Sonographic and scintigraphic evaluation of gallbladder duplication.

abstract：PURPOSE:Because of paucity of data available regarding the utility of PET/CT in the diagnosis and staging of patients with olfactory neuroblastoma (ONB), we retrospectively analyzed the efficacy of PET/CT in 9 patients with ONB. MATERIALS AND METHODS:Whole-body F-18 FDG PET/CT was performed in 7 patients with newly di...

journal_title：Clinical nuclear medicine

authors： Wu HB,Wang QS,Zhong JM,Zhou WL,Li HS,Qiao-yu W

更新日期：2011-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:We aim to retrospectively evaluate the impact of hormone therapy (HT) on FDG avidity of metastatic lesions in patients with breast cancer (BC) undergoing PET/CT. PATIENTS AND METHODS:Three hundred eight patients with BC were scanned with PET/CT at 2 Italian institutions (mean time from diagnosis 4 yrs, rang...

journal_title：Clinical nuclear medicine

authors： Evangelista L,Redana S,Racca M,Geuna E,Vinante L,Zago G,De Carolis V,Ghiotto C,Saladini G,Varetto T

更新日期：2014-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:PET is a useful tool for detecting the presence and extent of brain tau accumulation. However, most first-generation tau PET tracers are limited for high off-target binding and detection of tau in non-Alzheimer disease (AD). This study evaluated potential clinical applications of F-PI-2620 as a novel PET tracer...

journal_title：Clinical nuclear medicine

authors： Oh M,Oh SJ,Lee SJ,Oh JS,Roh JH,Chung SJ,Lee JH,Lee CS,Kim JS

更新日期：2020-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Aggressive natural killer cell leukemia (ANKL) is a rare malignant disorder of mature NK cells characterized by aggressive clinical course and poor outcome. The commonly involved sites are peripheral blood, bone marrow, liver, and spleen, but any organ can show involvement. We report a case of ANKL diagnosed and asses...

journal_title：Clinical nuclear medicine

authors： Park JA

更新日期：2014-04-01 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：:The interview is usually a major determinant on whether or not a physician job applicant is hired. This article addresses a number of fine points for the interview not previously emphasized in this series of articles. For example, the job candidate needs to be careful that the questions he/she asks are not negative an...

journal_title：Clinical nuclear medicine

authors： Harolds J

更新日期：2014-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Early Tc-99m diphosphonate (DP) imaging was performed in 122 patients with cold thyroid nodules in an effort to differentiate benign nodules from malignant. Immediately upon completion of the routine 24-hour I-123 uptake and multiview pinhole imaging, Tc-99m DP was injected intravenously and three serial 3-minute ante...

journal_title：Clinical nuclear medicine

authors： Siddiqui AR,Wellman HN,Park HM,Burney BT

更新日期：1982-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Breast cancer is the most common cancer in women with rising incidence worldwide. F-FDG PET/CT imaging has already established itself as a pivotal modality for staging, restating and response assessment in patients with carcinoma breast. The complex biology of this cancer is increasingly being decoded and various mole...

journal_title：Clinical nuclear medicine

authors： Vatsa R,Singh SS,Ashwathanarayana AG,Kumar R,Rana N,Shukla J,Mittal BR

更新日期：2020-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:This study compared the effectiveness of fluorodeoxyglucose (FDG) positron emission tomography (PET) with computed tomography (CT), magnetic resonance imaging (MRI), or both for the assessment of recurrent squamous cell carcinoma of the head and neck. The value of quantifying the standardized uptake values (SUV...

journal_title：Clinical nuclear medicine

authors： Li P,Zhuang H,Mozley PD,Denittis A,Yeh D,Machtay M,Smith R,Alavi A

更新日期：2001-02-01 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：:We detail the history and evaluation of a 68-year-old man who had head-to-toe PET/CT scanning that showed a focal area of increased FDG uptake in the left medial foot. This was thought to be recurrence of his melanoma. The patient was asymptomatic. He had a history of malignant melanoma of the right ear, which was rem...

journal_title：Clinical nuclear medicine

authors： Scheler J,Rehani B,Percy T,Pelstring R,Bharija A,Ames D,Mantil J

更新日期：2008-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:The aim of the present study was to evaluate whether computed tomography based-attenuation correction (CT-AC) provides any advantage over non-attenuation-corrected (NAC) images for qualitative and quantitative analysis of single photon emission tomography (SPECT) myocardial perfusion imaging (MPI). METHODS:W...

journal_title：Clinical nuclear medicine

authors： Sharma P,Patel CD,Karunanithi S,Maharjan S,Malhotra A

更新日期：2012-04-01 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：PURPOSE:This study documented the previously reported lower sensitivity of routine planar three-phase bone scintigraphy (BS) performed using a high-resolution parallel-hole collimator compared with MRI to diagnose nontraumatic avascular necrosis of the hip (AVN). METHODS:Six observers reviewed 143 bone scintigrams obt...

journal_title：Clinical nuclear medicine

authors： Scheiber C,Meyer ME,Dumitresco B,Demangeat JL,Schneegans O,Javier RM,Durkel J,Grob JC,Grucker D

更新日期：1999-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Chest radiograph performed in a 61-year-old woman to evaluate cough showed a large mass in the right lung. On chest CT images, the mass was measured approximately 8.5 cm. Malignancy was considered, and bone scintigraphy was performed to assess possible osseous metastases. The bone scan images demonstrated increased tr...

journal_title：Clinical nuclear medicine

authors： Zhao L,Liu J,Li Q,Wang HQ

更新日期：2016-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A 66-year-old white man with amiodarone pneumonitis is presented. The diagnosis was made with the aid of Ga-67 imaging, which is a sensitive method of detecting amiodarone pulmonary toxicity in patients with symptomatic pulmonary infiltrates on chest radiographs. Ga-67 imaging is especially useful in distinguishing am...

journal_title：Clinical nuclear medicine

authors： Lecklitner ML,Johnson DR,Hughes JJ

更新日期：1988-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Indium-111 octreotide scintigraphy is a useful investigation in the diagnosis and staging neuroendocrine or nonendocrine malignancies such as carcinoid, granulomas, small cell lung cancer, medullary thyroid carcinoma, and others. Tumors with large numbers of somatostatin receptors can be accurately imaged and this can...

journal_title：Clinical nuclear medicine

authors： Ha L,Mansberg R,Nguyen D,Bui C

更新日期：2008-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A retrospective examination of the bone scans of 425 pediatric oncology patients was undertaken to determine the incidence of photon-deficient (cold) lesions in this population. Eight patients (1.8%) had cold lesions due to a wide variety of tumors. Of the tumor types, six had not been previously reported to give cold...

journal_title：Clinical nuclear medicine

authors： Weingrad T,Heyman S,Alavi A

更新日期：1984-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:After prolonged androgen deprivation therapy, a subset of castrate-resistant prostate cancer patients will develop neuroendocrine prostate cancer (NEPC) associated with resistance to further hormonal therapy and frequent visceral metastases. Imaging the presence of somatostatin receptors on the cancer cell surface may...

journal_title：Clinical nuclear medicine

authors： Hope TA,Aggarwal R,Simko JP,VanBrocklin HF,Ryan CJ

更新日期：2015-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A 72-year-old man with a history of prostate adenocarcinoma initially managed by radical prostatectomy and salvage radiation therapy underwent resection of a left vas deferens recurrence identified on PSMA PET. Despite an initial response, PSA failed to fall below 3.5 ng/L, prompting re-evaluation with PSMA PET/CT: a ...

journal_title：Clinical nuclear medicine

authors： Chaussé G,Skinnider B,Crook J,Black P,Abikhzer G,Probst S

更新日期：2020-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Hepatobiliary scans are performed frequently to identify gallbladder-related disease. Although gallbladder stones are a common cause of hepatobiliary disease, they are visualized directly only rarely on hepatobiliary scans. Large gallbladder stones produced a photopenic defect in the gallbladder in a hepatobiliary sca...

journal_title：Clinical nuclear medicine

authors： Sinha P,Krumm R,Mozley PD

更新日期：2001-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Diagnosis of ectopic Cushing syndrome is challenging. The best imaging approach for localizing ectopic ACTH-secreting tumors is not defined. Here, we report on a 68-year-old woman with new-onset hypertension (>200/90 mm Hg) who was referred to our institution with suspicion of ectopic ACTH-secreting tumor for further ...

journal_title：Clinical nuclear medicine

authors： Bluemel C,Lapa C,Mottok A,Hahner S,Herrmann K

更新日期：2013-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A 10-year-old girl with a history of complicated cystic fibrosis was hospitalized for pulmonary exacerbation with allergic bronchopulmonary aspergillosis and severe right upper lobe bronchiectasis diagnosed with chest radiograph and CT. She was started on itraconazole during the hospitalization in attempt to decrease ...

journal_title：Clinical nuclear medicine

authors： Rodriguez K,Siegel A

更新日期：2018-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Unusual features of iodine-131 uptake during thyroid cancer scintigraphy may lead to a false-positive diagnosis of residual or recurrent malignancy and associated metastasis. Radiographic or cross-sectional imaging correlation should help to differentiate truly functioning thyroid lesions from physiological or artifac...

journal_title：Clinical nuclear medicine

authors： Nguyen BD,Roarke MC

更新日期：2005-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:The authors' goal was to determine whether the prevalence of pulmonary embolism in patients with matching ventilation-perfusion (V-Q) defects and chest radiographic opacities differs depending on the degree of perfusion deficit (absent versus decreased). METHODS:The authors performed a retrospective analysis o...

journal_title：Clinical nuclear medicine

authors： Kim CK,Worsley DF,Alavi A

更新日期：2000-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Radionuclide scintigraphy is a safe and accurate means of detecting postoperative urologic complications in renal transplant recipients. Early identification of urinary leakage coupled with aggressive intervention significantly reduces the associated morbidity and mortality. Perivesical extravasate may be difficult to...

journal_title：Clinical nuclear medicine

authors： Bushnell DL,Wilson DG,Lieberman LM

更新日期：1984-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The efforts of the Vascular Quality Initiative of the Society for Vascular Surgery and its regional groups, including the Vascular Study Group of New England, have been very helpful in furthering medical knowledge in multiple areas of vascular surgery and hopefully in improving quality and safety. One of the areas foc...

journal_title：Clinical nuclear medicine

authors： Harolds JA

更新日期：2017-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The use of gallium scanning in the treatment of patients with AIDS has been well described. In this study, 27 HIV-infected patients (Walter Reed Staging Classification I-V) with normal chest roentgenograms were evaluated to determine the occurrence of thoracic gallium abnormalities in early HIV infection. SPECT was us...

journal_title：Clinical nuclear medicine

authors： Anders GT,Timmons JH,Johnson JE,Blanton HM,Hartshorne MF

更新日期：1990-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Anatomic localization of spine lesions, shown by Tc-99m phosphonate SPECT, to facet joint or pedicle is often difficult due to limitations in resolution. Indirect localization, relating lesion position on sagittal reconstruction to the adjacent visible vertebral bodies and also to patient spine radiographs, might be r...

journal_title：Clinical nuclear medicine

authors： Nicholson RL,Manglal-Lan B,Wilkins K

更新日期：1991-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A 53-year-old man had a diagnosis of mucosa-associated lymphoid tissue lymphomas of the dura in the left tentorium. The patient underwent whole-body F-FDG PET/CT and C-methionine PET/CT in order to complete the staging of dural mucosa-associated lymphoid tissue lymphoma. C-methionine uptake was detected in multiple me...

journal_title：Clinical nuclear medicine

authors： Annunziata S,Cuccaro A,Caldarella C,Hohaus S

更新日期：2017-12-01 00:00:00