Autonomous functioning thyroid nodules and 131I in diagnosis and therapy after 50 years of experience: what is still open to debate?

abstract：:Intense FDG uptake by bone marrow following recent chemotherapy limits evaluation for osseous metastases. The impact of marrow rebound on accuracy of (18)F-fluoride PET/CT is unclear. A 73-year-old woman with breast cancer presented for restaging FDG PET/CT, which showed intense activity throughout almost the entire a...

journal_title：Clinical nuclear medicine

authors： Avery R,Kuo PH

更新日期：2013-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A woman with bilateral breast cancer treated with bilateral mastectomies, implant reconstructions, chemotherapy, and hormonal therapy underwent FDG PET/CT imaging. Imaging demonstrated sternal, nodal, and lung lesions which were stable or slowly increasing, as well as a parasternal chest wall mass which was enlarging ...

journal_title：Clinical nuclear medicine

authors： Ulaner GA,D'Andrea G,Cody HS 3rd

更新日期：2013-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We report the case of a 36-year-old woman who previously underwent total thyroidectomy for papillary thyroid carcinoma. F FDG PET/CT images demonstrated multiple lymph nodes with increased FDG uptake in the neck, chest, and abdomen and diffusely increased FDG uptake in the spleen, which were highly suspicious findings...

journal_title：Clinical nuclear medicine

authors： Han EJ,Park HL,Kim SH

更新日期：2016-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A retrospective examination of the bone scans of 425 pediatric oncology patients was undertaken to determine the incidence of photon-deficient (cold) lesions in this population. Eight patients (1.8%) had cold lesions due to a wide variety of tumors. Of the tumor types, six had not been previously reported to give cold...

journal_title：Clinical nuclear medicine

authors： Weingrad T,Heyman S,Alavi A

更新日期：1984-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Dermatofibrosarcoma protuberans is a rare cutaneous tumor that is locally aggressive and has a high rate of recurrence after surgical excision. The tumor grows slowly, typically over years. On rare occasions, metastasis to distant sites (especially the lung) or regional lymph nodes may occur. Here, we present F-FDG PE...

journal_title：Clinical nuclear medicine

authors： Suman S,Sharma P,Jain TK,Sahoo MK,Bal C,Kumar R

更新日期：2014-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Intense muscle localization of Tc-99m MDP to upper extremity musculature was noted three days following weight lifting exercises. This phenomenon is due to an unknown mechanism although several causative factors have been suggested. ...

journal_title：Clinical nuclear medicine

authors： du Cret RP,Boudreau RJ,Block JB,Jensen PR,Loken MK

更新日期：1987-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Bone scintigraphy is sensitive for detecting bone metastases in patients with malignancies. However, it is often difficult to differentiate bone metastases from other nonmalignant lesions. We encountered a patient with a history of breast cancer who showed substantial elevation of tumor markers 4 years after surgery. ...

journal_title：Clinical nuclear medicine

authors： Shigesawa T,Sugawara Y,Shinohara I,Fujii T,Mochizuki T,Morishige I

更新日期：2005-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A 60-year-old man with suspected right renal cell carcinoma underwent F-FDG PET/CT and F prostate-specific membrane antigen (PSMA) 1007 PET/CT scan. Compared with the F-FDG PET/CT scan, F-PSMA 1007 PET/CT showed intense tracer concentration in the primary tumor in the right kidney and intense tracer concentration cons...

journal_title：Clinical nuclear medicine

authors： Marafi F,Sasikumar A,Al-Terki A,Alfeeli M

更新日期：2020-05-01 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：PURPOSE:Freehand single-photon emission computed tomography (SPECT) (fh-SPECT) for optical tracked 3-dimensional radioactivity mapping raises popularity for sentinel node biopsy and other radio-guided procedures. However, the device seems to be complex, requiring both training and a standardized scan protocol. Therefor...

journal_title：Clinical nuclear medicine

authors： Pouw B,de Wit-van der Veen LJ,Stokkel MP,Valdés Olmos RA

更新日期：2015-09-01 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：OBJECTIVE:The aim of this study was to compare 99mTc-MDP bone scanning, 18F NaF PET/CT, 18F FDG PET/CT, and whole-body MRI (WBMRI) for detection of known osseous metastases. PATIENTS AND METHODS:This prospective pilot trial (September 2007-April 2009) enrolled 10 participants (5 men, 5 women, 47-81 years old) diagnose...

journal_title：Clinical nuclear medicine

authors： Iagaru A,Young P,Mittra E,Dick DW,Herfkens R,Gambhir SS

更新日期：2013-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:PET/CT with Ga-labeled prostate-specific membrane antigen (PSMA) is increasingly recognized as the best imaging modality for disease staging and detection of recurrent prostate cancer. Despite its name, PSMA expression has been reported in a number of nonprostatic benign and malignant pathologies. Apparently, angioneo...

journal_title：Clinical nuclear medicine

authors： Malik D,Kumar R,Mittal BR,Singh H,Bhattacharya A,Singh SK

更新日期：2018-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Molecular brain imaging I-FP-CIT SPECT is an important tool in evaluation of patients with parkinsonism. However, various neurodegenerative etiologies cannot be differentiated by I-FP-CIT SPECT alone. We present a case of progressive supranuclear palsy with abnormal I-FP-CIT SPECT and abnormal Tc-HMPAO SPECT depicted ...

journal_title：Clinical nuclear medicine

authors： Matesan MC,Elojeimy S,Minoshima S

更新日期：2016-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE OF THE REPORT:Extrahepatic bile duct (EHD) cancer varies in uptake of FDG. The aim of the present study was to determine the role of glucose transporter (GLUT) 1 and hexokinase (HK) 2 in the glucose metabolism of EHD cancer cells using immunohistochemistry and 18F-FDG PET/CT. METHODS:Twenty-six patients with E...

journal_title：Clinical nuclear medicine

authors： Yoon SO,Jeon TJ,Park JS,Ryu YH,Lee JH,Yoo JS,Kim JK,Yoon DS,Oh EJ

更新日期：2015-03-01 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：:A 79-year-old man with prostate cancer underwent Ga prostate-specific membrane antigen (Ga-PSMA) dual-time-point PET/CT scan to evaluate tumor activity due to early satiety, unquantified weight loss, and elevation of prostate-specific antigen (PSA), demonstrating thickening of the gastric wall with intense tracer upta...

journal_title：Clinical nuclear medicine

authors： Solis Lara HE,Villarreal Del Bosque N,Sada Treviño MA,Yamamoto Ramos M,Argueta Ruiz RDC

更新日期：2018-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The case history of a patient with Budd-Chiari syndrome (BCS) is described. The underlaying disease proved to be essential thrombocytosis. Congential elliptocytosis was also present. The value of the conventional liver scan, percutaneous splenoportoscintigraphy and isotopic phlebography of the inferior vena cava in th...

journal_title：Clinical nuclear medicine

authors： Thijs LG,Heidendal GA,Huijgens PC,Mol JJ,Verkuyl M

更新日期：1978-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A 55-year-old woman with a history of cervical carcinoma, status post hysterectomy and radiation therapy 8 years prior, presented worsening back pain for 9 months. The patient underwent a Tc-DTPA renal scan, which showed that a vertically linear tracer distribution was seen alongside the right ureter. Ureteroenteric f...

journal_title：Clinical nuclear medicine

authors： Hou X,Zhang W,Zhang Y

更新日期：2016-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Reoperative surgery in the neck for recurrent differentiated thyroid cancer (DTC) is associated with increased morbidity compared with primary surgery. Radioguided occult lesion localization was recently proposed in patients with DTC recurrences. Here we report on the combination of radioguided occult lesion localizat...

journal_title：Clinical nuclear medicine

authors： Giovanella L,Suriano S,Lunghi L,Bongiovanni M,Ceriani L

更新日期：2013-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The scintigraphic findings in a rare case of a unilateral matched ventilation perfusion defect, Swyer-James (Macleod's) syndrome, are presented. A 40-year-old man underwent ventilation/perfusion imaging for acute onset of dyspnea. The scan showed markedly diminished ventilation, vascular flow, and perfusion unilateral...

journal_title：Clinical nuclear medicine

authors： Salmanzadeh A,Pomeranz SJ,Ramsingh PS

更新日期：1997-02-01 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: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：:Rosai-Dorfman disease (RDD) or sinus histiocytosis is a rare histiocytic disorder characterized by massive lymphadenopathy and with extranodal involvement in 25% to 43% of cases. The clinical course of RDD is unpredictable with episodes of exacerbation and remissions that can last many years, and treatment strategies ...

journal_title：Clinical nuclear medicine

authors： Albano D,Bosio G,Bertagna F

更新日期：2015-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Hepatic hydrothorax is a complication in approximately 5% of patients with cirrhosis. Ascites is almost always present and helps to suggest the correct diagnosis. However, when ascites is absent, radionuclide imaging has proven to be helpful in establishing that the pleural effusion originated from ascitic fluid. When...

journal_title：Clinical nuclear medicine

authors： Albin RJ,Johnston GS

更新日期：1989-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE OF THE REPORT:Peptide receptor radionuclide therapy (PRRT) is an effective treatment for advanced neuroendocrine tumors (NET); however, long-term survival data are scarce. The aim of this study is to determine long-term survival in patients with metastatic midgut NET, according to response to PRRT. PATIENTS AN...

journal_title：Clinical nuclear medicine

authors： Yalchin M,Oliveira A,Theocharidou E,Pencharz D,Navalkissoor S,Quigley AM,Walker M,Caplin M,Toumpanakis C

更新日期：2017-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Osteonecrosis and osteopenia are widely recognized skeletal complications of therapy in recipients of renal transplants. These conditions are often complicated by fractures, usually in the femora, pelvis or vertebrae. The authors describe two sedentary adult allograft recipients who presented with leg pain and in whom...

journal_title：Clinical nuclear medicine

authors： Larcos G,Gruenewald SM

更新日期：1994-03-01 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：:Bone mineral content of the distal radius was determined in 106 patients by single photon absorptiometry using iodine-125 monochromatic source. The technique provided a reliable means to assess the degree of mineral loss in conditions such as osteoporosis, renal osteodystrophy in patients on chronic maintenance dialys...

journal_title：Clinical nuclear medicine

authors： Gupta S,Luna E,Belsky J,Gelfman N,Miller K,Davies T

更新日期：1984-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Incidental thyroid FDG uptake is not rarely encountered on PET studies. In this case, we present an incidental thyroid focus of F-FDG uptake identified in a patient with splenic marginal zone lymphoma during the baseline and the response assessment PET/CT study that proved to be medullary thyroid carcinoma on subseque...

journal_title：Clinical nuclear medicine

authors： Paschali A,Moonim M,Hubbard J,Mohan H

更新日期：2016-10-01 00:00:00