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_name
Clin Nucl Medjournal_title
Clinical nuclear medicineauthors
Edeburn GF,Tow DEdoi
10.1097/00003072-198607000-00023subject
Has Abstractpub_date
1986-07-01 00:00:00pages
528-9issue
7eissn
0363-9762issn
1536-0229journal_volume
11pub_type
杂志文章abstract::SPECT findings in a very rare case of primary amyloidosis localized in the laryngotracheobronchial area are reported. SPECT using Tc-99m PYP revealed widespread uptake in the larynx and the entire tracheobronchial tree up to the subsegmental divisions; the areas corresponded to diffuse thickening and calcification of ...
journal_title:Clinical nuclear medicine
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1097/00003072-199308000-00011
更新日期:1993-08-01 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
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1097/00003072-198703000-00012
更新日期:1987-03-01 00:00:00
abstract::The utility of PET in septicemia for showing its source and possible metastatic infection has been demonstrated. We describe the diagnosis on PET/CT of a spontaneous corpus cavernosum abscess in a 64-year-old man presenting with Streptococcus constellatus septicemia, in whom the clinical diagnosis had been elusive for...
journal_title:Clinical nuclear medicine
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1097/RLU.0000000000002851
更新日期:2020-02-01 00:00:00
abstract::In evaluating alcoholic liver disease in a patient with pulmonary tuberculosis, a liver-spleen scan was performed that showed an unusual uptake of sulfur colloid in the lungs. There was diffuse uptake in the left lung and portions of the right lower lung with absent uptake in the right upper lobe and portions of the r...
journal_title:Clinical nuclear medicine
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1097/00003072-198904000-00007
更新日期:1989-04-01 00:00:00
abstract::A 31-year-old woman underwent Tc-labeled UBI scanning for diagnosis of possible prosthesis infection evaluation in our department. The scan showed an area of increased tracer uptake in the mid-lateral portion of the left thigh. This was proven to be due to a retained surgical gauze in her left thigh. ...
journal_title:Clinical nuclear medicine
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1097/RLU.0000000000001389
更新日期:2016-12-01 00:00:00
abstract::For better delineation of regional ventilation abnormalities, a lateral-view imaging has been employed when one or more areas of abnormal retention were visible in posterior views of 133Xe washout images. It is technically simple to obtain lateral views during the 133Xe washout phase. The resulting images were found t...
journal_title:Clinical nuclear medicine
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1097/00003072-197902000-00001
更新日期:1979-02-01 00:00:00
abstract::A 69-year-old man with newly diagnosed prostate cancer PSA 274 ng/mL, Gleason 4+3, T-stage 3b) underwent Ga-PSMA PET/CT for staging with follow-up scans 6 and 13 weeks after androgen deprivation therapy (ADT) initiation. Six weeks after ADT initiation, lymph node metastases observed at staging showed metabolic and rad...
journal_title:Clinical nuclear medicine
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1097/RLU.0000000000002273
更新日期:2018-11-01 00:00:00
abstract:PURPOSE:Sentinel lymph node biopsy (SLNB) has been described as a minimally invasive method for lymph node staging in patients with a penile carcinoma and nonpalpable inguinal nodes in national and international guidelines of involved professional societies. However, this method is rarely used. The aim of this study wa...
journal_title:Clinical nuclear medicine
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1097/RLU.0000000000001268
更新日期:2016-08-01 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
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1097/RLU.0b013e3182443b98
更新日期:2012-07-01 00:00:00
abstract::Infective endocarditis can be difficult to prove, even in the face of strong clinical suspicion. A case in which standard methods of diagnosis failed to demonstrate endocarditis in a patient with recurrent Staphylococcus aureus bacteremia and porcine aortic valve is reported. An In-111 labelled leukocyte SPECT study d...
journal_title:Clinical nuclear medicine
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1097/00003072-199008000-00020
更新日期:1990-08-01 00:00:00
abstract::Lung cancer is the main malignancy with frequent endotracheal and endobronchial dissemination. Extrapulmonary sources of airway metastasis are less common, predominantly seen with breast, colorectal, and renal neoplasms. Head and neck cancer represents only a small fraction of tumors with tracheal luminal metastasis. ...
journal_title:Clinical nuclear medicine
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1097/RLU.0b013e31816a790a
更新日期:2008-05-01 00:00:00
abstract::Ga DOTATATE PET/CT in noninvasive characterization of synchronous pituitary neoplasm and meningioma in a 38-year-old man is illustrated. The patient presented with an MRI-detected lobulated enhancing sellar-suprasellar mass with erosion of bony sella measuring 4.5 × 3.5 × 3.4 cm (with differential diagnosis with germ ...
journal_title:Clinical nuclear medicine
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1097/RLU.0000000000001021
更新日期:2016-03-01 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
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1097/00003072-198211000-00004
更新日期:1982-11-01 00:00:00
abstract:PURPOSE:Technetium-99m pertechnetate scintigraphy is a well-established technique for diagnosing congenital hypothyroid disease. However, the biodistribution of pertechnetate (TcO4-) in neonates and young infants is not well documented. The purpose of this study was to analyze and document the biodistribution of TcO4- ...
journal_title:Clinical nuclear medicine
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1097/00003072-200104000-00006
更新日期:2001-04-01 00:00:00
abstract:PURPOSE:The purpose of this study was to map the lymphatic drainage patterns of breast cancer with lymphoscintigraphy to evaluate the variability of drainage and to determine whether lymphatic mapping can help to increase the certainty of breast cancer staging. MATERIALS AND METHODS:Fifty women with breast cancer (mea...
journal_title:Clinical nuclear medicine
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1097/00003072-200105000-00007
更新日期:2001-05-01 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
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1097/RLU.0000000000003198
更新日期:2020-09-01 00:00:00
abstract::A 5-year-old patient suffered Horner syndrome, which was caused by a neuroblastoma in the left apex of the lung shown on the initial I-MIBG scan. After the surgical resection and external radiation to the left lung field, a follow-up I-MIBG scan revealed significantly less MIBG activity in the left upper chest compare...
journal_title:Clinical nuclear medicine
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1097/RLU.0000000000000760
更新日期:2015-06-01 00:00:00
abstract::An intraparenchymal lung tumor exhibiting the histopathologic and immunophenotypic characteristics of an intracranial meningioma is described. The tumor presented as a solitary asymptomatic pulmonary nodule with increased fluorodeoxyglucose uptake on positron emission tomography. After right upper lobectomy, benign ps...
journal_title:Clinical nuclear medicine
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1097/01.RLU.0000027744.41282.A9
更新日期:2002-10-01 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
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1097/00003072-200103000-00004
更新日期:2001-03-01 00:00:00
abstract:OBJECTIVE:To evaluate the role of ⁶⁸Ga-DOTANOC (⁶⁸Gallium-labeled [1,4,7,10-tetraazacyclododecane-1,4,7,10-tetraacetic acid]-1-NaI³-octreotide) PET/CT for localization of the primary tumor in patients with carcinoma of unknown primary of neuroendocrine origin. MATERIAL AND METHODS:Twenty patients (median age, 55 years...
journal_title:Clinical nuclear medicine
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1097/RLU.0b013e31823ea730
更新日期:2012-03-01 00:00:00
abstract::Hippocampal damage has been linked to memory impairment. To clarify the relationship between decreased hippocampal blood flow and memory impairment in patients after cardiovascular surgery, the authors compared Tc-99m HMPAO SPECT findings and Mini Mental State Examination (MMSE) scores. Eight patients who had valve re...
journal_title:Clinical nuclear medicine
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1097/00003072-199806000-00004
更新日期:1998-06-01 00:00:00
abstract::A 2-year-old girl with cardiorespiratory distress and suspected pulmonary embolism (PE) was referred for urgent lung perfusion scintigraphy, proven negative for perfusion defects but unexpectedly revealing an enlarged orthotopic thyroid. This finding was, under the circumstances, considered as suggestive of thyroid st...
journal_title:Clinical nuclear medicine
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1097/RLU.0b013e31829af5ed
更新日期:2013-08-01 00:00:00
abstract::Tc-99m hexamethylpropylene amineoxime (HMPAO) is a novel radiopharmaceutical demonstrated to be a sensitive indicator of abnormalities of cerebral perfusion. Most reports in the literature have evaluated patients with gross perfusion deficits, such as cerebrovascular accidents, and with dementia, where patterns of dif...
journal_title:Clinical nuclear medicine
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1097/00003072-199103000-00007
更新日期:1991-03-01 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
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1097/00003072-198806000-00006
更新日期:1988-06-01 00:00:00
abstract::Technetium-99m-hexamibi (methoxy isobutyl isonitrile) is a Tc-99m-hexakis analog that can be used as a myocardial perfusion imaging agent. This is a report of an initial study that was performed in four institutions to assess the feasibility of Tc-99m-hexamibi myocardial imaging for the detection of coronary artery di...
journal_title:Clinical nuclear medicine
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1097/00003072-198902000-00004
更新日期:1989-02-01 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
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1097/RLU.0b013e318286bbda
更新日期:2013-05-01 00:00:00
abstract::Benign neurofibromas undergo sarcomatous transformation in approximately 5% of patients with neurofibromatosis type I. The clinical and radiologic diagnosis of sarcomatous change remains difficult. Positron emission tomography with F-18 fluorodeoxyglucose is a method to assess increased glucose metabolism in malignant...
journal_title:Clinical nuclear medicine
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1097/00003072-200106000-00009
更新日期:2001-06-01 00:00:00
abstract:BACKGROUND:Recent data suggest that diffuse gliomas carrying mutations in codon 34 of the H3 histone family 3A protein represent a very rare, distinct subgroup of IDH-wild type malignant astrocytic gliomas. However, characteristics detectable by MRI and F-FET PET in H3-G34-mutant gliomas are unknown. METHODS:We report...
journal_title:Clinical nuclear medicine
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1097/RLU.0000000000002300
更新日期:2018-12-01 00:00:00
abstract::Schmorl node (SN) is the herniation of the nucleus pulposus through the cartilaginous and bony endplate into the adjacent vertebral body. It is documented that SNs produce areas of moderately increased F-FDG uptake. We present a case of a patient with history of neuroendocrine tumor, who underwent Ga DOTATATE PET/CT f...
journal_title:Clinical nuclear medicine
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1097/RLU.0000000000001065
更新日期:2016-03-01 00:00:00
abstract::A 66-year-old woman had autopsy-proven miliary tuberculosis, with regional involvement of the meninges of the left Sylvian fissure. Radionuclide studies of the brain demonstrated the unusual findings of increased perfusion to the left hemisphere and linear increased activity corresponding to the left Sylvian fissure. ...
journal_title:Clinical nuclear medicine
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1097/00003072-197808000-00005
更新日期:1978-08-01 00:00:00