Paradoxical Early Increase in Prostate-Specific Membrane Antigen Uptake Following Cryoablation for Local Recurrence After Radical Prostatectomy.

abstract：:We present a 73-year-old man with a new diagnosis of right upper lung adenocarcinoma. Right elbow x-ray and Tc-99m MDP whole body bone scan were performed due to a reddish, swollen, and painful right forearm for 1 week. X-ray, performed on March 25, 2008, showed an osteolytic lesion in the proximal right radius with s...

journal_title：Clinical nuclear medicine

authors： Chun-Yi L,Yiing-Feng H,Hua-Tzu H,Chang-Sheng L

更新日期：2009-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Giant cell tumor of tendon sheath (GCTTS) is benign mesenchymal neoplasm, and it rarely induces hypophosphatemia. We report a 49-year-old woman with suspicious tumor-induced osteomalacia underwent Ga-DOTA-TATE PET/CT to identify potential causative tumor, which showed a hypermetabolic soft tissue nodule in the right f...

journal_title：Clinical nuclear medicine

authors： Jia C,Shao F,Yang M,Qin C,Lan X

更新日期：2019-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:We investigated the risk factors of indeterminate response (IDR) in patients who underwent recombinant human thyroid-stimulating hormone (rhTSH)-aided radioactive iodine therapy (RAIT). METHODS:A total of 128 patients with papillary thyroid cancer were included in this retrospective study. The patients were cl...

journal_title：Clinical nuclear medicine

authors： Jeong E,Yoon JK,Lee SJ,Soh EY,Lee J,An YS

更新日期：2019-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The Schilling test is used to identify the cause of vitamin B12 malabsorption in patients with low serum vitamin B12 levels. The initial step required for vitamin B12 absorption is a process of separation from the protein complexes of food. The crystalline Co-57 vitamin B12 used in the Schilling test does not reproduc...

journal_title：Clinical nuclear medicine

authors： Lucas MH,Elgazzar AH

更新日期：1994-11-01 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：:Four patients with sternocostoclavicular hyperostosis showing characteristic abnormal uptake on bone imaging are described. Bone imaging was useful in the diagnosis of sternocostoclavicular hyperostosis. ...

journal_title：Clinical nuclear medicine

authors： Otsuka N,Fukunaga M,Sone T,Nagai K,Tomomitsu T,Yanagimoto S,Muranaka A,Ono S,Morita R

更新日期：1986-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A 69-year-old woman presented with cognitive impairment related to attentive, executive, and mnemonic functions; progressive worsening of walking, speaking, writing, and reading ability; and double sphincter incontinence. Leukoencephalopathy, cystic lesions, and calcifications, suspected for Labrune syndrome, were obs...

journal_title：Clinical nuclear medicine

authors： Cuzzocrea M,Florimonte L,Scola E,Benti R,Castellani M

更新日期：2020-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We report a rare case of a mediastinal malignant granular cell tumor in a 41-year-old man presenting with dyspnea, retrosternal chest pain, and recurrent pericardial effusion under treatment with corticosteroids. Because of recurrent episodes, further investigations with chest MRI and F-FDG PET/CT revealed a large inf...

journal_title：Clinical nuclear medicine

authors： D'hulst L,Deroose C,Strybol D,Coolen J,Gheysens O

更新日期：2018-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Ga-prostate-specific membrane antigen (PSMA) ligand is a well-known tracer used in prostate cancer. Nevertheless, there are reports of unusual Ga-PSMA uptake in variety of benign lesions. We report a case of prostate cancer in which Ga-PSMA PET/CT revealed tracer avidity in the enhancing walls of cystic lesions in the...

journal_title：Clinical nuclear medicine

authors： Vadi SK,Kumar R,Singh H,Singh SK,Mittal BR

更新日期：2018-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Intense muscle localization of Tc-99m MDP to upper extremity musculature was noted three days following weight lifting exercises. This phenomenon is due to an unknown mechanism although several causative factors have been suggested. ...

journal_title：Clinical nuclear medicine

authors： du Cret RP,Boudreau RJ,Block JB,Jensen PR,Loken MK

更新日期：1987-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:F-FDG PET/CT was performed on a 48-year-old woman with leukocytosis (white blood cell count 57.10 × 10/L, 84.0% neutrophils) and monoclonal gammopathy to investigate the possibility of reactive neutrophilia secondary to plasmacytoma. On the background of skeletal "superscan," the maximum intensity projection image of ...

journal_title：Clinical nuclear medicine

authors： An C,Zhai L,Geng H,Wang P,Zhang W

更新日期：2020-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Dual radionuclide imaging of the neck (Tc-99m pertechnetate and TI-201 thallous chloride) was performed in 22 patients with chemical evidence of hyperparathyroidism (elevated blood calcium and parathormone [PTH] levels). Of these, 19 of 22 had localization of a TI-201 "excess" area on radiothallium-radiotechnetium sub...

journal_title：Clinical nuclear medicine

authors： Gupta SM,Belsky JL,Spencer RP,Frias J,Kotch P,Halpin T,Herrera NE

更新日期：1985-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Melorheostosis is a rare but benign disorder characterized by asymmetric osteosclerotic dysplasia. Radiographic appearances are characteristic and described as "melting wax flowing down a candle." This disorder may involve more than one bone contiguously across the joints following a sclerotomal distribution. It is of...

journal_title：Clinical nuclear medicine

authors： Sonoda LI,Halim MY,Balan KK

更新日期：2011-03-01 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：:The case reported demonstrates an unusual appearance of a Meckel's diverticulum on preoperative Tc-99m pertechnetate abdominal scintiscan. Precise pathologic correlation with histopathologic findings in the resected specimen elucidated the unusual findings on the scintiscan. ...

journal_title：Clinical nuclear medicine

authors： Patel BR,D'Cruz CA,McCay MB

更新日期：1984-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A retrospective review of two years' experience with radionuclide screening to detect lower gastrointestinal bleeding sites was conducted at New York's Montefiore Medical Center. Of 82 studies performed in 63 patients, 13 identified active bleeding sites. Only three of eight angiograms obtained in these 13 patients we...

journal_title：Clinical nuclear medicine

authors： Winn M,Weissmann HS,Sprayregen S,Freeman LM

更新日期：1983-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Two cases of unilateral septic sacro-iliitis are reported. Importance of the anterior view of sacroiliac joints on the radionuclide bone scan is stressed. Limitation of the posterior view in evaluation of sacroiliac joints may lead to misdiagnosis and false negative results in unilateral sacro-illiac disease. ...

journal_title：Clinical nuclear medicine

authors： Kumar R,Balachandran S

更新日期：1983-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Although the incidence of an organic cause is low and most of the detected genitourinary anomalies are not responsible for enuresis, a simple, noninvasive screening test is preferable in the analysis of children with enuresis. Extension of standard radionuclide renography as a method of screening the upper as well as ...

journal_title：Clinical nuclear medicine

authors： van der Vis-Melsen MJ

更新日期：1992-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Gallium imaging may play an important role in both initial evaluation and in follow-up in patients with metastatic melanoma. We present a case where the patient had gallium-avid metastatic melanoma. SPECT proved helpful in the initial evaluation. ...

journal_title：Clinical nuclear medicine

authors： Edeburn GF,Tow DE

更新日期：1986-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A 54-year-old man with multiple endocrine neoplasia type 1 had previous history of parathyroid surgery and left thyroid lobectomy 5 years earlier, and was referred for recurrent hypoglycemic episodes. Ga-DOTATATE PET/CT had showed multiple lesions in the right lung, liver, and pancreas. Biopsy from pancreas revealed l...

journal_title：Clinical nuclear medicine

authors： Novruzov F,Mehmetbeyli L,Aliyev JA,Abbasov B,Mehdi E

更新日期：2019-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We present a woman with a history of Gaucher disease and secondary portal hypertension. She went to hospital for treatment of resistant fever without apparent cause. A conventional study of fever of unknown origin did not show any pathology. For this reason, she was referred to our department for a PET/CT, which did n...

journal_title：Clinical nuclear medicine

authors： Fuertes J,Garcia-Bennett JR,Iftimie S,Danús M,Abreu JA

更新日期：2014-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Mesothelioma is a malignancy arising from the embryonic coelomic mesodermal lining forming the pleura, peritoneum, pericardium, and tunica vaginalis. It is mostly induced by exposure to asbestos. The author presents a 77-year-old woman with an atypical manifestation of epithelioid mesothelioma, which does not follow t...

journal_title：Clinical nuclear medicine

authors： Nguyen BD

更新日期：2014-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Hypophosphatemic osteomalacia, a familial or rarely acquired disorder, is characterized biochemically by hypophosphatemia, decreased renal tubular reabsorption of phosphate, decreased intestinal absorption of calcium, and normal serum calcium. This report concerns a rare case of hypophosphatemic osteomalacia of unknow...

journal_title：Clinical nuclear medicine

authors： Kim S,Park CH,Chung YS

更新日期：2000-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A 28-year-old woman with a history of prior bilateral retinoblastoma presented with general fatigue, anemia, and a urinary bladder mass seen on abdominal ultrasound and CT. She was referred for a staging 18F-FDG PET/CT, which showed an intensely FDG-avid bladder mass that was biopsied to reveal a leiomyosarcoma, with ...

journal_title：Clinical nuclear medicine

authors： Makis W,Rakheja R,Nahal A,Hickeson M,Lisbona R

更新日期：2013-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A 57-year-old woman initially presented with the acute onset of low back pain after gardening. Plain film at that time was reported as showing Scheurmann's disease of the lumbar spine. The pain resolved slowly, but recurred acutely after minimal trauma 5 months later. Bone scintigraphy revealed increased uptake in L4 ...

journal_title：Clinical nuclear medicine

authors： Crawford BA,van der Wall H

更新日期：2007-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:To improve the surgical success and reduce the complication rates, we combine our routine preoperative ultrasound (US) mapping technique with radioguided occult lesion localization (ROLL) in patients with papillary thyroid cancer recurrences in central compartment. MATERIALS AND METHODS:In the morning of surge...

journal_title：Clinical nuclear medicine

authors： Ilgan S,Oztürk E,Yildiz R,Emer O,Ayan A,Görgülü S,Alagöz E,Deveci S,Ozgüven MA,Tufan T

更新日期：2010-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Pulmonary perfusion scintigraphy with Tc-99m MAA was performed on 182 patients, on whom either pneumonectomy or lobectomy was performed, because of primary nonsmall-cell lung carcinoma. Among them, 76 underwent pneumonectomy, and 106 underwent lobectomy. The mean value of the perfusion fraction (PF) of the affected lu...

journal_title：Clinical nuclear medicine

authors： Chen CY,Kao CH,Hsu NY,Chen CL,Hsu CP,Wang PY

更新日期：1994-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Infected aortic aneurysm is an uncommon life-threatening disease. A 68-year-old man had a history of type 2 diabetes mellitus and repeated urinary tract infections. He presented with fever, chills, low back pain, leukocytosis, and Salmonella group B bacteremia. For evaluation of suspected lumbar vertebral osteomyeliti...

journal_title：Clinical nuclear medicine

authors： Hsu CC,Huang YF,Chuang YW

更新日期：2008-04-01 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：:Castleman's disease of the kidney is extremely rare. We present a case of Castleman's disease in the left kidney with multiple para-aortic enlarged lymph nodes. Both the renal lesion and para-aortic lymph nodes showed hypervascularity on enhanced CT and minimally increased FDG uptake on FDG PET/CT, mimicking renal cel...

journal_title：Clinical nuclear medicine

authors： Wang Y,Dong A,Yang B,Lu J

更新日期：2018-05-01 00:00:00