Comparison of magnetic resonance imaging and radionuclide imaging in the evaluation of renal transplant failure.

abstract：:A 41-year-old man from South Asia presented with a several months' history of unilateral nasal obstruction and bleeding. At nasal endoscopy, two strawberry-like, friable, polypoid masses in the upper airways were detected. The patient's clinical trait was compatible with an infectious disease. F-FDG PET/MRI was perfor...

journal_title：Clinical nuclear medicine

authors： Cazzador D,Cecchin D,Colangeli R,Crimì F,Emanuelli E

更新日期：2020-10-01 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：:Erlotinib is a reversible epidermal growth factor receptor tyrosine kinase inhibitor used to treat advanced non-small cell lung carcinoma patients who have shown progression on at least 1 prior chemotherapy regimen. Most of the patients on erlotinib show cutaneous adverse effects. We report the 18F-FDG PET/CT findings...

journal_title：Clinical nuclear medicine

authors： Kumar K,Singh H,Gupta RK,Bal C,Kumar R

更新日期：2015-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Regression in metastatic lesions as seen on a bone scan may be accompanied by increasing sclerosis radiographically. There are two possible causes for interval radiographic sclerosis: progressive osteoblastic tumor deposition or the healing process itself. The presence of active neoplasia can better be determined in s...

journal_title：Clinical nuclear medicine

authors： Hellman RS,Wilson MA

更新日期：1982-03-01 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：:The costosternoclavicular region is not a common bone metastasis site, and symmetrical involvement is even rarer. Increased tracer uptake in the manubrium and sternoclavicular joints usually gives the typical "bull-horn" appearance seen in SAPHO syndrome (synovitis, acne, pustulosis, hyperostosis, and osteitis). Herei...

journal_title：Clinical nuclear medicine

authors： Ni J,Tang P

更新日期：2016-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Studies have suggested that Tc-99m white blood cell (WBC) imaging is superior to contrast radiology for assessing the extent and activity of inflammatory bowel disease (IBD). The Tc-99m WBC scan seems ideally suited to obtain, in only one examination, a precise temporal snapshot of the distribution and intensity of in...

journal_title：Clinical nuclear medicine

authors： Charron M

更新日期：2000-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Two cases of aortic dissection are presented in which discordance between renal perfusion and function has been demonstrated with Tc-99m DTPA. Renal perfusion on the affected side was decreased on blood flow imaging, whereas renal function, including parenchymal accumulation and excretion assessed by subsequent sequen...

journal_title：Clinical nuclear medicine

authors： Aburano T,Yokoyama K,Taki J,Takayama T,Shuke N,Tonami N,Hisada K

更新日期：1992-01-01 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：:Four cases of basal ganglia infarction demonstrated by radionuclide brain imaging are presented. Bilateral basal ganglia infarctions in two patients were probably related to methanol intoxication and meningoencephalitis, and unilateral basal ganglia infarctions in two other patients were presumably due to cerebral ath...

journal_title：Clinical nuclear medicine

authors： Kim EE,Schacht RA,Domstad PA,DeLand FH

更新日期：1982-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Tc-99m labeled RBC imaging was used to conclusively demonstrate continuing intrathoracic hemorrhage from the anastomotic site of a coronary artery bypass graft. Demonstration of continuing hemorrhage and localization of the most likely site of bleeding resulted in timely and appropriate surgical intervention, which re...

journal_title：Clinical nuclear medicine

authors： Orzel JA,Baisden CE

更新日期：1986-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A 57-year-old woman with a history of a right modified radical mastectomy after neoadjuvant chemotherapy for stage IIIB infiltrating ductal breast carcinoma presented for follow-up bone scan. Initial inspection was suspicious for sacral metastasis, but on closer review the absence of renal activity in the left flank w...

journal_title：Clinical nuclear medicine

authors： Pryma DA,Akhurst T

更新日期：2005-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Persistent hyperinsulinemic hypoglycemia in adults is most commonly caused by insulinomas, which pose a diagnostic challenge to physicians, surgeons, and radiologists and require multimodality imaging for precise localization and staging. PET tracers such as F-FDOPA and glucagon-like peptide 1 receptor analogs have be...

journal_title：Clinical nuclear medicine

authors： Sood A,Basher RK,Kang M,Shukla J,Behera A,Walia R,Nada R,Mittal BR,Bhattacharya A

更新日期：2019-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A 51-year-old man presented with cough and pain in his upper chest for 1 week. Chest CT showed an ill-defined right paratracheal mass with slight enhancement in the upper mediastinum. A FDG PET/CT was performed showing focal increased FDG uptake with SUVmax of 4.7 in the mass. The mass was excised surgically. Histopat...

journal_title：Clinical nuclear medicine

authors： Zhang J,Ni Y,Dong A

更新日期：2020-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:F-FDG PET/CT was performed on a 70-year-old man to stage the newly diagnosed multiple myeloma. A hypermetabolic lesion in the gallbladder fundus was revealed incidentally and suspected for gallbladder carcinoma, but was finally proven to be a cholesterol granuloma by the pathology of cholecystectomy. ...

journal_title：Clinical nuclear medicine

authors： Fu Z,Chen X,Yang X,Li Q

更新日期：2019-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:The aim of this study was to evaluate retrospectively magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) and (18)F fluorodeoxyglucose positron emission tomography/computed tomography (FDG PET/CT) findings of hepatic epithelioid hemangioendothelioma (HEH). PATIENTS AND METHODS:MRI and FDG PET/CT findings were reviewed in 6 patie...

journal_title：Clinical nuclear medicine

authors： Dong A,Dong H,Wang Y,Gong J,Lu J,Zuo C

更新日期：2013-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:An 83-year-old asymptomatic woman with a history of breast cancer treated with resection, radiation, and chemotherapy was studied with F-18 FDG positron emission tomography/computed tomography (PET/CT) for staging purposes. The whole-body F-18 FDG PET/CT images revealed poorly circumscribed, bilateral soft tissue mass...

journal_title：Clinical nuclear medicine

authors： Wasyliw CW,Caride VJ

更新日期：2005-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A 59-year-old female patient was hospitalized with anemia from recurrent gastrointestinal bleeding. Planar (99m)Tc-tagged red blood cell bleeding scan suggested an active site of low-rate hemorrhage in the left upper quadrant, but after 60 minutes it could not conclusively define the bleeding as originating in small v...

journal_title：Clinical nuclear medicine

authors： Bentley BS,Tulchinsky M

更新日期：2014-01-01 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 55-year-old woman with a history of cervical carcinoma, status post hysterectomy and radiation therapy 8 years prior, presented worsening back pain for 9 months. The patient underwent a Tc-DTPA renal scan, which showed that a vertically linear tracer distribution was seen alongside the right ureter. Ureteroenteric f...

journal_title：Clinical nuclear medicine

authors： Hou X,Zhang W,Zhang Y

更新日期：2016-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Thirty-three patients with biopsy-proven lung cancer and a total of 150 lesions diagnosed by conventional staging procedures were imaged using a Tc-99m labeled monoclonal Fab fragment of an IgG2B murine monoclonal antibody (MoAb) (NR-LU-10, NeoRx Corporation). Immunoscintigraphy demonstrated 100% of primary and 78% of...

journal_title：Clinical nuclear medicine

authors： Vansant JP,Johnson DH,O'Donnell DM,Stewart JR,Sonin AH,McCook BM,Powers TA,Salk DJ,Frist WH,Sandler MP

更新日期：1992-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:An 18F-FDG PET/CT scan was performed in a 26-year-old man with a known alveolar rhabdomyosarcoma for staging. The PET/CT scan showed abnormally increased FDG activity involving almost all bones in the imaged regions. In contrast, 99mTc-MDP whole-body bone scan demonstrated only very limited bone metastases. ...

journal_title：Clinical nuclear medicine

authors： Yang J,Zhen L,Zhuang H

更新日期：2013-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The authors report a case in which a radionuclide hepatobiliary image was falsely indicative of cystic duct obstruction in a patient with an indwelling cholecystostomy tube and an externalized gallbladder-duodenal stent. Cystic duct patency was demonstrated radiographically shortly before and after the radionuclide st...

journal_title：Clinical nuclear medicine

authors： Zagoria RJ,Cowan RJ,Dyer RB,Herrera M

更新日期：1989-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This report describes a 19-year-old man with interruption of the inferior vena cava with azygos continuation. Both radionuclide venography and MRI clearly showed venous return of the lower limbs through prominent collateral systems. ...

journal_title：Clinical nuclear medicine

authors： Kuo CW,Peng NJ,Chiu YL

更新日期：2017-12-01 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：:Tc-99m sulfur colloid has been shown to be accurate in the detection of intrapulmonary bleeding (1,2). The present example demonstrates the usefulness of Tc-99m sulfur colloid in identifying an unusual manifestation of intrathoracic hemorrhage. ...

journal_title：Clinical nuclear medicine

authors： Sanchez FW,Reinig JW,Bailey GT,Gobien RP,Vujic I

更新日期：1984-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Medullary thyroid cancer (MTC) is a rare but potentially life-threatening disease with limited therapeutic options. As a neuroendocrine tumor, MTC expresses somatostatin receptors, and therefore, somatostatin-labeled radiopharmaceuticals could be used to treat patients with MTC. OBJECTIVE:The aims of this s...

journal_title：Clinical nuclear medicine

authors： Vaisman F,Rosado de Castro PH,Lopes FP,Kendler DB,Pessoa CH,Bulzico DA,de Carvalho Leal D,Vilhena B,Vaisman M,Carneiro M,Corbo R

更新日期：2015-02-01 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：:Osteitis condensans ilii (OCI) is a benign cause of low back pain for which no clear etiology has been identified. We report cases of 2 women with breast cancer referred for F-NaF PET/CT for skeletal staging. Both cases show characteristic findings of OCI on CT images, with F-NaF PET uptake in symptomatic patient and ...

journal_title：Clinical nuclear medicine

authors： Usmani S,Ahmed N,Al Kandari F

更新日期：2020-11-10 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