Richter Syndrome Presenting With Colon Localization.

abstract：:The purpose of this study was to directly compare the efficacy of Tc-99m MIBI with TI-201/Tc-99m pertechnetate scintigraphy for localizing parathyroid adenomas in patients with primary hyperparathyroidism. Of 21 patients suspected of having primary hyperparathyroidism who had undergone both studies, 14 had subsequent ...

journal_title：Clinical nuclear medicine

authors： Rauth JD,Sessions RB,Shupe SC,Ziessman HA

更新日期：1996-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A 42-year-old woman suffered shortness of breath and whole-body pain, more prominent in both thighs. After the initial assessment, a paraneoplastic syndrome was considered clinically, and FDG PET/CT was performed to search culprit malignancy. The images did not reveal any focal lesion typical of solid hypermetabolic m...

journal_title：Clinical nuclear medicine

authors： Bai X,Tie N,Wang X,Zhao J

更新日期：2017-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:To compare the block sequential regularized expectation maximization (BSREM) algorithm with the ordered subsets expectation maximization (OSEM) algorithm and to evaluate how different penalty factors (b values) influence image quality and SUV measurements. METHODS:We analyzed data from 78 prostate cancer patie...

journal_title：Clinical nuclear medicine

authors： Baratto L,Duan H,Ferri V,Khalighi M,Iagaru A

更新日期：2020-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A case of osteomalacia with multiple asymmetrically distributed pseudofractures (Looser's zones) simulating metastases is presented. Radiographic correlation is essential to increase specificity and avoid misinterpretation. ...

journal_title：Clinical nuclear medicine

authors： Velchik MG,Makler PT Jr,Alavi A

更新日期：1985-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Three patients with primary breast lymphoma were reported. All patients had rapidly growing breast masses and these masses showed nonspecific findings in mammography and on ultrasound. They resembled phyllodes tumor or invasive ductal carcinomas. Ga-67 scintigraphy showed intense accumulation was seen in all of the ly...

journal_title：Clinical nuclear medicine

authors： Koizumi M,Aruga A,Yamada K

更新日期：1996-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Some of the causes for resident burnout and other impairments of wellness are the same as for other physicians, but some are quite different. For example, residents have much less autonomy and control, are under more pressure to learn a huge amount of information quickly, are more frequently evaluated, have stress fro...

journal_title：Clinical nuclear medicine

authors： Harolds JA

更新日期：2020-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Mycotic aneurysm is a rare and life-threatening disorder. Computed tomography (CT) is considered to be the best diagnostic imaging modality that can detect an abdominal aortic aneurysm and changes in the surrounding structures. More recently, F-18 fluorodeoxyglucose (FDG) PET would seem to hold promise for the diagnos...

journal_title：Clinical nuclear medicine

authors： Choi SJ,Lee JS,Cheong MH,Byun SS,Hyun IY

更新日期：2008-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We report a 58-year-old man whose incidentally discovered papillary thyroid carcinoma in the left lobe showed high FDG and low FLT uptake on PET/CT. The SUVmax was 19.7 for FDG and 3.0 for FLT. The Ki-67 labeling index of the tumor was 1.9%. Thus, the low FLT uptake might be attributed to the low proliferative activit...

journal_title：Clinical nuclear medicine

authors： Nakajo M,Nakajo M,Kajiya Y,Jinguji M,Mori S,Aridome K,Suenaga T,Tanaka S

更新日期：2012-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND AND AIMS:We aimed to assess the characteristics of glucose utilization in left and right ventricle (LV, RV) myocardium with F-18 fluorodeoxyglucose (FDG) on positron emission tomography in patients with pulmonary arterial hypertension (PAH), and to evaluate whether predominance of RV glucose metabolism as co...

journal_title：Clinical nuclear medicine

authors： Can MM,Kaymaz C,Tanboga IH,Tokgoz HC,Canpolat N,Turkyilmaz E,Sonmez K,Ozdemir N

更新日期：2011-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The current study was initiated to define whether Tc-99m leukocyte imaging, compared to In-111 chloride imaging, could provide additional information on the hematopoietic activity of the bone marrow in diffuse hematologic disorders. A total of 11 patients with hematologic disorders were studied both with Tc-99m leukoc...

journal_title：Clinical nuclear medicine

authors： Aburano T,Yokoyama K,Shuke N,Kinuya S,Takayama T,Michigishi T,Tonami N,Hisada K

更新日期：1992-12-01 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：:An 80-year-old woman was evaluated with F-fluorocholine PET/CT in suspicion of a parathyroid adenoma. No focal parathyroid tracer uptake suggestive of adenoma was found, and instead a unilateral multinodular goiter without elevated F-fluorocholine uptake was diagnosed. In addition, focal uptake was found in a cutaneou...

journal_title：Clinical nuclear medicine

authors： Burgers AMG,Wondergem M,van der Zant FM,Knol RJJ

更新日期：2018-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:Gliomas constitute the most frequent primary brain tumors. Glioblastoma, the most common and malignant glioma in adults, has dismal prognosis with any current therapy. On the other hand, low-grade gliomas, the second most common type of gliomas, are potentially curative with appropriate treatment. METHODS:We c...

journal_title：Clinical nuclear medicine

authors： Katsanos AH,Alexiou GA,Fotopoulos AD,Jabbour P,Kyritsis AP,Sioka C

更新日期：2019-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Cortical alterations of brain metabolism, as seen in PET, obviously depend on the nature of the damage (either mechanical, toxic, anoxic, or other). However, some subcortical abnormalities seem to occur rather frequently regardless of the extension, position and cause of the damage. In particular, relative cerebellar ...

journal_title：Clinical nuclear medicine

authors： Lupi A,Bertagnoni G,Salgarello M,Orsolon P,Malfatti V,Zanco P

更新日期：2007-06-01 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：:Recurrent respiratory papillomatosis is a rare benign disease caused by HPV-6 or HPV-11. The tumors may rarely undergo malignant degeneration. We performed FDG PET/CT in a patient experiencing recurrent respiratory papillomatosis who had pulmonary involvement. Although squamous cell carcinoma was detected in one of th...

journal_title：Clinical nuclear medicine

authors： Tatci E,Gokcek A,Unsal E,Cimen F,Demirag F,Yazici S,Ozmen O

更新日期：2015-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Ascites can cause pleural effusions when the peritoneal fluid crosses the diaphragm through a pleuroperitoneal shunt in the setting of hepatic cirrhosis (hepatic hydrothorax) or malignant ascites. Scintigraphic imaging for pleuroperitoneal shunt requires intraperitoneal injection of Tc-SC or Tc-macroaggregated albumin...

journal_title：Clinical nuclear medicine

authors： Covington MF,Choudhary G,Avery RJ,Kuo PH

更新日期：2016-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The authors have previously shown that the definition of ablation of thyroid tissue in patients treated with thyroidectomy and radioiodine (I-131) for thyroid carcinoma depends upon the dose of I-131 used to scan the patient. The therapeutic response to I-131 therapy was evaluated in a group of ten differentiated thyr...

journal_title：Clinical nuclear medicine

authors： Ramanna L,Waxman AD,Brachman MB,Tanasescu DE,Chapman N,Braunstein GD

更新日期：1985-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We describe a case of a 5-year-old boy with a history of intermittent melena underwent TcO4 scintigraphy. On dynamic images, no abnormal activity was noted. After voiding and also in the lateral view, the focus of activity was noted in the superior and anterior aspect of the urinary bladder, compatible with a Meckel's...

journal_title：Clinical nuclear medicine

authors： Pirayesh E

更新日期：2020-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Reduced cortical benzodiazepine receptor binding potential in late images of I-iomazenil SPECT indicates neuronal damage in the cortex. We present the case of a 31-year-old woman with mitochondrial myopathy, encephalopathy, lactic acidosis, and stroke-like episodes (MELAS) who had focal seizures in the right hand. FLA...

journal_title：Clinical nuclear medicine

authors： Taguchi Y,Takashima S,Noguchi K,Tanaka K

更新日期：2014-06-01 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：:A 48-year-old woman presented with abdominal pain, and her initial investigations, which included an abdominal ultrasound and a pelvic MRI examination, revealed a dominant soft tissue mass abutting her left iliac bone, extensive pelvic adenopathy, and multiple osseous metastases. The findings were concerning for chond...

journal_title：Clinical nuclear medicine

authors： Li X,Liu S,Yao S,Wang M

更新日期：2015-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A cavernous hemangioma of the liver presented as an area of increased activity on an isotope bone scan. A review of the literature fails to reveal any previous reports of this phenomenon. ...

journal_title：Clinical nuclear medicine

authors： Burkhalter JL,Morano JU,Patel BR

更新日期：1986-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A 64-year-old man was admitted for evaluation of recently developed anemia and bone pain. The bone scan showed diffusely active lesions in the peripheral bones, symmetrically. Interestingly, 18F-FDG PET/CT revealed the hypermetabolic changes in the peripheral bones as well as the internal organs. Biopsy of bone marrow...

journal_title：Clinical nuclear medicine

authors： Oh SY,Cheon GJ,Jeong E,Lee S,Park TG,Pahk K,Choe JG

更新日期：2012-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE OF THE REPORT:F-FDG PET/CT has been recently proposed as a noninvasive tool for the diagnosis of renal allograft acute rejection (AR) in kidney transplant recipients (KTRs). Still, the influence of kidney function on F-FDG uptake by renal grafts remains unknown. PATIENTS AND METHODS:We retrospectively identifi...

journal_title：Clinical nuclear medicine

authors： Jadoul A,Lovinfosse P,Weekers L,Delanaye P,Krzesinski JM,Hustinx R,Jouret F

更新日期：2016-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Ga-PSMA PET/CT scan on a 70-year-old man with recently diagnosed prostate cancer revealed a spiculating nodule in the apex of the left lung with intense Ga-PSMA uptake. The nodule had no pathological F-FDG uptake and turned out to be a primary adenocarcinoma of the lung. Cases with complementary pattern of uptake in F...

journal_title：Clinical nuclear medicine

authors： Jochumsen MR,Gormsen LC,Nielsen GL

更新日期：2018-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Hyperfunctioning thyroid adenomas causing thyrotoxicosis (Plummer's disease) is not an uncommon cause of hyperthyroidism in the elderly. Most commonly, the adenoma appears as a so-called "hot" nodule on thyroid scintigraphy causing suppression (i.e., nonvisualization) of the remainder of the gland. This report describ...

journal_title：Clinical nuclear medicine

authors： Intenzo CM,Park CH,Kim SM

更新日期：1995-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We present the case of a 63-year-old woman chronic smoker with a history of severe rheumatoid arthritis, who presented with dyspnea and cough. Her chest x-ray film and CT scan (as part of a PET/CT scan) showed multiple lung nodules and a left pleural effusion. A PET scan (as part of a PET/CT scan) revealed no uptake i...

journal_title：Clinical nuclear medicine

authors： Bagga S

更新日期：2007-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:The purpose of this study was to assess left ventricular (LV) function by gated SPECT in acute hypothyroidism. METHODS:Thirty-eight acute hypothyroid patients without any cardiac disease and 40 healthy controls underwent gated SPECT at rest. Fourteen patients had a second examination during thyroxine replaceme...

journal_title：Clinical nuclear medicine

authors： Aydin M,Reyhan M,Sukan A,Yapar AF,Aktas A

更新日期：2007-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE OF THE REPORT:Autonomous functioning thyroid nodules (AFTN), defined as "hot nodules" at thyroid scan, are often cured by radioiodine treatment. The aim of our study was to investigate the long-term outcome in patients treated with an 131I calculated dose, to identify a possible "size-tailored" dose, and to sim...

journal_title：Clinical nuclear medicine

authors： Ronga G,Filesi M,D'Apollo R,Toteda M,Di Nicola AD,Colandrea M,Travascio L,Vestri AR,Montesano T

更新日期：2013-05-01 00:00:00