201Tl heart-liver radioactivity uptake ratio and prediction of decompensation in patients with cirrhosis.

abstract：PURPOSE:To evaluate indirect findings of cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) leakage on radionuclide cisternography and their changes after treatment. MATERIALS AND METHODS:This study was approved by the hospital's institutional review board and informed consent was obtained before each examination. A total of 67 patients who w...

journal_title：Clinical nuclear medicine

authors： Morioka T,Aoki T,Tomoda Y,Takahashi H,Kakeda S,Takeshita I,Ohno M,Korogi Y

更新日期：2008-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The purpose of this report was to determine the pattern of thallium (T1-201) uptake in pigmented villonodular synovitis (PVNS) and giant cell tumor of the tendon sheath (GCTTS) and to evaluate for features that might help to distinguish these lesions from malignant disease. Scintigraphic images from patients subsequen...

journal_title：Clinical nuclear medicine

authors： Mackie GC

更新日期：2003-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Urachal inflammation is rarely seen in adults. Two patients with suspected abdominal tumor underwent FDG PET/CT. One patient showed an irregular hypermetabolic mass anterosuperior to the bladder. The other patient showed a thick-walled cystic mass with strong FDG uptake extending from the bladder dome to the anterior ...

journal_title：Clinical nuclear medicine

authors： Dong A,Zuo C,Wang Y,Lu J,Zhu H

更新日期：2014-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Ga-67 urinary excretion was examined in 59 patients. The 72-hour urinary excretion rate ranged from 4.3 to 67.8% of the injected dose. Within the first 24 hours, 60.9% of the 72-hour urinary excretion was excreted. There was no significant difference in the Ga-67 urinary excretion rate between males and females, nor b...

journal_title：Clinical nuclear medicine

authors： Nakano S,Hasegawa Y,Ibuka K,Hashizume T,Noguchi A,Kojima J,Sasakuma F,Ishigami S

更新日期：1990-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Soft tissue metastases from neuroblastoma very rarely occur without concurrent osseous metastases. We report 1 case of non-MIBG-avid, high-risk neuroblastoma in a pediatric patient who had widespread soft tissue metastases without concurrent osseous lesion on FDG PET/CT imaging. ...

journal_title：Clinical nuclear medicine

authors： Tolboom N,Servaes SE,Zhuang H

更新日期：2017-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Thoracic pain is an entity that can be difficult to diagnose etiologically. Once the cardiac origin has been ruled out, the rheumatologic, neoplastic, and infectious causes have to be taken into account. We present the case of a patient with atypical chest pain after triple-bypass surgery in whom F-FDG PET/CT scan sho...

journal_title：Clinical nuclear medicine

authors： Oliván-Sasot P,Martínez-Sanchis B,Sánchez-Vañó R,Yepes-Agudelo AM,Bello-Arques P

更新日期：2018-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:F-FDG PET/CT was performed on a 70-year-old man to stage the newly diagnosed multiple myeloma. A hypermetabolic lesion in the gallbladder fundus was revealed incidentally and suspected for gallbladder carcinoma, but was finally proven to be a cholesterol granuloma by the pathology of cholecystectomy. ...

journal_title：Clinical nuclear medicine

authors： Fu Z,Chen X,Yang X,Li Q

更新日期：2019-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：INTRODUCTION:Patients with radioiodine-refractory differentiated thyroid cancer (RrDTC) have a rather poor prognosis and are in need of novel treatments. As RrDTCs can in some cases express somatostatin receptors (SSRT), targeting of these receptors by Ga/Lu-DOTATATE could evolve as a novel theranostic option. METHODS...

journal_title：Clinical nuclear medicine

authors： Roll W,Riemann B,Schäfers M,Stegger L,Vrachimis A

更新日期：2018-10-01 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：:Dedicated multislice single-photon emission computed tomography-computed tomography (SPECT-CT) is useful for accurate anatomic localization and lesion characterization of abnormal findings on planar scintigraphy. We present a case of a 33-year-old woman with a history of low back pain. Lumbar spine radiographs demonst...

journal_title：Clinical nuclear medicine

authors： Gnanasegaran G,Barwick T,Milburn H,Vijayanathan S,Fogelman I

更新日期：2009-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A 58-year-old woman with a previous anterior myocardial infarction, recurrent chest pain, transient adenosine-induced left ventricular dilatation but no apparent epicardial disease on angiography is presented. Transient ischemic dilatation during myocardial perfusion imaging, and the reported causes of transient left ...

journal_title：Clinical nuclear medicine

authors： Choong KK,Russell PA

更新日期：2004-06-01 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：:A Tc-MDP bone scintigraphy was performed in an 88-year-old man with a history of right external oblique muscle leiomyosarcoma, which was resected 8 months ago. The static images showed abnormal tracer uptake in the region of resection bed. SPECT/CT images demonstrated that the increased activity was from a partially c...

journal_title：Clinical nuclear medicine

authors： Wang T,Xing Y,Qiao W,Zhao J

更新日期：2017-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Cerebral vasospasm after subarachnoid hemorrhage is very common, but it is not universally detectable by transcranial Doppler. SPECT imaging of regional cerebral blood flow with Tc-99m exametazime serves as a complementary test to transcranial Doppler in the evaluation of patients at high risk for vasospasm. The signi...

journal_title：Clinical nuclear medicine

authors： Lewis DH,Newell DW,Winn HR

更新日期：1997-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The use of gallium scanning in the treatment of patients with AIDS has been well described. In this study, 27 HIV-infected patients (Walter Reed Staging Classification I-V) with normal chest roentgenograms were evaluated to determine the occurrence of thoracic gallium abnormalities in early HIV infection. SPECT was us...

journal_title：Clinical nuclear medicine

authors： Anders GT,Timmons JH,Johnson JE,Blanton HM,Hartshorne MF

更新日期：1990-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Amyloidosis in lymph node that is FDG-avid is an unusual diagnosis. FDG PET/CT showed the presence of multifocal lymphadenopathy mainly axillary with a mesenteric mass. Surgical lymph node biopsy with histological examination confirmed the diagnosis of amyloidosis in a 64-year-old woman with an initial left axillary p...

journal_title：Clinical nuclear medicine

authors： Abdou E,Amre R,Hickeson M,Derbekyan V,Sebag M

更新日期：2013-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In a patient with AIDS, marked uptake of Ga-67 in the stomach walls initially was regarded with a high degree of suspicion for gastric involvement. Results of subsequent intragastric tests, including biopsy and culture, proved negative. Caution should be exercised when considering further costly and/or invasive proced...

journal_title：Clinical nuclear medicine

authors： McNeill JA,Llaurado JG

更新日期：1986-02-01 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：:Renal perfusion and function can be determined by renography using Tc-99m DTPA. However, the high dose of tracer necessary for scintiangiography may result in inaccurate syringe-count determinations when measured by the gamma camera necessary for calculating the glomerular filtration rate by a camera technique. This r...

journal_title：Clinical nuclear medicine

authors： Gates GF

更新日期：1991-02-01 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：:Primary breast lymphoma is an extremely rare disease. Primary breast mucosa-associated lymphoid tissue (MALT) lymphoma is even rarer, and bilateral involvement is exceptional. We report on the F-FDG PET/CT findings in a patient with primary bilateral breast MALT lymphoma. F-FDG PET/CT showed hypermetabolic masses in b...

journal_title：Clinical nuclear medicine

authors： Kim DH,Jeong JY,Lee SW,Lee J,Ahn BC

更新日期：2015-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We performed a prospective study to assess the clinical value of evaluating the adequacy of 24-hour urine specimens submitted for Schilling tests. A total of 121 specimens were evaluated of which 51 had abnormal vitamin B12 excretion values. Of those 51, there were 23 with apparently inadequate total creatinine conten...

journal_title：Clinical nuclear medicine

authors： Heironimus JD,Borchert RD,Weiland FL

更新日期：1990-03-01 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：:Neurolymphomatosis (NL) is a rare, unique subtype of lymphomatous infiltration of peripheral nerves. Clinical/radiologic diagnosis of NL is challenging. We report F-18 FDG PET/CT findings of a case of breast diffuse large B-cell lymphoma, in which NL developed regardless of regression of systemic lesions during induct...

journal_title：Clinical nuclear medicine

authors： Suga K,Yasuhiko K,Matsunaga N,Yujiri T,Nakazora T,Ariyoshi K

更新日期：2011-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Patients with prune belly syndrome usually have tortuous ureters, which can cause difficulty in the interpretation of renal scan used to evaluate possible urine leak after renal transplant. We reported a renal scan finding in a pediatric renal transplant patient with prune belly syndrome. The radioactivity in the dila...

journal_title：Clinical nuclear medicine

authors： Liu B,Kaplan SL,Zhuang H

更新日期：2016-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Hepatic cavernous hemangiomas rarely grow. Although a few cases have been reported in the literature, none used Tc-99m red blood cell scintigraphy. The authors describe such a case here. ...

journal_title：Clinical nuclear medicine

authors： Gorenberg M,Sopov W,Groshar D

更新日期：2000-07-01 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：:Thirty-two patients with clinical signs and symptoms of the reflex sympathetic dystrophy syndrome (RSDS) of the lower extremities underwent Tc-99m MDP bone scintigraphy. Twenty-three patients had abnormal scan findings consistent with RSDS, while the scans of the remaining nine patients were normal. Of the 23 patients...

journal_title：Clinical nuclear medicine

authors： Intenzo C,Kim S,Millin J,Park C

更新日期：1989-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Extramedullary involvement in multiple myeloma is rare, but carries poor prognosis. We describe the FDG PET-CT findings of rare adrenal involvement in a case of multiple myeloma. ...

journal_title：Clinical nuclear medicine

authors： Choudhury S,Purandare N,Agrawal A,Shah S,Rangarajan V

更新日期：2018-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Ascites can cause pleural effusions when the peritoneal fluid crosses the diaphragm through a pleuroperitoneal shunt in the setting of hepatic cirrhosis (hepatic hydrothorax) or malignant ascites. Scintigraphic imaging for pleuroperitoneal shunt requires intraperitoneal injection of Tc-SC or Tc-macroaggregated albumin...

journal_title：Clinical nuclear medicine

authors： Covington MF,Choudhary G,Avery RJ,Kuo PH

更新日期：2016-11-01 00:00:00