A false-negative LeVeen shunt study.

abstract：:A 57-year-old woman initially presented with the acute onset of low back pain after gardening. Plain film at that time was reported as showing Scheurmann's disease of the lumbar spine. The pain resolved slowly, but recurred acutely after minimal trauma 5 months later. Bone scintigraphy revealed increased uptake in L4 ...

journal_title：Clinical nuclear medicine

authors： Crawford BA,van der Wall H

更新日期：2007-10-01 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：: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：AIM:The aim of this study was to evaluate the redifferentiative and antiproliferative effects of rosiglitazone in patients with progressive differentiated thyroid cancer (DTC) without or with negligible overall radioiodine uptake. MATERIALS AND METHODS:A total of 9 patients with progressive DTC with either no or only ...

journal_title：Clinical nuclear medicine

authors： Rosenbaum-Krumme SJ,Freudenberg LS,Jentzen W,Bockisch A,Nagarajah J

更新日期：2012-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Hepatic hydrothorax is a complication in approximately 5% of patients with cirrhosis. Ascites is almost always present and helps to suggest the correct diagnosis. However, when ascites is absent, radionuclide imaging has proven to be helpful in establishing that the pleural effusion originated from ascitic fluid. When...

journal_title：Clinical nuclear medicine

authors： Albin RJ,Johnston GS

更新日期：1989-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Serial radionuclide angiography is a sensitive technique for the identification of asymptomatic cardiac dysfunction secondary to doxorubicin hydrochloride chemotherapy. However, the results of serial studies must be interpreted with caution in order to avoid labeling variations in the left ventricular ejection fractio...

journal_title：Clinical nuclear medicine

authors： Dey HM,Kassamali H

更新日期：1988-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A total of 66 patients with advanced coronary artery disease (CAD) and 36 with dilated cardiomyopathies (DCM) with ejection fractions less than 20% were analyzed retrospectively to establish patterns of wall motion in each of four quadrants on standard left anterior oblique gated radionuclide ventriculograms. In both ...

journal_title：Clinical nuclear medicine

authors： Boykin M,Hartshorne MF,Bauman JM,Byrd BF

更新日期：1987-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:When early complications occur after a kidney transplant, radionuclide angiography may be useful in determining a possible vascular origin. The authors describe the case of a patient with anuria continuing 24 hours after transplantation. Radionuclide angiography showed a defect at the site of the renal graft, suggesti...

journal_title：Clinical nuclear medicine

authors： Herrmann T,Granjon D,Decousus M,Soler C,Rusch P

更新日期：1991-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:Advanced imaging methods in early breast cancers are not recommended before surgery. In contrast to the accepted guidelines, some recent studies have shown some benefits with the use of PET/CT in early-stage breast cancer. In this study, we aimed to document the efficacy of PET/CT in detection of distant metast...

journal_title：Clinical nuclear medicine

authors： Nursal GN,Nursal TZ,Aytac HO,Hasbay B,Torun N,Reyhan M,Yapar AF

更新日期：2016-05-01 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：:We report a case of mucinous cystic neoplasm which showed FDG accumulation in its cyst wall. MRI revealed that this tumor had repeated intracystic hemorrhage. Inhomogeneous FDG accumulation was found in the cyst wall. The epithelium was focally denuded and ovarian-like stroma with macrophage migration, which phagocyto...

journal_title：Clinical nuclear medicine

authors： Sato M,Hiyama T,Kato K,Shirasu T,Yoshimi F,Nagai H,Saito H,Iijima T

更新日期：2011-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A 43-year-old woman presented with numbness of the left hand and leg for 4 weeks. MRI of the spinal cord revealed an intramedullary lesion with central nodular enhancement at the C3 level. Primary tumor or metastasis of the cervical spinal cord was suspected. FDG PET/CT showed focal hypermetabolism of the spinal cord ...

journal_title：Clinical nuclear medicine

authors： Liu Q,Liu M,Bai Y,Dong A

更新日期：2020-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:F-FDG PET is a tool widely used in many indications, mainly for staging malignant neoplasm. A correct interpretation of images requires knowledge of physiological uptake. The most frequently encountered can be found in head and neck area (language, masticator muscles, and ocular muscles). Many of them can be limited t...

journal_title：Clinical nuclear medicine

authors： Schwartz P Jr,Pinaquy JB

更新日期：2015-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We describe a patient with labile hypertension and elevated metanephrines who underwent 123Iodine metaiodobenzylguanidine (MIBG) for the detection of a possible paraganglioma. The scan revealed markedly abnormal diffusely increased activity in the right renal parenchyma. A CT angiogram showed severe renal artery steno...

journal_title：Clinical nuclear medicine

authors： Jordan A,Seltzer M,Siegel A

更新日期：2014-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:This report highlights the presence of extensive cerebral dysfunction in a patient with cerebral mitochondrial disorder. MATERIALS AND METHODS:The patient is a 10-year-old girl with a history of hemiparesis, encephalopathy, developmental delay, and seizures. She underwent 1H magnetic resonance spectroscopic im...

journal_title：Clinical nuclear medicine

authors： Narla VV,Muthukrishnan A,Mountz JM

更新日期：2008-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:No study has analyzed a sizeable cohort that comprised solely peripheral T-cell lymphoma (PTCL) patients for the diagnostic and prognostic performance of F-FDG PET/CT for bone marrow (BM) involvement. This study aimed to investigate the utility of PET/CT for the identification of BM involvement and to explore i...

journal_title：Clinical nuclear medicine

authors： Abe Y,Kitadate A,Usui Y,Narita K,Kobayashi H,Miura D,Takeuchi M,Oʼuchi E,Oʼuchi T,Matsue K

更新日期：2019-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Intense muscle localization of Tc-99m MDP to upper extremity musculature was noted three days following weight lifting exercises. This phenomenon is due to an unknown mechanism although several causative factors have been suggested. ...

journal_title：Clinical nuclear medicine

authors： du Cret RP,Boudreau RJ,Block JB,Jensen PR,Loken MK

更新日期：1987-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Tc-99m hydroxymethylene disphosphonate administered for skeletal scintigraphy may be seen in the extraosseous tissues for various etiologies. This report presents similar abnormal lower extremity skeletal muscle uptake in 2 patients status postorthotopic liver transplant. Although the history and scintigraphic appeara...

journal_title：Clinical nuclear medicine

authors： Gremmels JM,Kirk GA

更新日期：2004-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Diffusely increased radioactivity in the thoracoabdominal region (lower thorax and/or upper abdomen) occasionally has been observed when performing Tc-99m phosphonate bone studies. To assess the significance of activity in this finding, 1100 bone scintigrams were reviewed and the clinical data and other diagnostic ima...

journal_title：Clinical nuclear medicine

authors： Shih WJ,Coupal JJ,Domstad PA,DeLand FH

更新日期：1986-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The evaluation of a painful hip prosthesis for suspected loosening frequently requires a multi-modality approach. Radionuclide arthroscintigraphy is a valuable adjunct to contrast arthrography, demonstrating greater sensitivity than contrast arthrography in detecting loosening of the femoral component of the prosthesi...

journal_title：Clinical nuclear medicine

authors： Oswald SG,Herzwurm PJ

更新日期：1991-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Ten years after chemoradiation for primary lymphoma of the left pelvic bone, a 38-year-old man presented with a 4-month history of gradually increasing pain in his left upper leg and thigh. Initial radiographs and contrast-enhanced magnetic resonance imaging were consistent with recurrent lymphoma, infection, or posti...

journal_title：Clinical nuclear medicine

authors： de Rooy JW,Hambrock T,Vriens D,Flucke UE,van der Geest IC,van de Luijtgaarden AC,Schreuder BW,de Geus-Oei LF

更新日期：2011-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The method for determining blood volume has evolved substantially since first attempts were made in the latter part of the nineteenth century with the exsanguination of animals. The now accepted methods are based on indicator dilution methodologies. First attempts utilized inert dyes such as Evans Blue and Cardiogreen...

journal_title：Clinical nuclear medicine

authors： Margouleff D

更新日期：2013-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We present a 73-year-old man with a new diagnosis of right upper lung adenocarcinoma. Right elbow x-ray and Tc-99m MDP whole body bone scan were performed due to a reddish, swollen, and painful right forearm for 1 week. X-ray, performed on March 25, 2008, showed an osteolytic lesion in the proximal right radius with s...

journal_title：Clinical nuclear medicine

authors： Chun-Yi L,Yiing-Feng H,Hua-Tzu H,Chang-Sheng L

更新日期：2009-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A 55-year-old man with no relevant history was analyzed for weight loss, night sweats, and left upper quadrant pain. An abdominal ultrasound and CT scan were performed, revealing a lobulated rim-enhancing mass in the left adrenal gland. Further analysis by an F-FDG PET/CT scan demonstrated high uptake in the periphery...

journal_title：Clinical nuclear medicine

authors： Scheurkogel MM,Tim J,Jeurissen FJ,Quarles van Ufford HM

更新日期：2012-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A 54-year-old woman was referred for imaging studies after presentation for palpitations and a palpable thyroid nodule. The patient underwent a dual-phase single-agent Tc-99m sestamibi scan followed later by a thyroid ultrasound at an outside hospital. The Tc-99m sestamibi scan showed a marked focus of activity separa...

journal_title：Clinical nuclear medicine

authors： Prasad B,Fleming RM

更新日期：2005-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We present a Tc pertechnetate scintigraphy performed in a 64-year-old woman to investigate a mediastinal cystic mass in search of residual gastric mucosa after gastrectomy. She had a history of esophagectomy and gastric pull-up for esophageal cancer. Postoperative leakage necessitated ablation of the gastric pull-up a...

journal_title：Clinical nuclear medicine

authors： Mainta IC,Montet X,Willi JP,Dulguerov P,Rager O

更新日期：2016-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:After a total or near total thyroidectomy and radioiodine ablation therapy for differential thyroid cancer (DTC), routine follow-up methods are (131)I or (131)I whole-body scanning (WBS) as well as serum thyroglobulin (Tg) and anti-thyroglobulin (anti-Tg) levels. We describe a case of a 41-year-old woman with follicul...

journal_title：Clinical nuclear medicine

authors： Aliyev A,Ylmaz S,Ozhan M,Asa S,Halac M

更新日期：2013-03-01 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：:Recent PET imaging of glioblastoma multiforme and other high-grade gliomas using prostate-specific membrane antigen (PSMA)-targeted small-molecule radiotracers suggests a role for these agents in diagnostic imaging of recurrent/residual tumor and that PSMA-targeted endoradiotherapies may provide a new approach to ther...

journal_title：Clinical nuclear medicine

authors： Salas Fragomeni RA,Pienta KJ,Pomper MG,Gorin MA,Rowe SP

更新日期：2018-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Three-phase bone scintigraphy is sometimes of great value in the detection of uncharacteristic metastases and assists the management of patients in terms of primary focus detection. While evaluating the skeletal system with whole-body bone scintigraphy, other system pathologies may also be detected incidentally. In th...

journal_title：Clinical nuclear medicine

authors： Çayir D,Bozkurt M,Gültekin SS,Karaçalioğlu AÖ

更新日期：2018-11-01 00:00:00