Tips for a physician in getting the right job, part XV: selected interview points.

abstract：:A 24-year-old female gymnast had a 3-month history of bilateral forearm pain. A Tc-99m MDP bone scan demonstrated focally increased activity in the radial shafts on blood pool and delayed images, characteristic of fatigue fractures. Fatigue fractures commonly occur in the lower extremities. Upper extremity fatigue fra...

journal_title：Clinical nuclear medicine

authors： Ahluwalia R,Datz FL,Morton KA,Anderson CM,Whiting JH Jr

更新日期：1994-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Gallium-67 citrate imaging for the staging of lymphomas was performed in three patients receiving Corynebacterium parvum (C. parvum) immunotherapy. Unexpected uptake at the site of C. parvum injections was identified and although the mechanism of localization is not determined by this study, similarities between C. pa...

journal_title：Clinical nuclear medicine

authors： Leonard JC,Humphrey GB,Vanhoutte JJ

更新日期：1978-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The herniation pit of the femoral neck is a common radiographic lesion whose pathogenesis has been described by Pitt et al and reported as negative on bone scanning. This case report demonstrates increased uptake of Tc-99m MDP in a herniation pit of the femoral neck. ...

journal_title：Clinical nuclear medicine

authors： Thomason CB,Silverman ED,Walter RD,Olshaker R

更新日期：1983-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We present an F-18 FDG PET scan which demonstrates 3 synchronous primary malignancies. The patient is a 61-year-old man who presented with weight loss and dysphagia. He was initially diagnosed with squamous cell carcinoma of the midesophagus, and was then found to have an adenocarcinoma in the right lung. A staging PE...

journal_title：Clinical nuclear medicine

authors： Mittra E,Vasanawala M,Niederkohr R,Rodriguez C,Segall G

更新日期：2007-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A 58-year-old man was referred for selective internal radiation therapy for locally advanced unresectable hepatocellular carcinoma. Intra-arterial particle perfusion scintigraphy was performed with SPECT/CT following intra-arterial injection of Tc macroaggregated albumin. Angiography demonstrated a hepatic falciform a...

journal_title：Clinical nuclear medicine

authors： Patel D,Le K,Chaganti J,Mansberg R

更新日期：2018-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Interstitial pneumonia is one of the many causes of a scintigraphic ventilation-perfusion (V/Q) mismatch. To evaluate the morphologic features of V/Q mismatched areas in patients with interstitial pneumonia, we correlated the findings on lung scintigraphy using Kr-81m and Tc-99m MAA with CT scan findings. Of 41 patien...

journal_title：Clinical nuclear medicine

authors： Ogawa Y,Ashizawa K,Hashmi R,Takemoto Y,Hayashi K

更新日期：1997-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A case of false-negative Tc-99m MDP bone scintigrams, taken at one and two weeks for pathologic fractures in a patient with metabolic bone disease and a super-scan appearance, is described. The patient had renal osteodystrophy, and postparathyroidectomy hypocalcemia. Postoperative seizures caused multiple pathologic f...

journal_title：Clinical nuclear medicine

authors： Campeau RJ,Bellah RD,Varma DG

更新日期：1987-07-01 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：:Gallium scan detection of various neoplasms is tabulated by anatomic and histologic categories. The experience with many neoplasms is sufficient to accurately predict the likelihood of detection with gallium. This tabulation helps to point out other areas where the cumulative experience is insufficient to accurately p...

journal_title：Clinical nuclear medicine

authors： Teates CD,Bray ST,Williamson BR

更新日期：1978-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Serial radionuclide angiography is a sensitive technique for the identification of asymptomatic cardiac dysfunction secondary to doxorubicin hydrochloride chemotherapy. However, the results of serial studies must be interpreted with caution in order to avoid labeling variations in the left ventricular ejection fractio...

journal_title：Clinical nuclear medicine

authors： Dey HM,Kassamali H

更新日期：1988-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A 55-year old woman presented in an obtunded state and was found to have a subarachnoid hemorrhage. After endovascular repair, her condition deteriorated, and brain death was suspected. A Tc bicisate brain blood flow study was performed, which showed a complete absence of blood flow to the cerebellum despite intact ci...

journal_title：Clinical nuclear medicine

authors： Schmidt MQ,Schraml FV

更新日期：2017-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Cerebral autosomal dominant arteriopathy with subcortical infarcts and leukoencephalopathy (CADASIL) is a hereditary microangiopathy caused by mutations in the Notch3 gene located on chromosome 19, leading to 4 cardinal features with aura, cerebrovascular ischemic events, mood disturbances, and dementia. Acetazolamide...

journal_title：Clinical nuclear medicine

authors： Park SA,Yang CY,Choi SS,Kim WH

更新日期：2011-02-01 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：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：:We describe the utility of molecular imaging with F-FDG and Ga-DOTANOC PET for treatment response assessment in a case of metastatic medulloblastoma. F-FDG and Ga-DOTANOC PET/CT revealed extensive metastases to bone and bone marrow. Patient subsequently had an excellent response to systemic chemotherapy which was evid...

journal_title：Clinical nuclear medicine

authors： ArunRaj ST,Kumar A,Kp H,Mohan N,Gupta S,Tripathi M,Bal C

更新日期：2020-12-07 00:00:00

abstract：:A case of veno-occlusive disease of the liver of unknown etiology is reported. In the case, the gross abnormality of liver parenchyma, ascites, and colloid shift to spleen, bones, and lungs found on a Tc-99m SC liver-spleen scan, and confirmed on liver biopsy, resolved completely on follow-up. Histologic correlation a...

journal_title：Clinical nuclear medicine

authors： Joshi MJ,Ford PV,Vogel JM,Lutrin CL

更新日期：1993-07-01 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：PURPOSE:Early determination that breast cancer is bilateral and multifocal can change therapy strategy and, subsequently, mortality and morbidity rates. The authors present a case with bilateral, multifocal breast cancer detected only by Tc-99m sestamibi imaging. METHODS:Early and delayed Tc-99m sestamibi imaging and ...

journal_title：Clinical nuclear medicine

authors： Derebek E,Balci P,Alanyali H,Kocdor MA,Capa G,Gorken IB,Degirmenci B,Alakavuklar M,Canda T,Durak H

更新日期：1999-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A patient receiving nephrotoxic chemotherapy for metastatic cervical cancer was examined for acute renal failure. A Tc-99m MAG3 scan showed symmetric function, bilateral increasing parenchymal activity, and no tracer excretion in either collecting system. The differential diagnosis included cisplatin-induced nephrotox...

journal_title：Clinical nuclear medicine

authors： Esteves FP,Halkar RK,Taylor A Jr

更新日期：2002-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Five pioneers had a huge impact on the quality movement in health care in the United States. Ernest Codman contributed in many ways, including his focus on outcome analysis. Avidis Donabedian is known for his focus on the 3 domains of structure, process, and outcome in health care. Walter Shewhart is known especially ...

journal_title：Clinical nuclear medicine

authors： Harolds J

更新日期：2015-08-01 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：PURPOSE:To investigate whether the patterns of striatal dopamine depletion could provide prognostic information on the clinical profiles of early-stage Parkinson disease (PD). METHODS:Approximately 634 patients with drug-naive PD who underwent F-FP-CIT PET scans were followed up for at least 2 years. After quantifying...

journal_title：Clinical nuclear medicine

authors： Chung SJ,Yoo HS,Lee HS,Oh JS,Kim JS,Sohn YH,Lee PH

更新日期：2018-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Tc-99m pertechnetate radionuclide scrotal scanning was performed on nine hospitalized boys with anaphylactoid purpura and acute scrotal tenderness. Scrotal involvement in anaphylactoid purpura is generally a part of the basic pathological process (i.e., vasculitis). Sometimes testicular torsion could not be excluded b...

journal_title：Clinical nuclear medicine

authors： Melloul MM,Garty BZ

更新日期：1993-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Pulmonary calcification can be detected easily using Tc-99m phosphate compounds. Lung uptake of Tc-99m bone imaging agents was observed in two patients after liver transplantation. Transient hypercalcemia due to calcium infusion during hepatic transplantation may be responsible for the pulmonary calcification. ...

journal_title：Clinical nuclear medicine

authors： Raisis IP,Park CH,Yang SL,Maddrey W

更新日期：1988-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Tc-99m galactosyl-neoglycoalbumin (NGA) is a new liver imaging agent that specifically binds to a hepatocyte specific membrane receptor, the hepatic binding protein. Scintigraphy with Tc-99m NGA is a noninvasive method that provides functional images of the liver. This report deals with one case of fulminant hepatic f...

journal_title：Clinical nuclear medicine

authors： Moragas M,Pavía J,Ginés A,Ros D,Solá M,Huguet M,Pons F,Setoain J

更新日期：1995-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:Controversies remain over the actual risk of developing a second primary malignancy (SPM) as a consequence of I-131 treatment in patients with differentiated thyroid carcinoma (DTC). The objective of this study was to evaluate the adjusted rate and risk estimate of SPM in radioiodine-treated patients after cont...

journal_title：Clinical nuclear medicine

authors： Fallahi B,Adabi K,Majidi M,Fard-Esfahani A,Heshmat R,Larijani B,Haghpanah V

更新日期：2011-04-01 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：OBJECTIVE:To evaluate the feasibility of using Ga PSMA-11 PET/CT for imaging brain lesions and its comparison with F-FDG. METHODS:Ten patients with brain lesions were included in the study. Five patients were treated cases of glioblastoma with suspected recurrence. F-FDG and Ga PSMA-11 brain scans were done for these ...

journal_title：Clinical nuclear medicine

authors： Sasikumar A,Joy A,Pillai MR,Nanabala R,Anees K M,Jayaprakash PG,Madhavan J,Nair S

更新日期：2017-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The cerebral hemodynamics and oxygen metabolism before and after the recanalization of the occluded sinus were evaluated using O-15 positron emission tomography (PET) scanning in a 21-year-old woman with superior sagittal sinus thrombosis. During the initial presentation, there was increased regional cerebral blood vo...

journal_title：Clinical nuclear medicine

authors： Kawai N,Shindou A,Masada T,Tamiya T,Nagao S

更新日期：2005-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The appearance of rare ovarian germ cell tumors such as adult granulosa cell tumor (GCT) on F-18 fluorodeoxyglucose positron emission tomography (FDG-PET) is reported in this article. We present a patient with recurrent GCT and histologically proven intra-abdominal metastases. Most lesions were above PET resolution (>...

journal_title：Clinical nuclear medicine

authors： Huang YT,Lee JC,Kumar AS

更新日期：2009-10-01 00:00:00