Technetium-99m methoxy isobutyl isonitrile simultaneous evaluation of ventricular function and myocardial perfusion in patients with congenital heart disease.

abstract：:We report a case where acute varicella infection, chickenpox, mimics the findings of recurrent Hodgkin disease on F-18 FDG PET/CT. A 28-year-old man with a history of Hodgkin disease in remission had fatigue, pyrexia, and a raised ESR. His F-18 FDG PET/CT, performed to exclude lymphoma recurrence, demonstrated FDG-avi...

journal_title：Clinical nuclear medicine

authors： Sheehy N,Israel DA

更新日期：2007-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Stress fractures of the upper extremities are uncommon but can be a serious source of morbidity if not correctly diagnosed. We present a rare case of a 49-year-old female typist, who reported a 4-month history of a pain located in the region of the left lower ulnar epiphysis and extended to the left portion of the wri...

journal_title：Clinical nuclear medicine

authors： Georgoulias P,Demakopoulos N,Fezoulidis I

更新日期：2005-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We describe the utility of molecular imaging with F-FDG and Ga-DOTANOC PET for treatment response assessment in a case of metastatic medulloblastoma. F-FDG and Ga-DOTANOC PET/CT revealed extensive metastases to bone and bone marrow. Patient subsequently had an excellent response to systemic chemotherapy which was evid...

journal_title：Clinical nuclear medicine

authors： ArunRaj ST,Kumar A,Kp H,Mohan N,Gupta S,Tripathi M,Bal C

更新日期：2020-12-07 00:00:00

abstract：:C-methionine (MET) positron emission tomography (PET) is more sensitive than F-fluorodeoxyglucose (FDG)-PET for detecting myeloma lesion. Many clinical studies support this evidence mainly for multiple myeloma cases of IgG or IgA subtypes. However, this is not confirmed for low monoclonal protein-producing myelomas, s...

journal_title：Clinical nuclear medicine

authors： Imataki O,Uchida S,Yokokura S,Uemura M,Kadowaki N

更新日期：2017-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:SPECT imaging with I-123 IMP or Tc-99m HMPAO was performed in two patients with Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease to evaluate abnormalities in brain perfusion. In the first patient, there was decreased perfusion of the left frontal, parietal, and temporal lobes. CT and MRI were negative. In the second patient, there was patch...

journal_title：Clinical nuclear medicine

authors： Watanabe N,Seto H,Shimizu M,Tanii Y,Kim YD,Shibata R,Kawaguchi M,Tsuji S,Morijiri M,Kageyama M,Wu YW,Kakishita M,Kurachi M

更新日期：1996-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A case of 65-year-old man with tuberculous splenic abscess is presented. The Ga-67 citrate scan revealed three focal areas of increased uptake in the left upper quadrant of the abdomen. The combined Tc-99m SC/Ga-67 scans revealed that these Ga-67 avid lesions localized in the splenic photon-deficit areas found in the ...

journal_title：Clinical nuclear medicine

authors： Kao PF,Tzen KY,Chou YH,Lu SY,You DL

更新日期：1996-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A 56-year-old woman presented a history of left chest discomfort for 6 months. A prior CT revealed pericardial thickening, and malignancy cannot be excluded. For this reason, an FDG PET/CT scan was performed, which revealed abnormal activity inside the pericardium. The pathologic examination results after surgery demo...

journal_title：Clinical nuclear medicine

authors： Zhang G,Wang X,Yuan H,Zhang T

更新日期：2014-04-01 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 the F-FDG and Ga prostate-specific membrane antigen PET/CT images of a 61-year-old patient with a newly diagnosed prostate carcinoma (4 + 4 Gleason score) and high serum prostate-specific antigen levels (460 ng/mL). In F-FDG PET/CT, minimal uptake was demonstrated in the prostatic mass without any accompany...

journal_title：Clinical nuclear medicine

authors： Soydal C,Ozkan E,Yerlikaya H,Utkan G,Kucuk ON

更新日期：2016-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Gallium imaging may play an important role in both initial evaluation and in follow-up in patients with metastatic melanoma. We present a case where the patient had gallium-avid metastatic melanoma. SPECT proved helpful in the initial evaluation. ...

journal_title：Clinical nuclear medicine

authors： Edeburn GF,Tow DE

更新日期：1986-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:This study aimed to evaluate the prognostic value of F-FDG uptake of portal vein tumor thrombosis (PVTT) for predicting progression-free survival (PFS) and overall survival (OS) in patients with locally advanced hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC). METHODS:The study retrospectively included 166 HCC patients with PV...

journal_title：Clinical nuclear medicine

authors： Lee JW,Hwang SH,Kim DY,Han KH,Yun M

更新日期：2017-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This article discusses some of the most recent research and future directions of the Adult Cardiac Surgery Database of the Society of Thoracic Surgeons. In addition to numerous articles on short-term outcomes from cardiac surgery on adults, there are new initiatives of the Adult Cardiac Surgery Database which will all...

journal_title：Clinical nuclear medicine

authors： Harolds JA

更新日期：2017-09-01 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：:A 60-year-old man with suspected right renal cell carcinoma underwent F-FDG PET/CT and F prostate-specific membrane antigen (PSMA) 1007 PET/CT scan. Compared with the F-FDG PET/CT scan, F-PSMA 1007 PET/CT showed intense tracer concentration in the primary tumor in the right kidney and intense tracer concentration cons...

journal_title：Clinical nuclear medicine

authors： Marafi F,Sasikumar A,Al-Terki A,Alfeeli M

更新日期：2020-05-01 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：:Two cases of aortic dissection are presented in which discordance between renal perfusion and function has been demonstrated with Tc-99m DTPA. Renal perfusion on the affected side was decreased on blood flow imaging, whereas renal function, including parenchymal accumulation and excretion assessed by subsequent sequen...

journal_title：Clinical nuclear medicine

authors： Aburano T,Yokoyama K,Taki J,Takayama T,Shuke N,Tonami N,Hisada K

更新日期：1992-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND AND AIM:Papillary thyroid carcinomas smaller than 1 cm are classified as papillary microcarcinomas (PMCs). Papillary microcarcinomas are usually considered low-risk tumors; however in some cases, PMCs behave aggressively and metastasize early, giving rise to clinically metastatic disease. Debate exists in th...

journal_title：Clinical nuclear medicine

authors： Ardito G,Revelli L,Giustozzi E,Salvatori M,Fadda G,Ardito F,Avenia N,Ferretti A,Rampin L,Chondrogiannis S,Colletti PM,Rubello D

更新日期：2013-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Radionuclide angiography (RNA) and cholescintigraphy were performed prospectively in 300 patients with suspected acute cholecystitis (AC). Of 79 patients with positive RNA, 63 had AC (80%). Positive RNA was seen in 23 of 26 cases with gangrenous AC (88%) while 12 of the 26 had a positive "rim" sign (46%). All 12 patie...

journal_title：Clinical nuclear medicine

authors： Colletti PM,Cirimelli KM,Radin DR,Chandrasoma P,Ralls PW,Siegel ME

更新日期：1989-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Findings on cholescintigraphy in gallbladder carcinoma are described in five patients. Four patients presenting with acute cholecystitis had nonvisualization of the gallbladder with normal hepatoenteric transit time. One of these had a large portal mass and two had liver metastasis as additional findings. The fifth pa...

journal_title：Clinical nuclear medicine

authors： Colletti PM,Ralls PW,Siegel ME,Halls JM

更新日期：1986-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A 29-year-old male presented with a 6-month history of left hip pain. Radiography and CT demonstrated a 6-cm lytic lesion of the left acetabulum. F-18 FDG PET for staging of the biopsy-proven malignant PEComa demonstrated intense hypermetabolism corresponding to the lytic left acetabulum. The patient underwent left he...

journal_title：Clinical nuclear medicine

authors： Rakheja R,Abikhzer G,Alabed YZ,Nahal A,Lisbona R

更新日期：2012-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Extrapulmonary small cell carcinoma (SCC) is an uncommon malignancy. A 57-year-old man was referred because of a 1-month history of left lumbago. MR images showed an ovoid tumor in the left adrenal gland. FDG PET/CT showed intense FDG uptake of the left adrenal tumor with thrombosis of the left renal vein. The patient...

journal_title：Clinical nuclear medicine

authors： Dong A,Zuo C,Wang Y

更新日期：2013-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:To compare the accuracy of three camera-assisted methods for the measurement of Tc-99m mercaptoacetyltriglycine (MAG3) clearance. MATERIALS AND METHODS:MAG3 renal scintigraphy was performed in 21 adults with different degrees of renal function. Posterior views were obtained that included the heart and the kidn...

journal_title：Clinical nuclear medicine

authors： Bocher M,Shrem Y,Tappiser A,Klein M,Schechter D,Taylor A Jr,Chisin R

更新日期：2001-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A 58-year-old woman with a previous anterior myocardial infarction, recurrent chest pain, transient adenosine-induced left ventricular dilatation but no apparent epicardial disease on angiography is presented. Transient ischemic dilatation during myocardial perfusion imaging, and the reported causes of transient left ...

journal_title：Clinical nuclear medicine

authors： Choong KK,Russell PA

更新日期：2004-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A 19-year man underwent live related renal transplantation for end-stage renal disease. He was referred for a baseline renal scan on day 4. The urine output was satisfactory and the serum creatinine showed a decreasing trend. Renal dynamic scintigraphy with technetium-99m ethylenedicysteine demonstrated radiotracer ac...

journal_title：Clinical nuclear medicine

authors： Tripathi M,Chandrashekar N,Kumar R,Malhotra A

更新日期：2005-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Hairy cell leukemia is a rare hematologic malignancy characterized by splenomegaly, pancytopenia, and susceptibility to infections. We report a case of a 66-year-old man, diagnosed with hairy cell leukemia, without severe cytopenias and splenomegaly, but with an extensive pathological retroperitoneal mass and infiltra...

journal_title：Clinical nuclear medicine

authors： Doma A,Škerget M,Žagar I

更新日期：2019-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:This study assessed the value of a follow-up FDG PET scan when the initial PET demonstrated unexplained findings of focal FDG uptake in the abdomen. METHOD:The records of 3634 patients with PET scans were retrospectively reviewed. Those patients who had follow-up PET scans after the initial PET scan showed une...

journal_title：Clinical nuclear medicine

authors： Zhang Y,Xiu Y,Zhuang H,Dadparvar S,Yu JQ,Dhurairaj T,Alavi A

更新日期：2008-01-01 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：:Lower neck uptake in bone scan is hard to interpret because of superposition of several structures. Single photon emission computerized tomography can be beneficial, as illustrated in this patient with a laryngeal tumor. ...

journal_title：Clinical nuclear medicine

authors： Mortelmans LA,DeRoo MJ

更新日期：1983-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A 64-year-old woman with metastatic clear cell renal carcinoma who had been on nivolumab immunotherapy for 10 months was referred for a FDG PET scan to monitor disease progress. New bilateral mediastinal and hilar FDG-avid lymphadenopathy was noted. Pathology on subsequent mediastinal nodal biopsy showed well-formed e...

journal_title：Clinical nuclear medicine

authors： Zhang M,Schembri G

更新日期：2017-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A 57-year-old man with a history of metastatic melanoma and sclerotic bone lesions seen on CT was referred for F NaF PET/CT evaluation of active skeletal metastases. While the bone lesions had no uptake and were therefore thought to represent sequela of previously treated disease, an unexpected area of F NaF uptake wa...

journal_title：Clinical nuclear medicine

authors： Jones RP,Iagaru A

更新日期：2014-10-01 00:00:00