Focal hyperemia on RBC blood-flow imaging. A scintigraphic marker of arterioportal venous shunting in hepatic cavernous hemangiomas?

abstract：:Hepatic cavernous hemangiomas rarely grow. Although a few cases have been reported in the literature, none used Tc-99m red blood cell scintigraphy. The authors describe such a case here. ...

journal_title：Clinical nuclear medicine

authors： Gorenberg M,Sopov W,Groshar D

更新日期：2000-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Regression in metastatic lesions as seen on a bone scan may be accompanied by increasing sclerosis radiographically. There are two possible causes for interval radiographic sclerosis: progressive osteoblastic tumor deposition or the healing process itself. The presence of active neoplasia can better be determined in s...

journal_title：Clinical nuclear medicine

authors： Hellman RS,Wilson MA

更新日期：1982-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:The aim of this study was to evaluate the overall and progression-free survival of papillary thyroid carcinoma (PTC), comparing the American Thyroid Association (ATA) guideline for risk of recurrence with the TNM staging system with dynamic assessment at 2 years. PATIENTS AND METHODS:This study is a retrospe...

journal_title：Clinical nuclear medicine

authors： Hassan A,Razi M,Riaz S,Khalid M,Nawaz MK,Syed AA,Bashir H

更新日期：2016-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The cerebral hemodynamics and oxygen metabolism before and after the recanalization of the occluded sinus were evaluated using O-15 positron emission tomography (PET) scanning in a 21-year-old woman with superior sagittal sinus thrombosis. During the initial presentation, there was increased regional cerebral blood vo...

journal_title：Clinical nuclear medicine

authors： Kawai N,Shindou A,Masada T,Tamiya T,Nagao S

更新日期：2005-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Examples of Ga-67 and Tl-201 scans in AIDS patients performed at St. Vincent's Hospital and Medical Center of New York are presented. Use of these methods is the adopted approach at this institution in AIDS patients for localizing sites of tumor or infection involvement. A Ga-67 scan is the most common nuclear medicin...

journal_title：Clinical nuclear medicine

authors： Turoglu HT,Akisik MF,Naddaf SY,Omar WS,Kempf JS,Abdel-Dayem HM

更新日期：1998-07-01 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：: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：:Excessive alcohol ingestion is a recognized cause of reversible dilated cardiomyopathy. A case is reported of dilated cardiomyopathy associated with excessive alcohol consumption that was remarkable with respect to the rapidity and extent of normalization in left ventricular systolic function after cessation of alcoho...

journal_title：Clinical nuclear medicine

authors： Hicks RJ,Low RD,Arkles LB

更新日期：1993-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A Tc-99m Technegas MAA-SPECT was performed on an 81-year-old woman to exclude pulmonary embolism. It showed hypoperfusion and practically absent ventilation of the entire left lung, suggesting a left-sided centrally localized airway obstruction or compression with secondary hypoxic vasoconstriction. Subsequent broncho...

journal_title：Clinical nuclear medicine

authors： Deryk S,Nieboer K,Ceulemans G,Bossuyt A,Vanhove C,Everaert H

更新日期：2009-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A chest radiograph revealed a large left lower hemithorax mass in a 48-year-old nonsmoker woman with chronic cough and dyspnea. Whole-body contrast-enhanced PET/CT confirmed a large mass with relatively uniform mild FDG uptake (standardized uptake value=1.8). No signs of infiltration, pleural effusion, significant reg...

journal_title：Clinical nuclear medicine

authors： Gorospe L

更新日期：2012-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：AIM:In this study, we investigated the relationship of cerebral tau deposition (F-tau-AD-ML 104 PET/CT) with glucose metabolism (F-FDG PET/CT) and cognitive function in patients with Alzheimer disease (AD). PATIENTS AND METHODS:Seventy subjects (Mini Mental State Examination [MMSE] score <18 = 37 [AD]; MMSE score, 18-...

journal_title：Clinical nuclear medicine

authors： Baghel V,Tripathi M,Parida G,Gupta R,Yadav S,Kumar P,Dey AB,Damle NA,Kumar R,Bal C

更新日期：2019-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A 66-year-old white man with amiodarone pneumonitis is presented. The diagnosis was made with the aid of Ga-67 imaging, which is a sensitive method of detecting amiodarone pulmonary toxicity in patients with symptomatic pulmonary infiltrates on chest radiographs. Ga-67 imaging is especially useful in distinguishing am...

journal_title：Clinical nuclear medicine

authors： Lecklitner ML,Johnson DR,Hughes JJ

更新日期：1988-11-01 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：:Although positron emission tomography (PET) is an established diagnostic method in brain and lung cancer, its use is often confined to research. The authors report a case of a minimally symptomatic intramedullary spinal cord metastasis, an uncommon and often diagnostically challenging lesion, that was confirmed by PET...

journal_title：Clinical nuclear medicine

authors： Poggi MM,Patronas N,Buttman JA,Hewitt SM,Fuller B

更新日期：2001-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Two cases with Ga-PSMA-avid prostate cancer recurrence in the vas deferens are presented. These cases highlight the clinical importance of imaging the pattern of local prostate cancer recurrence and the potential difficulties that arise due to the altered anatomy in the prostate bed after prostatectomy or radiotherapy...

journal_title：Clinical nuclear medicine

authors： Priftakis D,Afaq A,Bomanji J

更新日期：2020-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Intravenous leiomyomatosis is a life-threatening leiomyoma that grows into the extrauterine venous system. A high recurrence rate has been reported in reproductive-age women who undergo only tumor excision to preserve fertility. Precise diagnosis of tumor extension is essential to achieve complete resection. A 24-year...

journal_title：Clinical nuclear medicine

authors： Chino Y,Tsuyoshi H,Tsujikawa T,Okazawa H,Yoshida Y

更新日期：2017-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Chronic myelomonocytic leukemia (CMML) is a rare hematologic malignancy characterized by the accumulation of monocytes in the blood and bone marrow, dysplastic hematopoiesis, and potential leukemic involvement of organs. We report a case of leukemic involvement of cervical lymph nodes detected by 18F-FDG PET/CT. A 53-...

journal_title：Clinical nuclear medicine

authors： Derlin T,Clauditz TS,Bannas P

更新日期：2014-09-01 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：:We report a case of mucinous cystic neoplasm which showed FDG accumulation in its cyst wall. MRI revealed that this tumor had repeated intracystic hemorrhage. Inhomogeneous FDG accumulation was found in the cyst wall. The epithelium was focally denuded and ovarian-like stroma with macrophage migration, which phagocyto...

journal_title：Clinical nuclear medicine

authors： Sato M,Hiyama T,Kato K,Shirasu T,Yoshimi F,Nagai H,Saito H,Iijima T

更新日期：2011-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:The objective of this study was to determine whether the Tc-99m red blood cells (Tc-99m RBC) method has a true advantage over the Tc-99m sulfur colloid (Tc-99m SC) technique in a busy clinical practice for detecting and localizing lower gastrointestinal bleeding sites. METHODS:Three hundred fifty-nine consecut...

journal_title：Clinical nuclear medicine

authors： Ponzo F,Zhuang H,Liu FM,Lacorte LB,Moussavian B,Wang S,Alavi A

更新日期：2002-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:Anorexia nervosa (AN), a disorder of unknown etiology, has the highest mortality rate of any psychiatric disorder. Drawing the brain metabolic pattern of AN may help to target the core biological and psychological features of the disorder and to perfect the diagnosis and recovery criteria. In this study, we ...

journal_title：Clinical nuclear medicine

authors： Zhang HW,Li DY,Zhao J,Guan YH,Sun BM,Zuo CT

更新日期：2013-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:SPECT using N-Isopropyl I-123 IMP was performed, as part of a neuropsychiatric evaluation, on 10 patients with the DSM III-R diagnosis of Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD) and 6 patients from a non-ADHD mixed psychiatric group used as controls for comparison. Mean regional I-123 IMP SPECT region of inter...

journal_title：Clinical nuclear medicine

authors： Sieg KG,Gaffney GR,Preston DF,Hellings JA

更新日期：1995-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:I-131 metaiodobenzylguanidine (MIBG) imaging was performed in 38 patients with advanced neuroblastoma. Abnormal images were found in patients with elevations of urinary vanillylmandelic acid and dopamine and high serum neuron-specific enolase levels. Normal or minimal elevation of markers was seen in patients with neg...

journal_title：Clinical nuclear medicine

authors： Yeh SD,Helson L,Benua RS

更新日期：1988-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Dual radionuclide imaging of the neck (Tc-99m pertechnetate and TI-201 thallous chloride) was performed in 22 patients with chemical evidence of hyperparathyroidism (elevated blood calcium and parathormone [PTH] levels). Of these, 19 of 22 had localization of a TI-201 "excess" area on radiothallium-radiotechnetium sub...

journal_title：Clinical nuclear medicine

authors： Gupta SM,Belsky JL,Spencer RP,Frias J,Kotch P,Halpin T,Herrera NE

更新日期：1985-04-01 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：AIM:The purpose of the current study was to conduct a systematic review and meta-analysis of the published literature to evaluate the diagnostic accuracy of FDG PET or PET/CT for intramedullary and extramedullary lesions in multiple myeloma. METHODS:The authors conducted a systematic MEDLINE search of published articl...

journal_title：Clinical nuclear medicine

authors： Lu YY,Chen JH,Lin WY,Liang JA,Wang HY,Tsai SC,Kao CH

更新日期：2012-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Five pioneers had a huge impact on the quality movement in health care in the United States. Ernest Codman contributed in many ways, including his focus on outcome analysis. Avidis Donabedian is known for his focus on the 3 domains of structure, process, and outcome in health care. Walter Shewhart is known especially ...

journal_title：Clinical nuclear medicine

authors： Harolds J

更新日期：2015-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The neuroendocrine small cell carcinoma of the cervix is a rare malignancy that has a poor prognosis due to early lymphatic and hematogenous spread. We herein report a case of a 27- year-old woman who was referred for initial staging of a neuroendocrine small cell carcinoma with previous unremarkable structural imagin...

journal_title：Clinical nuclear medicine

authors： Damian A,Lago G,Rossi S,Alonso O,Engler H

更新日期：2017-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The authors describe a patient with myelofibrosis who showed intense Ga-67 uptake in spite of being severely leukopenic and receiving large amounts of antibiotics. They conclude that false-negative results associated with leukopenia or intensive antibiotic treatment may not always be correct. ...

journal_title：Clinical nuclear medicine

authors： Gorenberg M,Groshar D,Even-Sapir E,Ben-Haim S,Israel O,Front D

更新日期：1992-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A rare kind of obstructive jaundice caused by compression on the common bile duct due to an inflated Foley catheter balloon placed in the duodenum after Suguira surgery for bleeding esophageal vesicles secondary to portal hypertension is presented. After deflating the balloon, the obstruction was relieved. Tc-99m HIDA...

journal_title：Clinical nuclear medicine

authors： Abu Zidan FM,Kumar MS,Hassan IM,Samhan M,Dadah S

更新日期：1991-10-01 00:00:00