The Use of FDG PET Parametric Imaging in the Diagnosis of Olivopontocerebellar Atrophy.

abstract：:The spongy body of the penis metastasis from other primary sites is a rare clinical entity. It is frequently associated with widespread metastatic disease and poor prognosis clinically. We report a case of a 61-year-old man with a previous history of cystectomy due to infiltrating urothelial carcinoma of the bladder 1...

journal_title：Clinical nuclear medicine

authors： Wang YL,Fang N,Zeng L,Wu ZJ,Cui XJ

更新日期：2016-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Soft tissue metastases from neuroblastoma very rarely occur without concurrent osseous metastases. We report 1 case of non-MIBG-avid, high-risk neuroblastoma in a pediatric patient who had widespread soft tissue metastases without concurrent osseous lesion on FDG PET/CT imaging. ...

journal_title：Clinical nuclear medicine

authors： Tolboom N,Servaes SE,Zhuang H

更新日期：2017-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:Conventional nuclear medicine equipment lacks sufficient spatial resolution to reliably visualize the papillary muscles (PM). Positron emission tomography (PET), however, can adequately visualize these structures using various positron emitters. METHODS AND PATIENTS:We present various patterns of PM observed o...

journal_title：Clinical nuclear medicine

authors： Steinmetz AP,Maisey MN,Hardoff R

更新日期：2004-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A case of a large plasma-cell granuloma of the left upper lobe in a 5-year-old girl is presented. Uptake of Tc-99m MDP by the soft tissue mass was demonstrated with bone imaging. Plasma cell granuloma should be included in the gamut of extraosseous uptake of bone-seeking radionuclide in the pediatric chest. ...

journal_title：Clinical nuclear medicine

authors： Wells RG,Sty JR

更新日期：1986-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Bone imaging using Tc-99m MDP was performed on a 68-year-old man with a newly diagnosed adenocarcinoma of the lung. The image unexpectedly showed increased activity in the heart area. Emergent echocardiography demonstrated impending pericardial tamponade. A malignant pericardial effusion was verified by pericardiocent...

journal_title：Clinical nuclear medicine

authors： Engeler CM,DuCret RP,Ulstad V,Mahan M,Kuni CC,Boudreau RJ

更新日期：1989-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The uptake of fluorine-18 fluorodeoxyglucose (F-18 FDG) by a malignant tumor depends on the blood glucose level. The authors present a striking case that illustrates the importance of blood glucose measurement in F-18 FDG positron emission tomographic (PET) imaging in a patient with a solitary pulmonary nodule. With t...

journal_title：Clinical nuclear medicine

authors： Ojha B,Bartley SC,Gundlapalli S,Mountz JM

更新日期：2001-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A 40-year-old man was examined because he was a potential "healthy" renal donor. However, the routine work-up before surgery revealed hypertension, although there was no family history of this condition. The patient was examined to exclude secondary causes of hypertension. Tc-99m glucoheptonate renal imaging showed ne...

journal_title：Clinical nuclear medicine

authors： Kumar R,Gupta R,Reddy SN,Malhotra A

更新日期：2000-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Whole-body (131I) scintigraphy (WBS) is used to detect residual or metastatic tissue during treatment of differentiated thyroid carcinoma in combination with thyroglobulin (Tg) and ultrasonography of the neck. It is a highly sensitive method, but there is a high rate of false positives. We report the case of a 52-year...

journal_title：Clinical nuclear medicine

authors： Meyer M,Godbert Y,Soubeyran I,Cazeau AL,Bonichon F

更新日期：2014-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In the course of a work-up for fever of unknown origin associated with intermittent arrhythmias, a gallium scan was performed which revealed diffuse myocardial uptake. The diagnosis of Lyme disease myocarditis subsequently was confirmed by serologic titers. One month following recovery from the acute illness, the abno...

journal_title：Clinical nuclear medicine

authors： Alpert LI,Welch P,Fisher N

更新日期：1985-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The cerebral hemodynamics and oxygen metabolism before and after the recanalization of the occluded sinus were evaluated using O-15 positron emission tomography (PET) scanning in a 21-year-old woman with superior sagittal sinus thrombosis. During the initial presentation, there was increased regional cerebral blood vo...

journal_title：Clinical nuclear medicine

authors： Kawai N,Shindou A,Masada T,Tamiya T,Nagao S

更新日期：2005-06-01 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：PURPOSES:To evaluate the dosimetric effect of outpatient radioiodine therapy for thyroid cancer in members of a patient's family and their living environment, when using iodine-131 doses reaching 7.4 GBq. The following parameters were thus defined: (a) whole-body radiation doses to caregivers, (b) the production of con...

journal_title：Clinical nuclear medicine

authors： Willegaignon J,Sapienza M,Ono C,Watanabe T,Guimarães MI,Gutterres R,Marechal MH,Buchpiguel C

更新日期：2011-06-01 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：:Paget bone disease is a chronic benign bone disease characterized by excessive and abnormal bone remodeling. The scintigraphic and bone SPECT/CT hybrid imaging appearances of the affected bone(s) depend on the stage of the disease. We report the case of a patient newly diagnosed with prostate cancer who was found to h...

journal_title：Clinical nuclear medicine

authors： Engur CO,Turoglu HT,Ozguven S,Tanidir Y,Erdil TY

更新日期：2020-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A child with an asymptomatic mass in the lower right thorax was evaluated with sonography, intravenous urography, and radionuclide renography. High renal ectopia was only diagnosed with radionuclide renography. ...

journal_title：Clinical nuclear medicine

authors： Williams AG Jr,Christie JH,Mettler FA Jr

更新日期：1983-09-01 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：PURPOSE:Investigate the ability of F-fluorothymidine (FLT) PET combined with CT at 6 weeks to predict treatment response at 12 weeks after treatment with pembrolizumab. METHODS:Five patients with unresectable stage IV melanoma were included in this single-institution pilot study. Patients underwent FLT-PET/CT (baselin...

journal_title：Clinical nuclear medicine

authors： Yeh R,Trager MH,Rizk EM,Finkel GG,Barker LW,Carvajal RD,Geskin LJ,Schwartz GK,Schwartz L,Dercle L,Saenger YM

更新日期：2020-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A previously healthy 3-year-old girl developed rhinorrhea, painful right neck swelling, and fever. Contrast-enhanced CT of the neck revealed cervical lymphadenopathy, for which lymphoma was considered. FDG PET/CT images showed intense activity not only in the neck but also in the thorax, abdomen, and pelvis. Biopsy wa...

journal_title：Clinical nuclear medicine

authors： Liu B,Lee NJ,Otero HJ,Servaes S,Zhuang H

更新日期：2014-02-01 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：:The efficacy and merit of testicular imaging, utilizing Tc-99m pertechnetate, were studied prospectively in a group of patients who presented with acute onset of scrotal pain. Consecutive admissions were studied. All were managed according to the likelihood of the problem being testicular torsion, which was determined...

journal_title：Clinical nuclear medicine

authors： Dunn EK,Macchia RJ,Chauhan PS,Laungani GB,Solomon NA

更新日期：1986-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A case is reported in which a urinoma developed following a renal transplant. Dual isotope renography-cystography using Tc-99m DTPA and Ga-67 citrate revealed the diagnosis after ultrasonography and radiographic cystography were nondiagnostic. ...

journal_title：Clinical nuclear medicine

authors： Baker AL,Cowan RJ,Assimos DG

更新日期：1987-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:To define the appropriate scan time for fluorine-18-labeled dihydroxyphenylalanine (F-18 DOPA) PET in oncological imaging of pheochromocytomas and paragangliomas. MATERIALS AND METHODS:F-18 DOPA PET examinations were performed in 9 patients with 7 pheochromocytomas and 4 head and neck paragangliomas using a de...

journal_title：Clinical nuclear medicine

authors： Hentschel M,Rottenburger C,Boedeker CC,Neumann HP,Brink I

更新日期：2012-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:There are many lessons relevant to burnout from studying the literature on positive psychology. For example, resilience can be taught. A major portion of resilience and fighting burnout is finding meaning in work. Positive thinking, optimism, positive self-talk, and ways to diminish stress and increase happiness and e...

journal_title：Clinical nuclear medicine

authors： Harolds JA

更新日期：2019-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A variety of sequelae of elevated calcium levels are encountered in patients with underlying primary hyperparathyroidism, including stone formation such as calculi in the urinary tract and sialoliths in the salivary glands and ducts. We present a case of a 54-year-old woman with fatigue, myalgia, and poor concentratio...

journal_title：Clinical nuclear medicine

authors： Pattanayak P,Santhanam P,Javadi MS,Solnes LB,Rowe SP

更新日期：2017-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：AIMS:The aim of this study was to explore the utility of 18F-FDG PET/CT in the assessment of response to antitubercular treatment (ATT) and identification of treatment endpoint. PATIENTS AND METHODS:Forty patients (mean age, 35.3 years; 27 men) with clinically, radiologically, and histopathologically proven joint tube...

journal_title：Clinical nuclear medicine

authors： Goyal D,Shriwastav R,Mittal R,Sharma A,Sharma V,Kumar VD,Sharma MC,Kumar R

更新日期：2021-01-28 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：:An 85-year-old woman who had an invasive ductal carcinoma of the breast and elevated alkaline phosphatases (420 U/L) was referred for Tc-99m MDP bone scintigraphy for initial evaluation of skeletal metastases. Bone symptoms were limited to chronic pain in both knees. A bone scan revealed pagetoid findings in both calc...

journal_title：Clinical nuclear medicine

authors： Duch J,Fuster D,Ortín J,Setoain X,Pons F

更新日期：2006-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We present an F-18 FDG PET scan which demonstrates 3 synchronous primary malignancies. The patient is a 61-year-old man who presented with weight loss and dysphagia. He was initially diagnosed with squamous cell carcinoma of the midesophagus, and was then found to have an adenocarcinoma in the right lung. A staging PE...

journal_title：Clinical nuclear medicine

authors： Mittra E,Vasanawala M,Niederkohr R,Rodriguez C,Segall G

更新日期：2007-08-01 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：: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