Pitfalls in the Performance and Interpretation of Scintigraphic Imaging for Pleuroperitoneal Shunt.

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：: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：:A 32-year-old woman with a history of Graves' disease had an episode of thyrotoxicosis 2.5 months after her first childbirth. Because of low thyroidal uptake of Tc-99m pertechnetate, a diagnosis of postpartum painless thyroiditis was made and the patient was observed without medication. After the normalization of seru...

journal_title：Clinical nuclear medicine

authors： Misaki T,Miyamoto S,Kasagi K,Mori T,Konishi J

更新日期：1996-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Schmorl's node (SN) is a common entity characterized by protrusion of intervertebral disc material through a break in the subchondral end plate of a vertebral body. They can show increased 99mTC methylene diphosphonate uptake on bone scintigraphy mimicking metastasis and can be symptomatic. Differentiation of SN from ...

journal_title：Clinical nuclear medicine

authors： Singh H,Sharma P,Naswa N,Nazar AH,Khangembam BC,Sahoo MK,Kumar R

更新日期：2012-07-01 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：:Scar involvement is a rare but characteristic cutaneous manifestation of sarcoidosis. The concurrent presence of FDG-avid lymphadenopathy and scar involvement (the "scar sign") is a useful finding on FDG PET/CT to suggest sarcoidosis, especially when biopsy specimens are difficult to obtain. A 46-year-old woman who pr...

journal_title：Clinical nuclear medicine

authors： Lu SJ,Lee VK,Loo SW

更新日期：2013-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Renal neuroendocrine tumor (NET) is an extremely rarely occurring disease. The sporadic reports in the literature are mostly case reports, or less commonly small studies. In cases of metastatic disease from renal NET, there are no established therapies. We are reporting our experience with a patient with extensive oss...

journal_title：Clinical nuclear medicine

authors： Yordanova A,Mayer K,Essler M,Ahmadzadehfar H

更新日期：2016-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Fifteen patients who had bilateral mediofrontal hypoactivity and 30 control subjects without this SPECT anomaly underwent Tc-99m HMPAO brain SPECT imaging. Bilateral mediofrontal hypoactivity was found in various neurologic disorders, including subcortical arteriosclerotic encephalopathy, lacunar state, chronic alcoho...

journal_title：Clinical nuclear medicine

authors： Denays R,Tondeur M,Noël P,Ham HR

更新日期：1994-10-01 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：:In order to establish early and precise methods for evaluating the effect of secondary chemotherapy in patients with recurrent ovarian cancer, both the clinical course of 3 women treated with gemcitabine-based secondary chemotherapy and the potential for early and accurate evaluation of the secondary chemotherapeutic ...

journal_title：Clinical nuclear medicine

authors： Tsuyoshi H,Morishita F,Orisaka M,Okazawa H,Yoshida Y

更新日期：2013-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The authors describe a patient with myelofibrosis who showed intense Ga-67 uptake in spite of being severely leukopenic and receiving large amounts of antibiotics. They conclude that false-negative results associated with leukopenia or intensive antibiotic treatment may not always be correct. ...

journal_title：Clinical nuclear medicine

authors： Gorenberg M,Groshar D,Even-Sapir E,Ben-Haim S,Israel O,Front D

更新日期：1992-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The use of a simple, noninvasive, isotope scanning technique for the determination of relative portal blood flow and detection of portal hypertension is described. Using this technique the presence of portal hypertension was demonstrated in seven of nine patients known to have elevated portal venous pressure. By contr...

journal_title：Clinical nuclear medicine

authors： Hesdorffer CS,Bezwoda WR,Danilewitz MD,Esser JD,Tobias M

更新日期：1987-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:The authors obtained noninvasive quantitative measurements of regional cerebral blood flow using Tc-99m L,L-ethyl cysteinate dimer (Tc-99m ECD) SPECT to evaluate cerebral collateral circulation during balloon test occlusion (BTO) of the internal carotid artery and vertebral artery (VA). METHODS:Five cases asso...

journal_title：Clinical nuclear medicine

authors： Yamamoto Y,Nishiyama Y,Toyama Y,Satoh K,Irie K,Ohkawa M

更新日期：2002-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:An unusual phenomenon during lung scintigraphy is presented. Besides visualization of the lungs, accumulation of Tc-99m macroaggregated albumin (MAA) was seen in a small part of the liver and in and around several thoracic vertebrae. Contrast-enhanced radiographic computed tomography revealed extensive collateral path...

journal_title：Clinical nuclear medicine

authors： Esser JP,Oei HY,de Bruin HG,Krenning EP

更新日期：2004-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:The need for a low-iodine diet (LID) to maximize the results of radioactive iodine uptake (RAIU), nuclear medicine thyroid scintigraphy, and ultimately treatment of thyroid cancer patients is widely accepted. Failure to follow the prescribed diet can alter RAIU results, thyroid scan findings, and poststudy mana...

journal_title：Clinical nuclear medicine

authors： Hinds SR 2nd,Stack AL,Stocker DJ

更新日期：2008-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Pancreatic disease can be associated with polyarthritis and panniculitis in a small number of patients, and this triad constitutes PPP syndrome. Early diagnosis is critical as it has high morbidity and mortality. Panniculitis can occur in fat present anywhere in the body. Involvement of fat in bone marrow is relativel...

journal_title：Clinical nuclear medicine

authors： Tupalli A,Angamuthu M,Prashanth A,Singh R,Kumar R

更新日期：2020-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The utility of PET in septicemia for showing its source and possible metastatic infection has been demonstrated. We describe the diagnosis on PET/CT of a spontaneous corpus cavernosum abscess in a 64-year-old man presenting with Streptococcus constellatus septicemia, in whom the clinical diagnosis had been elusive for...

journal_title：Clinical nuclear medicine

authors： Vermeulen S,Walgraeve N,De Geeter F

更新日期：2020-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Hemangiopericytoma is an unusual tumor that arises from vascular smooth muscle cells. It is mainly experienced in 4th to 5th decades of life and soft-tissue masses are frequently located in lower extremity, pelvis, and retroperitoneum. A 29-year-old man presented with a mass lesion in the right nasal cavity associated...

journal_title：Clinical nuclear medicine

authors： Aras M,Dede F,Ones T,Atasoy BM,Inanir S,Erdil TY,Turoglu HT

更新日期：2011-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The usefulness of F-18 2'-deoxy-2-fluoro-D-glucose (FDG) positron emission tomography (PET) has been well established for lymphoma staging. Although involvement of the pancreas occurs in more than one third of patients with non-Hodgkin lymphoma, primary lymphoma of the pancreas accounts for less than 1% of extranodal ...

journal_title：Clinical nuclear medicine

authors： Yoon SN,Lee MH,Yoon JK

更新日期：2004-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:This pilot study aimed to prove the complementary value of a novel Gallium-labeled heterodimeric peptide, Ga-NOTA-3P-TATE-RGD, in detection and evaluation of tumors with somatostatin receptor subtype 2 or integrin αvβ3 overexpression, including non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC), small-cell lung cancer (SCLC), ...

journal_title：Clinical nuclear medicine

authors： Zheng Y,Wang H,Tan H,Cui X,Yao S,Zang J,Zhang L,Zhu Z

更新日期：2019-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A rare kind of obstructive jaundice caused by compression on the common bile duct due to an inflated Foley catheter balloon placed in the duodenum after Suguira surgery for bleeding esophageal vesicles secondary to portal hypertension is presented. After deflating the balloon, the obstruction was relieved. Tc-99m HIDA...

journal_title：Clinical nuclear medicine

authors： Abu Zidan FM,Kumar MS,Hassan IM,Samhan M,Dadah S

更新日期：1991-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Myocardial perfusion imaging (MPI) is one of the most commonly used nuclear medicine imaging modalities for coronary artery disease evaluation and risk stratification. The authors present incidental image findings in a patient who underwent MPI twice because of development of seizures just before the first SPECT-MPI a...

journal_title：Clinical nuclear medicine

authors： Kavanal AJ,Singh D,Sood A,Parmar M,Mittal BR

更新日期：2018-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Acute suppurative thyroiditis is an uncommon condition. Most patients have preexisting oropharyngeal fistulae. Penetrating oropharyngeal injuries resulting from swallowed foreign bodies provide an acquired channel of infection spreading into the relatively resistant thyroid gland. The authors describe a patient with i...

journal_title：Clinical nuclear medicine

authors： Yung BC,Loke TK,Fan WC,Chan JC

更新日期：2000-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A ureteroinguinal hernia was demonstrated on both a Tc-99m mercaptoacetyltriglycine (MAG3) renal scan and a computed tomographic scan in an 81-year-old man with suspected urinary tract infection and a prior history of transurethral resection of the prostate. Ureteral hernias are relatively rare, although the ureteroin...

journal_title：Clinical nuclear medicine

authors： Katz DS,Young W,Yung E

更新日期：2003-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The cardiac apical mass of Hodgkin's disease, an infrequent presentation of lymphomas, can be selectively labeled with 67Ga-citrate. Three cases are presented illustrating the value of 67Ga scintigraphy in the differential diagnosis of pericardial masses, as well as its role in the management and assessment of therapy...

journal_title：Clinical nuclear medicine

authors： Manfredi OL,Sundaram R,Ramadan FM,Aruny J

更新日期：1978-02-01 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：: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：:We report a 65-year-old man with a right cerebral infarction that occurred 15 years ago and a residual left hemiparesis that began with progressive contralateral hemiparesis. During the hospitalization, the patient developed a bilateral alien hand syndrome. Urgent CT, MR, CT angiography, and brain perfusion SPECT were...

journal_title：Clinical nuclear medicine

authors： Serrano-Vicente J,Duran-Barquero C,Garcia-Bernardo L,Dominguez-Grande ML,Infante-Torre JR,Rayo-Madrid JI

更新日期：2015-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Venous malformations of the parotid glands are uncommon and can be difficult to confirm on routine anatomical imaging alone because of overlap of imaging features with other more common parotid lesions. (99m)Tc RBC scans combined with SPECT/CT offer a noninvasive way to diagnose parotid venous malformations without th...

journal_title：Clinical nuclear medicine

authors： Patel R,Saad H,Srinivasan A,Brown RK

更新日期：2015-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：ABSTRACT:A 62-year-old woman had progressively developing throbbing right neck pain for 1 year. The pain radiated to the right suboccipital area, sometimes accompanied by breathlessness. To rule out cancer, patient received FDG PET/CT, which showed an intraspinal cord intense FDG-avid calcified mass at the level of the...

journal_title：Clinical nuclear medicine

authors： Chuang TL,Chen JC,Chen YR,Wang YF

更新日期：2021-03-01 00:00:00