Medullary thyroid carcinoma with radioiodide transport. Effects of iodine-131 therapy and lithium administration.

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：:Limping is a frequent occurrence in children and may be caused by various conditions, including trauma, inflammation, infection, and malignancy. Nontraumatic avascular necrosis of the tarsal bones should be included in the differential diagnosis. Accumulated data have supported the superiority of bone scans to radiogr...

journal_title：Clinical nuclear medicine

authors： Khoury J,Jerushalmi J,Loberant N,Shtarker H,Militianu D,Keidar Z

更新日期：2007-03-01 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：:Quantitative Tc-99m pertechnetate thyroid imaging was performed on a hypothyroid neonate. The image revealed markedly increased trapping in an enlarged, bilobed, eutopic gland. A perchlorate washout test using quantitative imaging with I-123 confirmed an organification problem. ...

journal_title：Clinical nuclear medicine

authors： Cone L,Oates E,Vazquez R

更新日期：1988-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A 66-year old woman had a left breast mass. Biopsy showed invasive ductal carcinoma. A PET/CT scan demonstrated hypermetabolism in the left breast and atypical heterogeneously increased uptake throughout the skeleton as well as a minimally FDG-avid right adrenal myelolipoma. PET/CT 4 months later after 6 cycles of neo...

journal_title：Clinical nuclear medicine

authors： Manov JJ,Diaz-Bode A,Kuker R

更新日期：2018-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We report a case where acute varicella infection, chickenpox, mimics the findings of recurrent Hodgkin disease on F-18 FDG PET/CT. A 28-year-old man with a history of Hodgkin disease in remission had fatigue, pyrexia, and a raised ESR. His F-18 FDG PET/CT, performed to exclude lymphoma recurrence, demonstrated FDG-avi...

journal_title：Clinical nuclear medicine

authors： Sheehy N,Israel DA

更新日期：2007-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:ITP (idiopathic thrombocytopenic purpura) causes rapid sequestration and destruction of thrombocytes by the spleen, liver, bone marrow, and reticuloendothelial elements of other organs. The usefulness of multiple radionuclide functional imaging procedures in the management of a 34-year-old woman with chronic ITP, two ...

journal_title：Clinical nuclear medicine

authors： Harwood SJ,Carroll RG

更新日期：1992-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Iodine metabolism and kinetics in thyroid carcinoma cells may be different from that in normal thyroid tissue. The optimal time for performing post-therapeutic scans to detect metastatic lesions is still controversial.We retrospectively analyzed the images of 239 patients who received I-131 therapy at our hospital fro...

journal_title：Clinical nuclear medicine

authors： Hung BT,Huang SH,Huang YE,Wang PW

更新日期：2009-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:Electrocardiograph-gated myocardial SPECT permits a quantitative assessment of global and regional functions by quantitative gated SPECT software. To validate quantitative indexes of wall motion and wall thickening, the authors compared these indexes with visual scores. MATERIALS AND METHODS:Gated myocardial S...

journal_title：Clinical nuclear medicine

authors： Konno M,Morita K,Adachi I,Ito Y,Kohya T,Kitabatake A,Tsukamoto E,Tamaki N

更新日期：2001-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We report a case of isolated splenic metastasis from ovarian cancer detected with 18F-FDG PET/CT. A 66-year-old woman with ovarian cancer was referred for 18F-FDG PET/CT to determine the cause of elevated serum CA-125 levels about 48 months after surgery. 18F-FDG PET/CT showed focal, intense uptake in the spleen, with...

journal_title：Clinical nuclear medicine

authors： Lee DH,Yoon JK,Lee SJ,Jo KS,Yoon SH,An YS

更新日期：2014-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Low back pain with radiation to lower limbs is due to nerve root impingement or involvement in most cases. F-FDG PET/CT has shown sacral nerve root involvement in several peripheral nerve pathologies, including neurolymphomatosis, peripheral nerve sheath tumor, and plexopathies. We present 2 cases of a low back pain w...

journal_title：Clinical nuclear medicine

authors： Yadav D,Angamuthu M,Subudhi TK,Das CJ,Kumar R

更新日期：2020-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:The present study aimed to better define the usefulness of F-FDG PET/CT in predicting pathological tumor response (PTR) and survival in patients with noncardia gastric cancer treated with preoperative chemotherapy. METHODS:Seventy-one patients were recruited in 6 Italian centers. The SUV of F-FDG PET/CT was...

journal_title：Clinical nuclear medicine

authors： Morgagni P,Bencivenga M,Colciago E,Tringali D,Giacopuzzi S,Framarini M,Saragoni L,Mura G,Graziosi L,Marino E,Fumagalli Romario U,Baiocchi G,Moretti A,Rossi V,Verlato G

更新日期：2020-03-01 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：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：:A 43-year-old woman with breast cancer underwent Tc-hydroxymethylene diphosphonate bone scintigraphy for preoperative workup. An abnormal lesion with increased uptake was found in the right humeral shaft, and F-NaF bone PET/CT was performed for clarification. There was high uptake of F-NaF without cortical bone disrup...

journal_title：Clinical nuclear medicine

authors： Lee H,Lee KS,Lee WW

更新日期：2015-11-01 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：:Patients with primary central nervous system lymphomas (PCNSLs) present with nonspecific clinical symptoms, which makes correct imaging evaluation essential for diagnostic and therapeutic management. In this work, we examined an 81-year-old man with recently discovered PCNSL using F-FDG PET/MRI, and we were able to di...

journal_title：Clinical nuclear medicine

authors： Pyatigorskaya N,Galanaud D,Dormont D,Soussain C,Kas A

更新日期：2020-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A 27-year-old white man was diagnosed with a testicular, metastatic germ cell tumor. The patient was evaluated with F-18 fluorodeoxyglucose positron emission tomography and coregistered computed tomography (FDG PET/CT) as well as a contrast-enhanced CT (CECT) of the abdomen and pelvis. Serologic tests were performed. ...

journal_title：Clinical nuclear medicine

authors： Koff SG,Sterbis JR,Davison JM,Montilla-Soler JL

更新日期：2006-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Leprosy is a disease that is widely distributed in underdeveloped tropical regions, with cases also occurring in the United States. The bone scan findings in a patient with leprosy who had developed a reactional state of the disease, erythema nodosum leprosum, are presented. His scan showed bilaterally symmetrical dou...

journal_title：Clinical nuclear medicine

authors： Datz FL

更新日期：1987-03-01 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

abstract：:Three cases involving renal scans that showed both severe photopenia and also increase in uptake in a rim surrounding the renal graft are presented. As previously mentioned in the literature, the bad prognostic import of photopenia is confirmed. The increased rim of activity has been rarely mentioned in the literature...

journal_title：Clinical nuclear medicine

authors： Rothfeld B,Spees EK,Goldman SM

更新日期：1985-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Central neurocytoma is a rare benign tumor of neuronal origin. The tumor is often located in the ventricular system and can proliferate within the ventricle. Five months after stereotactic radiosurgery for recurrent neurocytoma, a 33-year-old woman had a 2.0-cm lesion in the right third ventricle on the MRI. FDG PET d...

journal_title：Clinical nuclear medicine

authors： Liu Y

更新日期：2013-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A 74-year-old man underwent excisional biopsy of an anterior mediastinal mass that revealed squamous cell carcinoma of thymic origin. Immunohistochemistry revealed insulin-like growth factor-1 receptor positivity, which has been associated with worse prognosis. Restaging FDG PET/CT revealed extensive soft tissue and o...

journal_title：Clinical nuclear medicine

authors： VanDreel A,Patel D,Emmadi R,Lu Y

更新日期：2015-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Metastasis of colorectal adenocarcinoma to the larynx is a very rare condition. Here, we report a 72-year-old woman with a history of rectal adenocarcinoma. She was referred for whole-body FDG PET/CT scanning because of an elevating serum level of carcinoembryonic antigen. PET images showed focally increased FDG accum...

journal_title：Clinical nuclear medicine

authors： Chen TY,Hung GU,Hung CC,Chiu JS,Kao CH

更新日期：2012-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Gallbladder uptake is occasionally encountered with commonly used nonhepatobiliary radiopharmaceuticals. Identification of the biliary tract by a nonhepatobiliary agent can identify disease, such as uptake of labeled white blood cells. However, in most cases, gallbladder uptake of nonhepatobiliary tracers is not due t...

journal_title：Clinical nuclear medicine

authors： Niederkohr RD,McDougall IR

更新日期：2007-12-01 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：:E-mail messages and face-to-face meetings both are important methods of communication, and each has its own advantages and disadvantages. Conducting informal one-on-one meetings well is important to the success of a leader or manager. However, the follower can also do many things to optimize the success of a one-on-on...

journal_title：Clinical nuclear medicine

authors： Harolds JA

更新日期：2012-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Hepatic epithelioid angiomyolipoma (AML) is rare. Although generally epithelioid AML shows benign biological behavior, it can occasionally have malignant potential. In this study, we report a case of 2 hepatic epithelioid AMLs with different F-FDG uptake; one is intensely FDG avid, and the other is non-FDG avid. ...

journal_title：Clinical nuclear medicine

authors： Zhang Y,Li B,Hou J,Yu H,Shi H

更新日期：2018-06-01 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

abstract：:Rib benign fibrous histiocytoma (BFH) is an uncommon entity. We came across a 20-year-old Chinese man who complained of right chest pain for 2 weeks. All laboratory examination results were normal. CT of the thorax revealed an expansible bone lesion in the right sixth anterior rib. Whole-body bone scan demonstrated in...

journal_title：Clinical nuclear medicine

authors： Li X,Meng Z,Li D,Tan J,Song X

更新日期：2014-09-01 00:00:00