Radioisotope bone scanning in chronic osseous sarcoidosis.

abstract：:We present an F-18 FDG PET scan which demonstrates 3 synchronous primary malignancies. The patient is a 61-year-old man who presented with weight loss and dysphagia. He was initially diagnosed with squamous cell carcinoma of the midesophagus, and was then found to have an adenocarcinoma in the right lung. A staging PE...

journal_title：Clinical nuclear medicine

authors： Mittra E,Vasanawala M,Niederkohr R,Rodriguez C,Segall G

更新日期：2007-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A 74-year-old man underwent excisional biopsy of an anterior mediastinal mass that revealed squamous cell carcinoma of thymic origin. Immunohistochemistry revealed insulin-like growth factor-1 receptor positivity, which has been associated with worse prognosis. Restaging FDG PET/CT revealed extensive soft tissue and o...

journal_title：Clinical nuclear medicine

authors： VanDreel A,Patel D,Emmadi R,Lu Y

更新日期：2015-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Acute suppurative thyroiditis is an uncommon condition. Most patients have preexisting oropharyngeal fistulae. Penetrating oropharyngeal injuries resulting from swallowed foreign bodies provide an acquired channel of infection spreading into the relatively resistant thyroid gland. The authors describe a patient with i...

journal_title：Clinical nuclear medicine

authors： Yung BC,Loke TK,Fan WC,Chan JC

更新日期：2000-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：UNLABELLED:Fluorine-18 fluoro-2-deoxy-D-glucose (FDG) uptake in brown adipose tissue (BAT) may generate FDG-PET scan misinterpretation. Recent studies have shown reduced FDG uptake in BAT in rats treated with high doses of the beta-blocker propranolol. The aim of this observational study was to present a cohort of pati...

journal_title：Clinical nuclear medicine

authors： Parysow O,Mollerach AM,Jager V,Racioppi S,San Roman J,Gerbaudo VH

更新日期：2007-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Sentinel node detection in patients with breast cancer is routinely performed in our department. Images frequently show star-shaped activity at the site of injection caused by septum penetration. These star-shaped artifacts could possibly impair visualization of nearby sentinel nodes. The aim of this study was to dete...

journal_title：Clinical nuclear medicine

authors： Lemstra C,Broersma M,Poot L,Jager PL

更新日期：2004-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A 68-year-old man with a history of malignant melanoma in the right axilla underwent FDG PET/CT. The images demonstrated a focally increased activity in the subcutaneous tissue anterior to the distal left tibia, suggestive of metastasis. However, a gouty tophus was diagnosed pathologically after biopsy. ...

journal_title：Clinical nuclear medicine

authors： Edwards KW,Doss M,Huang M,Hayes SB,Walia R,Yu JQ

更新日期：2015-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:All members of the healthcare system should make positive contributions to improve the overall level of wellness. However, leaders should have certain specific responsibilities to prevent burnout and increase happiness and wellness at work. It has been proposed that a chief wellness officer direct the initiatives to i...

journal_title：Clinical nuclear medicine

authors： Harolds JA

更新日期：2020-03-01 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：: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：: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：:Reflex sympathetic dystrophy (RSD) usually follows traumatic injuries or neurologic disorders. The authors report a rare case of RSD that followed intraarterial administration of cocaine in a patient with a history of intravenous drug abuse. The cocaine was self-administered inadvertently into the femoral artery rathe...

journal_title：Clinical nuclear medicine

authors： Gay D,Singh A

更新日期：2000-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Regadenoson is a pharmacologic stress agent that has been widely adopted as an alternative over other pharmacologic vasodilator agents due to its ease of use, patient tolerance, and safety profile. We report the case of dynamic ST-segment elevation electrocardiogram changes after regadenoson injection during an inpati...

journal_title：Clinical nuclear medicine

authors： Qamruddin S,Huang HW,Mehra A,Bonyadlou S,Yoon AJ

更新日期：2016-01-01 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 67-year-old woman was referred for staging of a mucosa-associated lymphoid tumor lymphoma involving the left conjunctiva. CT scan had shown paravertebral and pelvic masses, and a breast nodule. FDG PET/CT demonstrated moderately increased uptake in the left ocular conjunctiva and confirmed the paravertebral and pelv...

journal_title：Clinical nuclear medicine

authors： Sallak A,Besson FL,Pomoni A,Christinat A,Adler M,Aegerter JP,Nguyen C,de Leval L,Frossard V,Prior JO

更新日期：2014-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A 37-year-old woman presented with a neck mass that proved to be medullary thyroid carcinoma by histologic and immunoperoxidase examinations. Serum calcitonin values were greatly elevated (over 100,000 pg/ml). There were widespread metastases in bone and liver. As the peripheral lesions showed only slight response to ...

journal_title：Clinical nuclear medicine

authors： Michael BE,Forouhar FA,Spencer RP

更新日期：1985-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A 32-month-old female child with a history of stage IV favorable biology neuroblastoma with a 123-I MIBG (metaiodobenzylguanidine scan) avid adrenal mass, with retroperitoneal nodal extension and bony metastasis, was in complete remission after intense multimodal therapy. Seventeen months after diagnosis a surveillanc...

journal_title：Clinical nuclear medicine

authors： Schindler T,Yu C,Rossleigh M,Pereira J,Cohn R

更新日期：2010-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The authors report a case in which a radionuclide hepatobiliary image was falsely indicative of cystic duct obstruction in a patient with an indwelling cholecystostomy tube and an externalized gallbladder-duodenal stent. Cystic duct patency was demonstrated radiographically shortly before and after the radionuclide st...

journal_title：Clinical nuclear medicine

authors： Zagoria RJ,Cowan RJ,Dyer RB,Herrera M

更新日期：1989-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We present the (18)F-FDG PET/CT images of a 38-year-old woman with primary pericardial osteosarcoma. Routine chest radiography showed an enlarged cardiac silhouette. Plain chest CT found an oval tumor with dense calcification adhered to the left back of the heart. A whole-body FDG PET/CT scan was performed to evaluate...

journal_title：Clinical nuclear medicine

authors： Wang Q,Lin SH,Dai D,Xu WG,Li YJ

更新日期：2013-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：UNLABELLED:Interpretation of radionuclide arthrograms (RNA) of the knee after total knee joint replacement (TKR) may be difficult because of the lack of sufficient anatomic reference information. Additional transmission images may provide the necessary reference information required for correct interpretation of RNA of...

journal_title：Clinical nuclear medicine

authors： Hayes AA,Cardaci G,Bower GD

更新日期：1997-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Acetabular labral tears are an increasingly recognized cause of hip pain in young adults with hip dysplasia and older patients with degenerative disease of the hips. METHODS:The authors analyzed retrospectively bone scintigraphy in 27 patients with acetabular labral tears diagnosed by MRI/arthroscopy. Analy...

journal_title：Clinical nuclear medicine

authors： Bruce W,Van Der Wall H,Storey G,Loneragan R,Pitsis G,Kannangara S

更新日期：2004-08-01 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：:Dermatofibrosarcoma protuberans (DFSP) is a cutaneous tumor of intermediate-grade malignant potential, and it rarely shows dedifferentiation to high-grade fibrosarcoma, which is called "fibrosarcomatous DFSP." We present the enhanced MRI and PET/MRI findings and our comparison with pathological findings in a case of f...

journal_title：Clinical nuclear medicine

authors： Hakozaki M,Yamada H,Hasegawa O,Watanabe K,Konno S

更新日期：2016-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A case of a 23-year-old man with an encapsulated, anaerobic splenic abscess is reported. Both the In-111 leukocyte and Tc-99m sulfur colloid scans demonstrated an intrasplenic defect. The Ga-67 citrate scan revealed uptake in the rim of the abscess only where the abscess cavity was relatively photon-deficient. The com...

journal_title：Clinical nuclear medicine

authors： Ammann W,Chiu BK,Wright JM

更新日期：1986-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A case of osteomalacia with multiple asymmetrically distributed pseudofractures (Looser's zones) simulating metastases is presented. Radiographic correlation is essential to increase specificity and avoid misinterpretation. ...

journal_title：Clinical nuclear medicine

authors： Velchik MG,Makler PT Jr,Alavi A

更新日期：1985-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:A 68-year-old man with metastatic follicular thyroid carcinoma had T3 hyperthyroidism. MATERIAL AND METHODS:A bone scan showed intense uptake in the thyroid and multiple areas of increased uptake in the skeleton. Hyperthyroidism persisted after total thyroidectomy. Treatment with I-131 induced a transient stat...

journal_title：Clinical nuclear medicine

authors： Rosário F,Marques AR,Roque L,Rodrigues R,Ferreira TC,Limbert E,Sobrinho L,Leite V

更新日期：2005-02-01 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：PURPOSE:To evaluate the findings and usefulness of Ga-67 scanning in recent cases of tuberculosis (TB). MATERIALS AND METHODS:The authors reviewed chest x-ray films and Ga-67 citrate scans of 52 patients with culture-confirmed infection caused by Mycobacterium tuberculosis treated after 1988. RESULTS:Ga-67 scans were...

journal_title：Clinical nuclear medicine

authors： Goldfarb CR,Colp C,Ongseng F,Finestone H,Havas J

更新日期：1997-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A 20-year-old man with gastrointestinal symptoms and weight loss underwent FDG PET/CT, which revealed multiple hypermetabolic hepatic lesions concerning for metastatic liver disease. The outcome of liver biopsy was consistent with the diagnosis of peliosis hepatis which is a rare benign disease characterized by multip...

journal_title：Clinical nuclear medicine

authors： Levin D,Hod N,Anconina R,Ezroh Kazap D,Shaco-Levy R,Lantsberg S

更新日期：2018-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:We aim to retrospectively evaluate the impact of hormone therapy (HT) on FDG avidity of metastatic lesions in patients with breast cancer (BC) undergoing PET/CT. PATIENTS AND METHODS:Three hundred eight patients with BC were scanned with PET/CT at 2 Italian institutions (mean time from diagnosis 4 yrs, rang...

journal_title：Clinical nuclear medicine

authors： Evangelista L,Redana S,Racca M,Geuna E,Vinante L,Zago G,De Carolis V,Ghiotto C,Saladini G,Varetto T

更新日期：2014-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A case of Takayasu's arteritis is reported. Ventilation-perfusion lung scans and exercise thallium scintigraphy clearly showed pulmonary and coronary arterial involvement, respectively. Clinical examination and angiography revealed no other abnormal vascular findings. This case points out the difficulty in attempting ...

journal_title：Clinical nuclear medicine

authors： Krause T,Schühlen H,Vaith P,Moser E

更新日期：1993-02-01 00:00:00