Blood volume determination, a nuclear medicine test in evolution.

abstract：PURPOSE:This study was aimed to determine whether Tc-99m-hexakis-2-methoxyisobutylisonitrile (MIBI) scintigraphy performed in the middle of preoperative chemotherapy has a prognostic value in patients with malignant bone and soft tissue tumors (MBST). MATERIALS AND METHODS:In 90 patients with MBST, Tc-99m-MIBI scintig...

journal_title：Clinical nuclear medicine

authors： Wakabayashi H,Taki J,Inaki A,Sumiya H,Zen Y,Tsuchiya H,Kinuya S

更新日期：2012-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Metastatic calcifications according to histopathologic and scintigraphic findings have been well-defined. The authors report a postoperative case of hyperparathyroidism with multiple metastatic calcifications in the lung, kidney, stomach, heart, and vessels that were primarily detected by bone scintigraphy and demonst...

journal_title：Clinical nuclear medicine

authors： Imanishi Y,Kishiro M,Miyazaki O,Toyokawa T,Kuroki K,Haji H,Ishikawa T

更新日期：1992-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Cerebral vascular lesions are integral to the diagnosis of vascular parkinsonism (VP). The VP, also referred to as lower body parkinsonism, is frequently caused by subcortical white matter lesions, but lesions at any levels of the nigro-striato-thalamo-cortical pathway can also cause VP, thus giving rise to various sy...

journal_title：Clinical nuclear medicine

authors： Kim C,Kim DY,Hong IK

更新日期：2019-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Benign neurofibromas undergo sarcomatous transformation in approximately 5% of patients with neurofibromatosis type I. The clinical and radiologic diagnosis of sarcomatous change remains difficult. Positron emission tomography with F-18 fluorodeoxyglucose is a method to assess increased glucose metabolism in malignant...

journal_title：Clinical nuclear medicine

authors： Solomon SB,Semih Dogan A,Nicol TL,Campbell JN,Pomper MG

更新日期：2001-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This case report describes visualization of lung metastases secondary to adrenocortical carcinoma using I-131 labeled 6B-iodomethyl-19-norcholesterol (NP-59) in a 26-year-old woman with a recurrence of Cushing's syndrome one year following surgical removal of the primary tumor. ...

journal_title：Clinical nuclear medicine

authors： Chow CK,Ziessman HA,Earll JM

更新日期：1987-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A review was made of the records of 24 consecutive trauma patients (aged 55-94 years) who had under gone radiographic examinations and a positive bone image of the femur or pelvis. There was considerable discordance between the radiographs and the bone images. Initially, 25% of the radiographs were interpreted as posi...

journal_title：Clinical nuclear medicine

authors： Slavin JD Jr,Mathews J,Spencer RP

更新日期：1986-05-01 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：:Interpretation of F-FDG PET/CT studies in breast is challenging owing to nonspecific FDG uptake in various benign and malignant conditions. Benign conditions include breast changes in pregnancy and lactation, gynecomastia, mastitis, fat necrosis, fibroadenoma, intraductal papilloma, and atypical ductal hyperplasia. Am...

journal_title：Clinical nuclear medicine

authors： Dong A,Wang Y,Lu J,Zuo C

更新日期：2016-07-01 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：: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：: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 60-year-old woman with clinical and biochemical features suggestive of adrenal insufficiency was found to have bilateral adrenal masses on CT scan and was subjected to F-FDG PET scan. The scan showed hypermetabolic mediastinal nodes in addition to intense tracer uptake in bilateral adrenal masses. CT-guided adrenal ...

journal_title：Clinical nuclear medicine

authors： Kasaliwal R,Malhotra G,Bukan A,Asopa RV,Wanjare S,Shah NS

更新日期：2014-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We describe a unique case of an occult esophageal cancer patient without any significant symptomatology, which initially presented with a subcutaneous metastasis in the thigh. Eventually, FDG PET-CT unmasked the primary tumor of unknown origin. ...

journal_title：Clinical nuclear medicine

authors： Gemmel F,Roosjen H,van der Wijk P,Collins J

更新日期：2008-12-01 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：INTRODUCTION:The purpose of presurgical assessment is to delimit the epileptogenic zone and the functional deficit zone with a brain MRI, an electroencephalograph or even a stereo-electroencephalograph (SEEG), neuropsychological evaluation, and a cerebral FDG PET. Several studies concur that the hypometabolism of FDG P...

journal_title：Clinical nuclear medicine

authors： Montaz-Rosset MS,Scholly J,Voulleminot P,Severac F,Hirsch E,Valenti-Hirsch MP,Namer IJ

更新日期：2019-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:To compare brain perfusion and synaptic density in Alzheimer's disease assessed using I-123 iomazenil SPECT with brain perfusion assessed using Tc-99m HMPAO SPECT. MATERIALS AND METHODS:Early and delayed I-123 iomazenil SPECT images acquired 20 and 180 minutes after injection were compared with Tc-99m HMPAO SP...

journal_title：Clinical nuclear medicine

authors： Varrone A,Soricelli A,Postiglione A,Salvatore M

更新日期：1999-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Primary Effusion Lymphoma (PEL) is a rare form of Non-Hodgkin lymphoma that involves serous body cavities (pleural, pericardial, or peritoneal) with lymphomatous effusions in the absence of lymphadenopathy or organomegaly. Although it was seen mostly in HIV-positive patients, it has recently been reported in HIV-negat...

journal_title：Clinical nuclear medicine

authors： Makis W,Stern J

更新日期：2010-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The Transcatheter Valve Therapy Registry has been very helpful in providing data to better understand patient risk factors for transcatheter aortic valve replacement (TAVR). The outcome of TAVR depends on many patient indicators, some of which are given in this article, including the age, dependence on oxygen, classif...

journal_title：Clinical nuclear medicine

authors： Harolds JA

更新日期：2018-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Radionuclide angiography is useful in monitoring cardiotoxicity of doxorubicin, but in vivo RBC labeling in these patients is believed to be poorer than that in general patients. The left ventricle-to-background activity ratio (R) was not significantly lower in patients treated with doxorubicin (3.24 +/- 1.15, N = 13)...

journal_title：Clinical nuclear medicine

authors： Ballinger JR,Gerson B,Gulenchyn KY,Ruddy TD,Davies RA

更新日期：1988-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Following single-lung transplantation (SLT), there is significant redistribution of flow preferentially to the transplanted lung. Altered lung perfusion leads to unusual results when performing pulmonary scintigraphy, which could result in interpretation errors. We present pulmonary scintigraphy images from a 67-year-...

journal_title：Clinical nuclear medicine

authors： Tsai J,Rowe SP,Solnes LB,Salas Fragomeni RA

更新日期：2017-05-01 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：PURPOSE:Nuclear medicine techniques were used to show that the peripheral lymphatics are under autonomic control in much the same way as the blood vessels that supply the same anatomic region. METHODS:Three patients with complex regional pain syndrome type 1 (reflex sympathetic dystrophy) involving a lower extremity w...

journal_title：Clinical nuclear medicine

authors： Howarth D,Burstal R,Hayes C,Lan L,Lantry G

更新日期：1999-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A 52-year-old woman with right breast cancer was referred for 18F-fluoride whole-body PET/CT for the assessment of bone metastases. The peripheral i.v. access was not obtained after multiple attempts. The radiopharmaceutical was administered by oral route. ...

journal_title：Clinical nuclear medicine

authors： Zacchi SR,Valadares AA,Duarte PS,Sapienza MT,Buchpiguel CA

更新日期：2013-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Growth arrest lines (also referred to as Harris lines) refer to dense metaphyseal trabecular lines, perpendicular to the long axis of the bone. The phenomenon is seen only in patients with immature skeletal structure after periods of nutritional insufficiency, illness, and prolonged immobilization or bisphosphonates a...

journal_title：Clinical nuclear medicine

authors： Lim R,Carrasquillo JA

更新日期：2012-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：INTRODUCTION:Resistance to chemotherapy poses a major problem in cancer patients. Although of multifactorial origin, some of the implicated mechanisms also interfere with (99m)Tc-MIBI uptake and retention in cancer cells. The aim of the current study was to investigate the prognostic value of baseline (99m)Tc-MIBI imag...

journal_title：Clinical nuclear medicine

authors： Spyridonidis TJ,Matsouka P,Symeonidis A,Savvopoulos C,Vassilakos PJ,Apostolopoulos DJ

更新日期：2013-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Anthracyclines are one of the most commonly used and potent chemotherapeutic agents. Doxorubicin (Adriamycin) is one common anthracycline used to treat many solid tumors including breast, sarcomas, gynecologic and hematological malignancies, such as leukemias and lymphomas. However, its use is often limited due to dos...

journal_title：Clinical nuclear medicine

authors： Aiken MJ,Suhag V,Garcia CA,Acio E,Moreau S,Priebat DA,Chennupati SP,Van Nostrand D

更新日期：2009-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Intravenous injection of Tc-99m-labeled radionuclides permits angioscintigraphic and blood pool visualization of both supra- and infradiaphragmatic organs. By adding this procedure to routine bone scans an improvement in the diagnostic yield of incidentally observed renal abnormalities was achieved. Several illustrati...

journal_title：Clinical nuclear medicine

authors： Chayes ZW,Strashun AM

更新日期：1980-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A patient with neurofibromatosis type 2 (bilateral vestibular schwannomas) was treated with bevacizumab (anti-vascular endothelial growth factor [VEFG] monoclonal antibody). The left-sided tumor showed intense uptake on pretreatment In-bevacizumab scintigraphy, indicating VEGF production in the tumor, and no uptake 4 ...

journal_title：Clinical nuclear medicine

authors： Versleijen MW,Verbist BM,Mulder JJ,de Geus-Oei LF,van Herpen CM

更新日期：2014-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A 66-year-old woman had fever, rash, and joint pain. Physical examination revealed multiple enlarged lymph nodes. A possibility of lymphoma was considered and FDG PET/CT was performed, which demonstrated elevated FDG activity not only in many lymph nodes but also in the spleen and liver. However, adult-onset Still dis...

journal_title：Clinical nuclear medicine

authors： Cai L,Chen Y,Huang Z

更新日期：2012-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Intravascular large B-cell lymphoma is a rare type of non-Hodgkin lymphoma characterized by intravascular proliferation of clonal lymphocytes within the lumen of small vessels, which is often fatal. Diffuse FDG uptake in the lung without clear/evident CT findings, "hot lung," is quasi-pathognomonic for lung intravascu...

journal_title：Clinical nuclear medicine

authors： Şahin Ö,Kaya B,Serdengeçti M,Çizmecioğlu HA,Şen AE

更新日期：2020-04-01 00:00:00