Heparin as a pharmacologic intervention to induce positive scintiscan in occult gastrointestinal bleeding.

abstract：:A 32-year-old woman with a history of Graves' disease had an episode of thyrotoxicosis 2.5 months after her first childbirth. Because of low thyroidal uptake of Tc-99m pertechnetate, a diagnosis of postpartum painless thyroiditis was made and the patient was observed without medication. After the normalization of seru...

journal_title：Clinical nuclear medicine

authors： Misaki T,Miyamoto S,Kasagi K,Mori T,Konishi J

更新日期：1996-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Parameters of systolic and diastolic function obtained from radionuclide ventriculography (RNV) were evaluated in nine cardiac allograft recipients. In 25 examinations, left end-diastolic volume (LEDV), cardiac output (CO), left ejection fraction (LEF), right ejection fraction (REF), heart rate (HR), peak filling rate...

journal_title：Clinical nuclear medicine

authors： Tatum JL,Thompson JA,Prasad U,Burke TS,Quint RI

更新日期：1989-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND AND PURPOSES:The aim of the study was to examine the patterns of lymph node metastases from esophageal squamous cell carcinoma (ESCC) and compare the laterality of lymphatic metastasis in cervical, supraclavicular, and paratracheal areas using F-FDG PET/CT. PATIENTS AND METHODS:The data of 75 patients who u...

journal_title：Clinical nuclear medicine

authors： Liu CJ,Cheng JC,Lee JM,Cheng MF,Tzen KY,Yen RF

更新日期：2015-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A 47-year-old woman with a history of surgically treated abdominal paraganglioma and left thigh melanoma underwent an F-FDOPA PET/CT for suspected locoregional recurrence of paraganglioma. F-FDOPA PET/CT disconfirmed this recurrence but revealed 2 FDOPA-avid left inguinal lymph nodes, confirmed on a subsequent F-FDG P...

journal_title：Clinical nuclear medicine

authors： Zhang-Yin J,Jublanc C,Aouidad I,Montravers F,Talbot JN

更新日期：2020-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Five cases of artifactual In-111 leukocyte pulmonary activity were noted at three local hospitals in a 4-day period. Based on the differences in the preparation of the final indium leukocyte product, the problem could be attributed to the indium oxine reagent in a specific lot. This artifact of multiple small foci of ...

journal_title：Clinical nuclear medicine

authors： Bohdiewicz PJ,Fink-Bennett D,Nagle C,Abghari R,Gutkowski R,Dworkin HJ

更新日期：1993-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Focal radionuclide accumulation of Tc-99m sulfur colloid (SC) and tc-99m macroaggregated albumin (MAA) in the liver has been reported in both inferior and superior vena caval obstruction. We studied a patient with uniform radionuclide accumulation of Tc-99m MAA in the liver during lung scintigraphy. In this patient, b...

journal_title：Clinical nuclear medicine

authors： Desai AG,Park CH

更新日期：1983-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The uptake of Tc-99m tetrofosmin (TF) is reported in a case of parathyroid adenoma. A 65-year-old woman was studied on different days with TF, Tc-99m sestamibi (MIBI) and Tl-201 chloride (Tl). TF and MIBI injections were preceded by oral administration of potassium perchlorate. Clear identification of the adenoma was ...

journal_title：Clinical nuclear medicine

authors： Mansi L,Rambaldi PF,Marino G,Pecori B,Del Vecchio E

更新日期：1996-09-01 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：:Image-guided biopsy of prostate with multiparametric MRI is being adopted in the workup of prostate adenocarcinoma (PAC). Ga-PSMA PET/CT-guided biopsy has also been shown to be equally sensitive in the evaluation of higher-grade tumors with increased PSMA expression. The sensitivity of Ga-PSMA PET/CT, however, reduces...

journal_title：Clinical nuclear medicine

authors： Santhosh S,Jeeva G

更新日期：2020-11-23 00:00:00

abstract：:The authors report a transient, unilateral reverse ventilation/perfusion (V/P) mismatch in a patient with squamous cell lung cancer. The right lung was well perfused but not ventilated (unilateral reverse V/P mismatch). However, lung imaging performed 3 days later demonstrated the absence of both perfusion and ventila...

journal_title：Clinical nuclear medicine

authors： Watanabe N,Hirano T,Inoue T,Matsumoto M,Oriuchi N,Tateno M,Matsumoto H,Nagamachi Y,Endo K

更新日期：1992-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In 14 patients with ophthalmoplegia plus Tc-99m hexamethylpropylene amineoxime (HMPAO) brain SPECT imaging was performed. Three patients showed bilateral parieto-occipital hypoperfusions, and two patients had left parietal defects (one with an additional right temporal lesion). Two patients presented with occipital hy...

journal_title：Clinical nuclear medicine

authors： Grünwald F,Zierz S,Broich K,Dewes W,Böker T,Biersack HJ

更新日期：1991-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：AIM:The aim of the study was to evaluate if there is a prognostic importance of pretreatment Tc-MAA uptake of liver lesion of patients who received Y selective internal radiation therapy (SIRT) treatment for hepatocellular cancer (HCC) or not. METHODS:Nineteen patients (5 female and 14 male patients; mean age, 64.5 ± ...

journal_title：Clinical nuclear medicine

authors： Kucuk ON,Soydal C,Araz M,Ozkan E,Aras G

更新日期：2013-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：AIM:The purpose of this study was to conduct a systematic review of the published literature to assess the role (indications, advantages, and limitations) of SPECT/CT for the detection of sentinel lymph node (SLN) in breast cancer. METHODS:The authors searched PubMed for published literature in English addressing this...

journal_title：Clinical nuclear medicine

authors： Vercellino L,Ohnona J,Groheux D,Slama A,Colletti PM,Chondrogiannis S,Merlet P,Toubert ME,Rubello D

更新日期：2014-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We report on a 61-year-old man with elevated serum prostate-specific antigen level of 10.5 ng/mL who had undergone prior negative standard transrectal ultrasound biopsy at another institution. He was referred to our medical center for evaluation and underwent a clinical 3-T multiparametric MRI and a research protocol ...

journal_title：Clinical nuclear medicine

authors： Jadvar H,Chen K,Ukimura O

更新日期：2015-08-01 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：:Two cases of unilateral septic sacro-iliitis are reported. Importance of the anterior view of sacroiliac joints on the radionuclide bone scan is stressed. Limitation of the posterior view in evaluation of sacroiliac joints may lead to misdiagnosis and false negative results in unilateral sacro-illiac disease. ...

journal_title：Clinical nuclear medicine

authors： Kumar R,Balachandran S

更新日期：1983-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Hyperfunctioning thyroid adenomas causing thyrotoxicosis (Plummer's disease) is not an uncommon cause of hyperthyroidism in the elderly. Most commonly, the adenoma appears as a so-called "hot" nodule on thyroid scintigraphy causing suppression (i.e., nonvisualization) of the remainder of the gland. This report describ...

journal_title：Clinical nuclear medicine

authors： Intenzo CM,Park CH,Kim SM

更新日期：1995-03-01 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：OBJECTIVE:To evaluate the feasibility of using Ga PSMA-11 PET/CT for imaging brain lesions and its comparison with F-FDG. METHODS:Ten patients with brain lesions were included in the study. Five patients were treated cases of glioblastoma with suspected recurrence. F-FDG and Ga PSMA-11 brain scans were done for these ...

journal_title：Clinical nuclear medicine

authors： Sasikumar A,Joy A,Pillai MR,Nanabala R,Anees K M,Jayaprakash PG,Madhavan J,Nair S

更新日期：2017-01-01 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：:A retrospective review of two years' experience with radionuclide screening to detect lower gastrointestinal bleeding sites was conducted at New York's Montefiore Medical Center. Of 82 studies performed in 63 patients, 13 identified active bleeding sites. Only three of eight angiograms obtained in these 13 patients we...

journal_title：Clinical nuclear medicine

authors： Winn M,Weissmann HS,Sprayregen S,Freeman LM

更新日期：1983-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Diagnosing prosthetic joint infection is difficult; clinical signs and symptoms, laboratory tests, radiography, and joint aspiration are less sensitive and specific. We report a patient with fever and painful bilateral hip prosthesis, who underwent Tc-sulesomab scan showing moderate tracer uptake at the lateral surfac...

journal_title：Clinical nuclear medicine

authors： Albano D,Bosio G,Paghera B,Bertagna F

更新日期：2016-06-01 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：:Three patients in whom Caroli's disease was diagnosed by cholangiographic methods were studied by scintigraphy with Tc-99m DISIDA. Cholescintigrams showed an intense concentration of the radionuclide in the form of round spots near the hepatic hilus in late images. In two patients with cholestasis, a delayed hepatic c...

journal_title：Clinical nuclear medicine

authors： Cabrera J,Quintero E,Bruguera M,Alarcó R,Lomeña F,Humbert P,de las Casas P,Rodés J

更新日期：1985-07-01 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：:Intraperitoneal scintigraphy with Tc-99m MAA was performed in nine patients with carcinomatous peritonitis secondary to ovarian or tubal carcinoma. Tc-99m MAA (370 MBq) and NaCl was delivered through an implantable injection port. For patients with good diffusion on intraperitoneal scintigraphy, intraperitoneal chemot...

journal_title：Clinical nuclear medicine

authors： Sugimura K,Okizuka H,Kaji Y,Ishida T,Iwanari O,Kitao M

更新日期：1994-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:Investigate the ability of F-fluorothymidine (FLT) PET combined with CT at 6 weeks to predict treatment response at 12 weeks after treatment with pembrolizumab. METHODS:Five patients with unresectable stage IV melanoma were included in this single-institution pilot study. Patients underwent FLT-PET/CT (baselin...

journal_title：Clinical nuclear medicine

authors： Yeh R,Trager MH,Rizk EM,Finkel GG,Barker LW,Carvajal RD,Geskin LJ,Schwartz GK,Schwartz L,Dercle L,Saenger YM

更新日期：2020-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This is a report of a patient who underwent high-resolution brain perfusion SPECT studies during and after an episode of transient global amnesia. During the attack, SPECT imaging showed increased perfusion in the left medial temporal region involving the amygdala and hippocampus. After recovery from amnesia, a follow...

journal_title：Clinical nuclear medicine

authors： Matsuda H,Higashi S,Tsuji S,Sumiya H,Miyauchi T,Hisada K,Yamashita J

更新日期：1993-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The utility of morphine-augmented cholescintigraphy was reviewed in 32 patients with suspected acute cholecystitis. All patients were administered 2 mg morphine sulfate intravenously when the gallbladder failed to visualize 30 minutes into the study, and imaging continued for up to 60 minutes. Sensitivity for detectio...

journal_title：Clinical nuclear medicine

authors： Kistler AM,Ziessman HA,Gooch D,Bitterman P

更新日期：1991-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A 67-year-old woman underwent F-FDG PET/CT after developing a fever of unknown origin. PET/CT revealed intensive FDG uptake at the nasal and lung lesions. On the laboratory data, serum myeloperoxidase antineutrophil cytoplasmic antibodies (ANCA) titer was elevated, although serum directed against proteinase 3 (PR3) AN...

journal_title：Clinical nuclear medicine

authors： Ito K,Minamimoto R,Yamashita H,Morooka M,Okasaki M,Mimori A,Kubota K

更新日期：2014-01-01 00:00:00