning in recent cases of tuberculosis (TB). MATERIALS AND METHODS:The authors reviewed chest x-ray films and Ga-67 citrate scans of 52 patients with culture-confirmed infection caused by Mycobacterium tuberculosis treated after 1988. RESULTS:Ga-67 scans were...

journal_title：Clinical nuclear medicine

authors： Goldfarb CR,Colp C,Ongseng F,Finestone H,Havas J

更新日期：1997-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Mental nerve neuropathy (numb chin/lip syndrome) is a sensory neuropathy presenting with numbness in the distribution of the inferior alveolar nerve/mental nerve (chin and lower lip). This is typically unilateral and can be secondary to dental disease or malignancy. When caused by malignancy, these symptoms can be eit...

journal_title：Clinical nuclear medicine

authors： Kota G,Gupta P,Mintz A

更新日期：2013-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：AIM:The present study was aimed to determine the efficacy of integrated FDG PET/CT in patients with gallbladder cancer (GBC) with suspicion of recurrent disease. METHODS:A total of 49 patients (male: 15, female: 34; median age: 52.5 years) with GBC underwent FDG PET/CT for suspected recurrence. A total of 62 PET/CT sc...

journal_title：Clinical nuclear medicine

authors： Kumar R,Sharma P,Kumari A,Halanaik D,Malhotra A

更新日期：2012-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Metastatic pulmonary calcification (MPC) characterized by diffuse calcium deposition in the lungs is known to occur in patients with chronic renal failure. However, MPC with pulmonary artery calcification is uncommon and has only been detected in a few patients with severe disorders. A 48-year-old man with chronic ren...

journal_title：Clinical nuclear medicine

authors： Cherng SC,Cheng CY,Chen CY,Hsu HH,Chu P

更新日期：2005-05-01 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：: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：PURPOSE:The aim of this study was to evaluate the efficacy of ¹⁸F-choline PET/CT (18FCH-PET/CT) in restaging patients previously treated by radical prostatectomy for a prostate cancer, presenting with biochemical relapse during follow-up (FU). PATIENTS AND METHODS:Three hundred thirty-one patients referred to us from ...

journal_title：Clinical nuclear medicine

authors： Marzola MC,Chondrogiannis S,Ferretti A,Grassetto G,Rampin L,Massaro A,Castellucci P,Picchio M,Al-Nahhas A,Colletti PM,Marcolongo A,Rubello D

更新日期：2013-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Autologous bone marrow transplantation is being offered with increasing frequency as a therapeutic alternative to patients who have failed conventional chemotherapy. Presently, these patients are being evaluated with a variety of imaging modalities, including planar radiographs, nuclear bone and bone marrow scans, and...

journal_title：Clinical nuclear medicine

authors： Podoloff DA,Kim EE

更新日期：1989-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We present plain x-ray examination, bone scintigraphy, computed tomography, and magnetic resonance imaging of 2 patients diagnosed with prostate cancer who complained of hip pain. Bone scintigraphy was suggestive for metastases. Further radiologic investigation revealed benign etiologies for the hip pain; calcific ten...

journal_title：Clinical nuclear medicine

authors： Kerimoglu U,Kaya D,Ergen FB

更新日期：2007-08-01 00:00:00