Phenytoin Could Potentially Increase Hepatic Clearance of 99mTc-Sestamibi in Myocardial Perfusion Imaging.

abstract：:Malignant melanoma is a rare malignant tumor arising within the melanocytes of the skin. The authors report a case of primary and metastatic malignant melanoma revealed with Tc-99m MIBI in one patient. Tc-99m MIBI images showed uptake in possible malignant melanoma skin lesions of the left calf and great toe of a 73-y...

journal_title：Clinical nuclear medicine

authors： Jang Kim S,Won Seok J,Ju Kim I,Ki Kim Y

更新日期：2002-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Sarcoidosis is rarely recognized as an osseous manifestations alone. Patients with osseous involvement usually have a chronic multivisceral form of the disease. The authors report a case of osseous sarcoidosis without other visceral involvement. A bone scan was requested to evaluate the extent of the bone involvement ...

journal_title：Clinical nuclear medicine

authors： Benelhadj S,Patrois F,Duet M,Bérolatti B,Mundler O

更新日期：1996-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A case of acute cholecystitis in an immunosuppressed patient with hepatocellular dysfunction is reported. The diagnostic dilemmas posed by the lack of specific sonographic findings, the possibility of acute gallbladder disease without early cystic duct obstruction, and the absence of clear guidelines for the interpret...

journal_title：Clinical nuclear medicine

authors： Assi Z,Bohnen NI,Shapiro B

更新日期：1998-09-01 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：:Diagnosing prosthetic joint infection is difficult; clinical signs and symptoms, laboratory tests, radiography, and joint aspiration are less sensitive and specific. We report a patient with fever and painful bilateral hip prosthesis, who underwent Tc-sulesomab scan showing moderate tracer uptake at the lateral surfac...

journal_title：Clinical nuclear medicine

authors： Albano D,Bosio G,Paghera B,Bertagna F

更新日期：2016-06-01 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：:The Dandy-Walker syndrome (DWS) is a rare congenital posterior fossa malformation characterized by aplasia or hypoplasia of the cerebellar vermis, cystic dilatation of the fourth ventricle, and enlargement of the posterior fossa. We present a 52-year-old Caucasian man diagnosed with gastrointestinal stromal tumor and ...

journal_title：Clinical nuclear medicine

authors： Infante JR,Garcia L,Rayo JI,Serrano J,Dominguez ML,Moreno M

更新日期：2016-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A 66-year-old man with castration-resistant prostate cancer was evaluated with F-prostate-specific membrane antigen (PSMA) 1007 PET/CT, which revealed extensive PSMA-positive skeletal metastases in the skull, thorax, spine, pelvis, and extremities. He was then treated Lu-PSMA-617 therapy. Twenty-four-hour SPECT/CT rev...

journal_title：Clinical nuclear medicine

authors： Kairemo K,Kangasmäki A,Joensuu T,Seregard S

更新日期：2020-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Lymphomatoid granulomatosis (LG) is a rare condition with histological similarities to Wegener's granulomatosis and malignant lymphoma. Characteristically there is an angiocentric, angiodestructive lymphoreticular cell infiltrate. The lungs are usually affected, and, less frequently, the skin, nervous system, kidney, ...

journal_title：Clinical nuclear medicine

authors： Tien R,Moore WH,Glasser LM,Dhekne RD,Long SE

更新日期：1988-12-01 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：PURPOSE:In recent years, several case reports have described venous thromboembolism (VTE) on FDG PET/CT. In this short communication, we present results from a proof-of-concept pilot study aimed at providing some preliminary data on the efficacy of FDG PET/CT in prospective patients with suspected VTE. PATIENTS AND ME...

journal_title：Clinical nuclear medicine

authors： Hess S,Madsen PH,Iversen ED,Frifelt JJ,Høilund-Carlsen PF,Alavi A

更新日期：2015-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A case of Takayasu's arteritis is reported. Ventilation-perfusion lung scans and exercise thallium scintigraphy clearly showed pulmonary and coronary arterial involvement, respectively. Clinical examination and angiography revealed no other abnormal vascular findings. This case points out the difficulty in attempting ...

journal_title：Clinical nuclear medicine

authors： Krause T,Schühlen H,Vaith P,Moser E

更新日期：1993-02-01 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：:Absence of perfusion of a right lung was initially misinterpreted as pulmonary embolic disease. Pulmonary angiography revised this diagnosis to obstruction of the right pulmonary vein. ...

journal_title：Clinical nuclear medicine

authors： Hartshorne MF,Bauman JM,Cawthon MA,Huggins M

更新日期：1985-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Three cases of unsuspected urine extravasation first detected by radionuclide scintigraphy are presented with subsequent confirmation by CT and, retrograde pyelograms. A renal study done to rule out acute transplant rejection demonstrates gallbladder uptake which was initially thought to be consistent with urine extra...

journal_title：Clinical nuclear medicine

authors： Bocchini T,Williams W,Patton D

更新日期：1989-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Hemiplegic migraine (HM) is an unusual type of migraine, with few cases reported in the literature. Unlike other types of migraine, aura HM presents accompanying motor deficit manifestations that do not last more than 24 hours. We report a 27-year-old man referred to us from the emergency department to carry out a cer...

journal_title：Clinical nuclear medicine

authors： Jiménez-Hoyuela JM,Amrani-Raissouni T,Gallardo-Tur A,Moya-Espinosa F,Padilla-Parrado F

更新日期：2013-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Iodine-123 MIBG is a norepinephrine analog which can be used to image the sympathetic innervation of the heart. The authors report a patient with myotonic dystrophy whose I-123 MIBG SPECT revealed accelerated washout of I-123 MIBG from infero-posterior and a part of lateral wall, although Tl-201 SPECT showed no abnorm...

journal_title：Clinical nuclear medicine

authors： Machida K,Honda N,Mamiya T,Takahashi T,Kamano T,Kashimada A,Inoue Y,Kinoshita M

更新日期：1994-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The interview is usually a major determinant on whether or not a physician job applicant is hired. This article addresses a number of fine points for the interview not previously emphasized in this series of articles. For example, the job candidate needs to be careful that the questions he/she asks are not negative an...

journal_title：Clinical nuclear medicine

authors： Harolds J

更新日期：2014-10-01 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：: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：:Measurement of relative renal function in azotemic patients can be misleading due to elevated background activity and delayed renal concentration of radiotracer. When there is delayed excretion of the tracer and obvious splenic or hepatic activity superimposed over one of the kidneys, it often is advantageous to delay...

journal_title：Clinical nuclear medicine

authors： Sennewald K,Taylor A Jr

更新日期：1993-05-01 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 retrospective analysis of 104 chest radionuclide angiography (CRNA) studies establishes the utility of this procedure in the evaluation of pulmonary malignancies and benign masses. Remarkable abnormalities in the perfusion of the lungs were identified in 36 (58%) of 62 cases that were not predictably normal or predi...

journal_title：Clinical nuclear medicine

authors： Hartshorne MF,Bauman JM,Telepak RJ,Karl RD,Cawthon MA,Howard WH 3rd,Bunker SR

更新日期：1984-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A rare case of isolated right ventricular infarction (RVI) is described. The lack of clinical and electrocardiographic findings characteristic of isolated RVI makes this pathology a diagnostic challenge. The role of the radionuclide scintigraphic procedures as a single possible tool for the diagnosis of isolated RVI i...

journal_title：Clinical nuclear medicine

authors： Garty I,Antonelli D,Barzilay J

更新日期：1984-12-01 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:Recent studies have shown that thyroglobulin (Tg) concentration is a useful tumor marker in follow-up of differentiated thyroid cancer (DTC) patients after thyroidectomy and subsequent radioiodine (I-131) therapy. However, its role is controversial after total or near-total thyroidectomy before the first I-131 ...

journal_title：Clinical nuclear medicine

authors： Lin Y,Li T,Liang J,Li X,Qiu L,Wang S,Chen Y,Kang Z,Li F

更新日期：2011-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Cerebrospinal fluid-ventriculoperitoneal shunts are often used in the treatment of hydrocephalus in children. Many complications can arise that may lead to shunt malfunction, including detachment of the distal limb of the shunt. A case is presented where such a complication occurred with distal migration of the detach...

journal_title：Clinical nuclear medicine

authors： Blair K,AuCoin R,Kloiber R,Molnar CP

更新日期：1989-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A case of a 23-year-old man with an encapsulated, anaerobic splenic abscess is reported. Both the In-111 leukocyte and Tc-99m sulfur colloid scans demonstrated an intrasplenic defect. The Ga-67 citrate scan revealed uptake in the rim of the abscess only where the abscess cavity was relatively photon-deficient. The com...

journal_title：Clinical nuclear medicine

authors： Ammann W,Chiu BK,Wright JM

更新日期：1986-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A 39-year-old man with bone pain underwent Tc-MDP bone scan to assess skeletal lesions, which demonstrated multiple fractures and a focus of subtle extraosseous activity in the left thigh. A Tc-hynic-octreotide imaging was performed due to the suspected diagnosis of tumor-induced osteomalacia, which revealed a hyperme...

journal_title：Clinical nuclear medicine

authors： Xia X,Shao F,Hu F,Gai Y,Lan X

更新日期：2020-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The speed of Tc-99m DTPA/HMPAO radioaerosol clearance from the lungs that is represented as a slope from lungs to blood was measured in 23 male normal controls using commercial lung radioaerosol delivery units in the supine position in order to avoid the influences of gravity. The right lung was selected and three reg...

journal_title：Clinical nuclear medicine

authors： Kao CH,Lin HT,Yu SL,Wang SJ,Yeh SH

更新日期：1995-07-01 00:00:00