A technique for the preparation of Tc-99m red blood cells for evaluation of gastrointestinal hemorrhage.

abstract：:Radionuclide angiography is useful in monitoring cardiotoxicity of doxorubicin, but in vivo RBC labeling in these patients is believed to be poorer than that in general patients. The left ventricle-to-background activity ratio (R) was not significantly lower in patients treated with doxorubicin (3.24 +/- 1.15, N = 13)...

journal_title：Clinical nuclear medicine

authors： Ballinger JR,Gerson B,Gulenchyn KY,Ruddy TD,Davies RA

更新日期：1988-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We report a rare case of a mediastinal malignant granular cell tumor in a 41-year-old man presenting with dyspnea, retrosternal chest pain, and recurrent pericardial effusion under treatment with corticosteroids. Because of recurrent episodes, further investigations with chest MRI and F-FDG PET/CT revealed a large inf...

journal_title：Clinical nuclear medicine

authors： D'hulst L,Deroose C,Strybol D,Coolen J,Gheysens O

更新日期：2018-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We report on an incidental detection of a meningioma on [F]-2'-fluoro-5-methyl-1-beta-D-arabinofuranosyluracil (F-FMAU) PET/CT scan that was performed during a prospective investigation of F-FMAU PET/CT for targeted biopsy of potential sites of tumor in men with suspected prostate cancer based on elevated prostate-spe...

journal_title：Clinical nuclear medicine

authors： Varghese B,Velez E,Desai B,Jadvar H

更新日期：2018-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:O-(2-fluoroethyl)-L-tyrosine (FET) PET/CT is a promising imaging modality for brain tumor imaging because of its reported high sensitivity for biologically active tumor tissue. We present a case of biopsy-proven neurosarcoidosis showing FET uptake. It is an important cause of false-positive uptake on FET PET/CT. ...

journal_title：Clinical nuclear medicine

authors： Chan M,Hsiao E

更新日期：2017-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Technetium-99m red blood cell (RBC) scintigraphy is a very specific method to differentiate a hemangioma from other hepatic masses. The authors report a case of hepatocellular carcinoma that showed a focal area of increased uptake on Tc-99m RBC SPECT in a 60-year-old man. Dynamic computed tomography and angiography re...

journal_title：Clinical nuclear medicine

authors： Ji EK,Ryu JS,Kang GH,Moon DH,Auh YH,Lee HK

更新日期：2001-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:67Ga-citrate scan from skull to mid-abdomen showed increased uptake in both parotid glands, mediastinum, lungs, uvei and/or enlarged lacrimal glands. The differential diagnosis of the positive radiogallium scan is discussed with emphasis on the value of the extrathoracic findings. Tissue diagnosis confirmed the imagin...

journal_title：Clinical nuclear medicine

authors： Oren VO,Uszler JM,White J

更新日期：1978-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Dedicated multislice single-photon emission computed tomography-computed tomography (SPECT-CT) is useful for accurate anatomic localization and lesion characterization of abnormal findings on planar scintigraphy. We present a case of a 33-year-old woman with a history of low back pain. Lumbar spine radiographs demonst...

journal_title：Clinical nuclear medicine

authors： Gnanasegaran G,Barwick T,Milburn H,Vijayanathan S,Fogelman I

更新日期：2009-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A 61-year-old man with Hodgkin lymphoma (mixed type), with lymph node manifestations and extranodal and bone marrow involvement in both supra- and infradiaphragmatic locations (stage 4), had dyspnea and tachycardia on echocardiography. There were pleural and pericardial effusions and thickening of the epicardium and p...

journal_title：Clinical nuclear medicine

authors： Buchmann I,Wandt H,Wahl A,Reske SN

更新日期：2003-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We present the case of a 63-year-old woman chronic smoker with a history of severe rheumatoid arthritis, who presented with dyspnea and cough. Her chest x-ray film and CT scan (as part of a PET/CT scan) showed multiple lung nodules and a left pleural effusion. A PET scan (as part of a PET/CT scan) revealed no uptake i...

journal_title：Clinical nuclear medicine

authors： Bagga S

更新日期：2007-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Avascular necrosis (AVN) of the femoral head is a devastating disease in young adults. Magnetic resonance imaging is considered the most sensitive and specific technique in the diagnosis of this condition. The authors present an interesting image of bilateral AVN of the femoral heads diagnosed on F-fluoride positron e...

journal_title：Clinical nuclear medicine

authors： Gayana S,Bhattacharya A,Kashyap R,Sen RK,Mittal BR

更新日期：2013-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Tc-99m RBC scintigraphy is favored by many investigators because it provides the ability to image the abdomen over a prolonged period of time, thereby allowing identification of delayed bleeding sites that are frequently encountered due to the intermittent nature of gastrointestinal bleeding. The authors describe a ca...

journal_title：Clinical nuclear medicine

authors： el-Shirbiny A,Fernandez R,Zuckier LS

更新日期：1995-08-01 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：:We reported a 24-year-old woman who developed a movement disorder of mouth and limbs during systemic lupus erythematosus. Brain MRI did not find any abnormalities. Increased FDG uptake in basal ganglia was found using FDG PET/CT brain scan. The symptoms remitted after therapy and the activities of the original hyperme...

journal_title：Clinical nuclear medicine

authors： Niu N,Cui R

更新日期：2017-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The aim of this study was to make a comparison between the uptake of Tc-99m MIBI and Tl-201 in evaluation of musculoskeletal lesions. Fourteen cases were studied. Each study consisted of a Tl-201 study followed by a Tc-99m MIBI scan. In addition, a whole-body bone scan was performed in each patient to visualize bone m...

journal_title：Clinical nuclear medicine

authors： Adalet I,Ozger H,Cantez S

更新日期：1996-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A 21-year-old woman was admitted to our hospital after incidental detection of a left renal lesion on ultrasound scan. Abdominal contrast-enhanced CT scan revealed a moderately enhanced lesion in the left kidney and a round mass with slight enhancement in the retroperitoneum. FDG PET/CT imaging was performed for whole...

journal_title：Clinical nuclear medicine

authors： Dong A,Wang Y,Zuo C

更新日期：2013-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Fibrous dysplasia of the bone is a developmental benign skeletal disorder characterized by replacement of normal bone and normal bone marrow with abnormal fibro-osseous tissue. We report on a case of a biopsy-proven fibrous dysplasia lesion in the left temporal bone, with intensely increased activity (SUVmax, 56.7) on...

journal_title：Clinical nuclear medicine

authors： Papadakis GZ,Millo C,Sadowski SM,Karantanas AH,Bagci U,Patronas NJ

更新日期：2017-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We present the case of a 61-year-old woman with fever and acute meningitis. Clinical evaluation revealed maculopapular rash, right gluteus cellulitis, and centered retinal hemorrhages. In the intensive care unit, persistent Staphylococcus bacteremia was detected. However, transesophageal echocardiography did not revea...

journal_title：Clinical nuclear medicine

authors： García Vicente AM,Villar García M,Blanch Sancho JJ,Soriano Castrejón Á

更新日期：2020-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Captopril renal scintigraphy is a well-known noninvasive tool in the diagnosis of renovascular hypertension. The authors present a case of a patient with malignant hypertension whose captopril renal scintigraphy suggested bilateral and equal renovascular hypertension. His renal angiogram, however, demonstrated no rena...

journal_title：Clinical nuclear medicine

authors： Pelsang RE,Rezai K

更新日期：1992-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We present a woman with a history of Gaucher disease and secondary portal hypertension. She went to hospital for treatment of resistant fever without apparent cause. A conventional study of fever of unknown origin did not show any pathology. For this reason, she was referred to our department for a PET/CT, which did n...

journal_title：Clinical nuclear medicine

authors： Fuertes J,Garcia-Bennett JR,Iftimie S,Danús M,Abreu JA

更新日期：2014-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:To establish camera-based methods for estimating Tc-99m mercaptoacetyltriglycine (MAG3) clearance without blood sampling. MATERIALS AND METHODS:The results of renal scintigraphy with Tc-99m MAG3 obtained from 160 patients were analyzed retrospectively. Eight renogram parameters were calculated for each patient...

journal_title：Clinical nuclear medicine

authors： Inoue Y,Ohtomo K

更新日期：2011-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Extraosseous Tc-MDP uptake on bone scans is frequently encountered and has a broad differential diagnosis. A small subset of such patients can present with intestinal Tc-MDP uptake. We present the case of a 35-year-old woman with status after right nephrectomy for renal cell carcinoma, being followed with bone scan fo...

journal_title：Clinical nuclear medicine

authors： Ng TSC,Sakellis CG,Jacene HA

更新日期：2019-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Four consecutive patients presented with extranodal marginal zone B-cell lymphoma of mucosa-associated lymphoid tissue (MALT lymphoma) in the conjunctiva. After the initial resection, long-term follow-up without additional therapy showed the clinical relapse. Fluorodeoxyglucose positron emission tomography fused with ...

journal_title：Clinical nuclear medicine

authors： Matsuo T,Ichimura K,Tanaka T,Kaji M

更新日期：2012-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Chylous reflux is described as the backflow of chyle through the varicose lymphatics with incompetent lymph valves and leakage of the lymph. The valves in the dilated, varicose, tortuous lymph vessels become incompetent, and as a result, the lymph blended with chyle, reflux into the lower limbs or the genitalia. Reflu...

journal_title：Clinical nuclear medicine

authors： Kazemzadeh GH,Sadeghi R,Ebrahimi E,Rad MA

更新日期：2014-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A case of veno-occlusive disease of the liver of unknown etiology is reported. In the case, the gross abnormality of liver parenchyma, ascites, and colloid shift to spleen, bones, and lungs found on a Tc-99m SC liver-spleen scan, and confirmed on liver biopsy, resolved completely on follow-up. Histologic correlation a...

journal_title：Clinical nuclear medicine

authors： Joshi MJ,Ford PV,Vogel JM,Lutrin CL

更新日期：1993-07-01 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：: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：:A 5-year-old girl with fever and tenderness in her left wrist and right ankle was hospitalized. Bone scanning and Tc-99m labeled leukocyte imaging showed increased uptake in these joints and also in her left knee. These radionuclide methods helped determine the diagnosis and were superior to plain radiography and CT s...

journal_title：Clinical nuclear medicine

authors： Vorne M,Salo S,Anttolainen I,Peltola H,Mokka R

更新日期：1990-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A 17-year-old girl underwent F-NaF PET/CT to evaluate bone pain after an accident. The images did not identify any osseous lesion. However, there was a focally increased activity in the left upper chest, which corresponded to a partially calcified soft tissue mass in the mediastinum, suggestive of malignancy. The resu...

journal_title：Clinical nuclear medicine

authors： Shao F,Wu J,Huang Z,Zhou F,Chen Y

更新日期：2016-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We report a bone scan finding of bilaterally and symmetrically increased uptake at the lateral orbital rims in a patient with disseminated Hodgkin's disease. Computerized axial tomography (CT) demonstrated lacrimal gland enlargement, presumably due to infiltration by Hodgkin's disease. Both the radionuclide bone scan ...

journal_title：Clinical nuclear medicine

authors： Kramer EL,Sanger JJ,Benjamin DD,Tiu S

更新日期：1983-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Alpha-aminoisobutyric acid (AIB), a synthetic, nonmetabolized amino acid which is rapidly transported into viable cells by the A-type or alanine-preferring amino acid transport system, has been labeled with the short-lived, positron-emitting radionuclide carbon-11. Carbon-11 labeled AIB is currently being evaluated as...

journal_title：Clinical nuclear medicine

authors： Schmall B,Conti PS,Bigler RE,Zanzonico PB,Reiman RE,Benua RS,Yeh SD,Dahl JR,Lee R,Laughlin JS

更新日期：1987-01-01 00:00:00