Tc-99m diphosphonate imaging in the differential diagnosis of thyroid nodules.

abstract：ABSTRACT:A 63-year-old man with recent diagnosis of high-risk prostate adenocarcinoma was referred to our Nuclear Medicine Department for 18F-fluciclovine PET/CT to rule out metastasis in the setting of elevated serum prostate-specific antigen levels. The patient had previous history of nodular melanoma of the right ch...

journal_title：Clinical nuclear medicine

authors： Shariftabrizi A,Pillenahalli Maheshwarappa R,Kahn D,Pollard J

更新日期：2021-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Unexplained false-positive accumulation of In-111 leukocyte in the gastrointestinal tract has been reported previously. In a pediatric population, uptake in the submandibular gland was noted in 19 of 42 children. This is believed to be a normal finding in children that is not seen in adults. In some of these 19 childr...

journal_title：Clinical nuclear medicine

authors： Williamson SL,Williamson MR,Seibert JJ,Boyd CM,Latture T

更新日期：1987-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Castleman's disease of the kidney is extremely rare. We present a case of Castleman's disease in the left kidney with multiple para-aortic enlarged lymph nodes. Both the renal lesion and para-aortic lymph nodes showed hypervascularity on enhanced CT and minimally increased FDG uptake on FDG PET/CT, mimicking renal cel...

journal_title：Clinical nuclear medicine

authors： Wang Y,Dong A,Yang B,Lu J

更新日期：2018-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A 61-year-old woman diagnosed with a metastatic well-differentiated neuroendocrine tumor of the cecum was referred for radioisotope therapy. Although her metastatic neuroendocrine tumor was positive on both (123)I-MIBG and (111)In-octreotide, there was a left parotid mass that was octreotide avid but MIBG negative. Fu...

journal_title：Clinical nuclear medicine

authors： Makis W,McCann K,McEwan AJ

更新日期：2015-08-01 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

authors： Taillefer R,Dupras G,Sporn V,Rigo P,Leveille J,Boucher P,Perez-Balino N,Camin LL,McKusick KA

更新日期：1989-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Anthracyclines are one of the most commonly used and potent chemotherapeutic agents. Doxorubicin (Adriamycin) is one common anthracycline used to treat many solid tumors including breast, sarcomas, gynecologic and hematological malignancies, such as leukemias and lymphomas. However, its use is often limited due to dos...

journal_title：Clinical nuclear medicine

authors： Aiken MJ,Suhag V,Garcia CA,Acio E,Moreau S,Priebat DA,Chennupati SP,Van Nostrand D

更新日期：2009-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Idiopathic fibrosis and malignant lymphoma were studied with positron emission tomography (PET) using 2-deoxy-2-[F-18]fluoro-D-glucose (F-18DG). Cases of retroperitoneal fibrosis and sclerosing peritonitis showed low F-18DG uptake with the mass/muscle radioactivity (M/M) ratio 2.0 and 1.9, respectively. A case of para...

journal_title：Clinical nuclear medicine

authors： Kubota K,Yamada K,Yoshioka S,Yamada S,Ito M,Ido T

更新日期：1992-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Lipoid pneumonia is uncommon disease caused by presence of macroscopic fat in the lung parenchyma commonly originating from exogenous source secondary to aspiration or inhalation of animal fats or mineral or vegetable oils. Alternatively, it can be due to endogenous fat accumulated in the alveoli in the setting of chr...

journal_title：Clinical nuclear medicine

authors： Ansari-Gilani K,Faraji N,Gilkeson RC

更新日期：2018-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We report the case of a 36-year-old woman who previously underwent total thyroidectomy for papillary thyroid carcinoma. F FDG PET/CT images demonstrated multiple lymph nodes with increased FDG uptake in the neck, chest, and abdomen and diffusely increased FDG uptake in the spleen, which were highly suspicious findings...

journal_title：Clinical nuclear medicine

authors： Han EJ,Park HL,Kim SH

更新日期：2016-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:To produce fluorodeoxyglucose (FDG) images with markers for normal organs and large blood vessels in patients with suspected lung cancer. METHODS:Dual isotope SPECT images were made using F-18 FDG- and Tc-99m-labeled autologous red cells. RESULTS:FDG-positive lesions are localized in relation to major structu...

journal_title：Clinical nuclear medicine

authors： Burt R

更新日期：1998-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Falx cerebri ossification is an incidental finding. Mostly it is easy to diagnose, but can be challenging in few cases, and should be distinguished from calcified meningioma, hematoma, and meningeal infiltration. We report a case of a 46-year-old woman with breast cancer complaining of back pain. F-NaF PET/CT images s...

journal_title：Clinical nuclear medicine

authors： Usmani S,Marafi F,Al Kandari F,Ahmed N

更新日期：2019-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Squamous cell carcinoma is the most common malignant neoplasm of the oral cavity, and it contributes approximately 90% of all oral malignancies. We present a case of a squamous cell carcinoma of the tongue with rare site of bilateral adrenal metastases on F-FDG PET/CT with response evaluation after chemotherapy. ...

journal_title：Clinical nuclear medicine

authors： Agarwal KK,Parida GK,Tripathi M,Sahoo MK,Thakar A,Bal CS,Kumar R

更新日期：2017-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Various etiologies could cause focal I accumulation. Hepatic cyst is one of these etiologies. Here we present a 59-year-old man with a history of papillary thyroid cancer resection who received radioiodine therapy for three times. The images after the I therapy of the second and third time showed variable activity upt...

journal_title：Clinical nuclear medicine

authors： Shao F,Tang J,Lan X

更新日期：2019-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Extramedullary involvement in multiple myeloma is rare, but carries poor prognosis. We describe the FDG PET-CT findings of rare adrenal involvement in a case of multiple myeloma. ...

journal_title：Clinical nuclear medicine

authors： Choudhury S,Purandare N,Agrawal A,Shah S,Rangarajan V

更新日期：2018-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:ITP (idiopathic thrombocytopenic purpura) causes rapid sequestration and destruction of thrombocytes by the spleen, liver, bone marrow, and reticuloendothelial elements of other organs. The usefulness of multiple radionuclide functional imaging procedures in the management of a 34-year-old woman with chronic ITP, two ...

journal_title：Clinical nuclear medicine

authors： Harwood SJ,Carroll RG

更新日期：1992-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Brucellosis is an endemic disease in the Middle East. Its incidence in Kuwait has increased during the last 5 years. Bone and joint involvement causes major symptoms and disabilities. Radionuclide bone scans are more sensitive than radiographs in detecting these lesions. The aim of this study is to describe the abnorm...

journal_title：Clinical nuclear medicine

authors： Bahar RH,Al-Suhaili AR,Mousa AM,Nawaz MK,Kaddah N,Abdel-Dayem HM

更新日期：1988-02-01 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

authors： Cura M,Smoak W,Dala R

更新日期：2002-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Contralateral cerebellar diaschisis, hypometabolism in the cerebellum contralateral to a cortical lesion, is a well described phenomenon in patients with stroke and brain tumor. However, few reports exist of patients with cerebellar lesions with the finding of contralateral cortical hypometabolism. The authors present...

journal_title：Clinical nuclear medicine

authors： Newberg AB,Alavi A,Alavi J

更新日期：2000-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:(177)Lu-labeled ethylenediamine-N,N,N',N'-tetrakis methylene phosphonic acid ((177)Lu-EDTMP), was used to palliate metastatic bone pain as a new bone-seeking radiopharmaceutical. In this phase II study, we assessed the efficacy and safety of (177)Lu-EDTMP for bone pain palliation in patients with breast cancer ...

journal_title：Clinical nuclear medicine

authors： Yuan J,Liu C,Liu X,Wang Y,Kuai D,Zhang G,Zaknun JJ

更新日期：2013-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：AIM:The presence of somatostatin receptors in neuroendocrine tumors allows visualization with radiolabeled somatostatin analogs in vivo. The aim of this prospective study was to compare somatostatin receptor imaging using Tc-HYNICTOC with Ga-DOTATATE (DOTA-DPhe1,Tyr3-octreotate) with respect to sensitivity, specificity...

journal_title：Clinical nuclear medicine

authors： Kunikowska J,Lewington V,Krolicki L

更新日期：2017-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A 51-year-old woman with infiltrating ductal carcinoma of left breast, who postsurgery, chemotherapy, and external radiotherapy presented with recurrence in the right chest wall a year after completion of treatment. An excision biopsy of the right chest wall nodule showed deposits of infiltrating ductal carcinoma. She...

journal_title：Clinical nuclear medicine

authors： Agrawal A,Agrawal R,Asopa R,Baghel NS

更新日期：2009-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:There are many causes of cerebrospinal (CSF) leaks. Most cases are secondary to blunt trauma and iatrogenic trauma caused by postoperative sequelae. Occasionally, CSF leakage may occur from nontraumatic or "spontaneous" causes, such as benign intracranial hypertension and "empty sella syndrome." Mass effect due to an ...

journal_title：Clinical nuclear medicine

authors： Ma HY,Sen P,Stein EG,Freeman LM

更新日期：2014-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The use of prednisolone is one major risk factor for osteonecrosis in patients with systemic lupus erythematosus. Bone scintigraphy can be a diagnostic tool for early diagnosis. We present a case who had collar osteophytes at the bilateral femoral heads, which mimicked osteonecrosis in the planar bone scintigram. An S...

journal_title：Clinical nuclear medicine

authors： Juang JJ,Chen YH,Tsai SC,Lin WY

更新日期：2017-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:Ischemic cardiomyopathy (ICM) is a disease with high morbidity and mortality. There are several published studies on the evolution and prognosis of patients with ICM. However, reports on the therapeutic management in clinical practice are scarce. The aim of this study was to analyze coronary revascularization (...

journal_title：Clinical nuclear medicine

authors： Romero-Farina G,Candell-Riera J,Aguadé-Bruix S,Ferreira-Gonzalez I,Igual A,García-Dorado D

更新日期：2012-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A case is reported in which a urinoma developed following a renal transplant. Dual isotope renography-cystography using Tc-99m DTPA and Ga-67 citrate revealed the diagnosis after ultrasonography and radiographic cystography were nondiagnostic. ...

journal_title：Clinical nuclear medicine

authors： Baker AL,Cowan RJ,Assimos DG

更新日期：1987-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We report a case of isolated splenic metastasis from ovarian cancer detected with 18F-FDG PET/CT. A 66-year-old woman with ovarian cancer was referred for 18F-FDG PET/CT to determine the cause of elevated serum CA-125 levels about 48 months after surgery. 18F-FDG PET/CT showed focal, intense uptake in the spleen, with...

journal_title：Clinical nuclear medicine

authors： Lee DH,Yoon JK,Lee SJ,Jo KS,Yoon SH,An YS

更新日期：2014-04-01 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：:Numerous expected competencies of a chief nursing officer are outlined in this article including communication, ability to build relationships, expertise about the environment of healthcare and its future directions, leadership, expertise in business matters, combating bullying, encouraging shared decision making, and...

journal_title：Clinical nuclear medicine

authors： Harolds JA,Miller LB

更新日期：2020-08-11 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：:F-FDG PET/CT was performed on a 48-year-old woman with leukocytosis (white blood cell count 57.10 × 10/L, 84.0% neutrophils) and monoclonal gammopathy to investigate the possibility of reactive neutrophilia secondary to plasmacytoma. On the background of skeletal "superscan," the maximum intensity projection image of ...

journal_title：Clinical nuclear medicine

authors： An C,Zhai L,Geng H,Wang P,Zhang W

更新日期：2020-05-01 00:00:00