Decreased hippocampal blood flow related to memory impairment after cardiovascular surgery: assessment by reconstructed SPECT parallel to the longitudinal axis of the hippocampal formations.

abstract：AIM:The present study was aimed to determine the efficacy of integrated FDG PET/CT in patients with gallbladder cancer (GBC) with suspicion of recurrent disease. METHODS:A total of 49 patients (male: 15, female: 34; median age: 52.5 years) with GBC underwent FDG PET/CT for suspected recurrence. A total of 62 PET/CT sc...

journal_title：Clinical nuclear medicine

authors： Kumar R,Sharma P,Kumari A,Halanaik D,Malhotra A

更新日期：2012-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Chylous reflux is described as the backflow of chyle through the varicose lymphatics with incompetent lymph valves and leakage of the lymph. The valves in the dilated, varicose, tortuous lymph vessels become incompetent, and as a result, the lymph blended with chyle, reflux into the lower limbs or the genitalia. Reflu...

journal_title：Clinical nuclear medicine

authors： Kazemzadeh GH,Sadeghi R,Ebrahimi E,Rad MA

更新日期：2014-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A 36-year-old woman presented with a calcium level of 15.7 mg/dL (normal, 8.5-11.0 mg/dL) and an extremely elevated parathyroid hormone level of 1549.6 pg/mL (normal, 10.0-65.0 pg/ mL). She subsequently underwent a parathyroid scan and ultrasound evaluation, which suggested parathyroid carcinoma. Biopsy of a lytic les...

journal_title：Clinical nuclear medicine

authors： Varma R,Kim YJ,Garjian K,Barank D

更新日期：2014-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Xerostomia is a significant morbidity of radiation treatment in the management of head and neck cancers. To preserve salivary function, a surgical technique has been developed that involves the transfer of one submandibular gland to the ipsilateral submental space, where it can be shielded during radiation therapy. F-...

journal_title：Clinical nuclear medicine

authors： Makis W,Ciarallo A,Abikhzer G,Rush C,Laufer J,Stern J

更新日期：2011-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A 10-year-old girl with a history of complicated cystic fibrosis was hospitalized for pulmonary exacerbation with allergic bronchopulmonary aspergillosis and severe right upper lobe bronchiectasis diagnosed with chest radiograph and CT. She was started on itraconazole during the hospitalization in attempt to decrease ...

journal_title：Clinical nuclear medicine

authors： Rodriguez K,Siegel A

更新日期：2018-11-01 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：:A 43-year-old woman confined to bed and wheelchair due to multiple sclerosis (MS) presented with complaints of sharp, bilateral hip pain (left greater than right) that radiated to the thighs with point tenderness to trochanteric palpation. She had received several courses of high-dose intravenous corticosteroids for M...

journal_title：Clinical nuclear medicine

authors： Caruso FA,Toney MA

更新日期：1994-05-01 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：:67Ga-citrate scan from skull to mid-abdomen showed increased uptake in both parotid glands, mediastinum, lungs, uvei and/or enlarged lacrimal glands. The differential diagnosis of the positive radiogallium scan is discussed with emphasis on the value of the extrathoracic findings. Tissue diagnosis confirmed the imagin...

journal_title：Clinical nuclear medicine

authors： Oren VO,Uszler JM,White J

更新日期：1978-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:A highly variable normal appearance of the sternal area makes interpretation difficult on planar bone imaging. These normal variants occur especially in the area above the xiphoid process of the sternum in which an oval photopenic area on anterior planar images may be seen. This finding is most likely caused by...

journal_title：Clinical nuclear medicine

authors： Han JK,Shih WJ,Stipp V,Magoun S

更新日期：1999-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:Insulinomas are predominantly benign neuroendocrine tumors originating from beta cells within the islets of Langerhans of the endocrine pancreas. Because surgical resection represents the only curative therapy option, exact tumor localization and discrimination of insulinomas from focal or diffuse manifestation...

journal_title：Clinical nuclear medicine

authors： Michalski K,Laubner K,Stoykow C,Omrane MA,Maecke HR,Seufert J,Goetz C,Meyer PT,Ruf J

更新日期：2020-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We describe the results of F-FDG PET/CT of 3 patients referred to our institution during the single day of Monday, March 23, 2020, for an initial assessment of cancer extension or for the therapeutic evaluation of chemotherapy of neoplastic pathology, with no obvious infectious or respiratory symptoms at the time of e...

journal_title：Clinical nuclear medicine

authors： Grellier JF,Lussato D,Guernou M,Queneau M,Bonardel G

更新日期：2020-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Thirty-three patients with biopsy-proven lung cancer and a total of 150 lesions diagnosed by conventional staging procedures were imaged using a Tc-99m labeled monoclonal Fab fragment of an IgG2B murine monoclonal antibody (MoAb) (NR-LU-10, NeoRx Corporation). Immunoscintigraphy demonstrated 100% of primary and 78% of...

journal_title：Clinical nuclear medicine

authors： Vansant JP,Johnson DH,O'Donnell DM,Stewart JR,Sonin AH,McCook BM,Powers TA,Salk DJ,Frist WH,Sandler MP

更新日期：1992-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The goal of bleeding scintigraphy is to localize the site of origin of a hemorrhage to within general regions of the large or small bowel. Activity is typically seen to extravasate from the blood pool into the lumen, and the collection of activity then moves on sequential images, as a result of the cathartic action of...

journal_title：Clinical nuclear medicine

authors： Krynyckyi BR,Zuckier LS,Tatlidil R,Chen WT,Kim CK,Freeman LM

更新日期：2002-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Small cell lung cancer (SCLC) tumors have neuroendocrine features. In vitro and in vivo studies have demonstrated that 50%-75% of SCLC tumors express receptors for somatostatin. This might enable in vivo localization of the primary tumor and its metastases by using scintigraphy with a radiolabeled somatostat...

journal_title：Clinical nuclear medicine

authors： Hochstenbag MM,Heidendal GA,Wouters EF,ten Velde GP

更新日期：1997-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Type A acute intramural hematoma (IMH) of the ascending aorta is defined as hemorrhage in the aortic wall in the absence of intimal disruption. Proximity to the adventitia may explain the higher incidence of rupture in IMH. We present a case of IMH, diagnosed by the presence of linear intense uptake of FDG on PET/CT, ...

journal_title：Clinical nuclear medicine

authors： Ryan A,McCook B,Sholosh B,Pryma DA,Jablonowski E,Fuhrman C,Blodgett TM

更新日期：2007-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：ABSTRACT:A 62-year-old woman had progressively developing throbbing right neck pain for 1 year. The pain radiated to the right suboccipital area, sometimes accompanied by breathlessness. To rule out cancer, patient received FDG PET/CT, which showed an intraspinal cord intense FDG-avid calcified mass at the level of the...

journal_title：Clinical nuclear medicine

authors： Chuang TL,Chen JC,Chen YR,Wang YF

更新日期：2021-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:C-acetate uptake could be increased in physiologic or inflammatory conditions without evidence of cancer. We report a hepatocellular carcinoma patient with sorafenib-induced metabolic acidosis, who showed increased hepatic uptake of C-acetate. C-acetate PET/CT might be a potentially useful surrogate marker to monitor ...

journal_title：Clinical nuclear medicine

authors： Kwon SY,Kim DY,Min JJ,Bae WK

更新日期：2018-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:The study aimed to investigate the value of clinical variables and rest gated single-photon emission computed tomography (SPECT) in predicting cardiac deaths in medically treated dilated cardiomyopathy (DCM) patients. METHODS:This is a retrospective study. Fifty-six consecutive hospitalized DCM patients who un...

journal_title：Clinical nuclear medicine

authors： Wang L,Yang MF,Cai M,Zhao SH,He ZX,Wang YT

更新日期：2013-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:This article illustrates the complementary nature of preoperative radionuclide parathyroid imaging and intraoperative rapid parathyroid hormone (PTH) assays in primary hyperparathyroid disease. The authors review the literature on these procedures and compare this protocol and its cost-effectiveness with those ...

journal_title：Clinical nuclear medicine

authors： Wilkinson RH Jr,Leight GS Jr,Garner SC,Borges-Neto S

更新日期：2000-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Ventriculoperitoneal shunt malfunction is common in patients after shunt surgery. Imaging is done to reveal the underlying cause and confirm the diagnosis. Shunt infection is one of the common causes of shunt malfunction. FDG PET CT is an accepted infection imaging tool and can be used to diagnose shunt infection accu...

journal_title：Clinical nuclear medicine

authors： Mathew B,Purandare NC,Agrawal A,Shah S,Puranik A,Rangarajan V

更新日期：2020-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A 66-year-old man with castration-resistant prostate cancer was evaluated with F-prostate-specific membrane antigen (PSMA) 1007 PET/CT, which revealed extensive PSMA-positive skeletal metastases in the skull, thorax, spine, pelvis, and extremities. He was then treated Lu-PSMA-617 therapy. Twenty-four-hour SPECT/CT rev...

journal_title：Clinical nuclear medicine

authors： Kairemo K,Kangasmäki A,Joensuu T,Seregard S

更新日期：2020-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:In recent years, several case reports have described venous thromboembolism (VTE) on FDG PET/CT. In this short communication, we present results from a proof-of-concept pilot study aimed at providing some preliminary data on the efficacy of FDG PET/CT in prospective patients with suspected VTE. PATIENTS AND ME...

journal_title：Clinical nuclear medicine

authors： Hess S,Madsen PH,Iversen ED,Frifelt JJ,Høilund-Carlsen PF,Alavi A

更新日期：2015-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A 15-year-old boy underwent hepatobiliary scintigraphy for suspected acute cholecystitis. The initial images revealed an activity in the neighborhood of normal gallbladder fossa, suggestive of possible activity in the gallbladder, which would be inconsistent with a diagnosis of acute cholecystitis. However, after drin...

journal_title：Clinical nuclear medicine

authors： Bai X,Wang X

更新日期：2018-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Two case reports of malignant pleural effusion from breast carcinoma, with scans showing a striking accumulation of Tc-99m MDP, are presented. The Tc-99m MDP was in the pleural fluid and not in the pleura as demonstrated by shift with gravity. Possible mechanisms of malignant effusion accumulation of Tc-99m MDP are su...

journal_title：Clinical nuclear medicine

authors： Lamki L,Cohen P,Driedger A

更新日期：1982-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Metastasis of colorectal adenocarcinoma to the larynx is a very rare condition. Here, we report a 72-year-old woman with a history of rectal adenocarcinoma. She was referred for whole-body FDG PET/CT scanning because of an elevating serum level of carcinoembryonic antigen. PET images showed focally increased FDG accum...

journal_title：Clinical nuclear medicine

authors： Chen TY,Hung GU,Hung CC,Chiu JS,Kao CH

更新日期：2012-07-01 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 value of using heparin as a pharmacologic intervention to induce a positive scintiscan was studied in a patient with chronic occult gastrointestinal bleeding. When all standard diagnostic tests (upper and lower gastrointestinal series, upper and lower endoscopy, and conventional noninterventional Tc-99m RBC imagin...

journal_title：Clinical nuclear medicine

authors： Chaudhuri TK,Brantly M

更新日期：1984-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Congenitally corrected transposition of the great arteries (CTGA) may constitute a pitfall for interpretation of radionuclide angiocardiography, since the two anatomic discordances cancel each other from a physiologic point of view. However, the unusual shape of the ventricles (due to ventricular discordance) and the ...

journal_title：Clinical nuclear medicine

authors： Brendel AJ,Wynchank S,Choussat A,Barat JL,Ducassou D

更新日期：1984-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The use of a simple, noninvasive, isotope scanning technique for the determination of relative portal blood flow and detection of portal hypertension is described. Using this technique the presence of portal hypertension was demonstrated in seven of nine patients known to have elevated portal venous pressure. By contr...

journal_title：Clinical nuclear medicine

authors： Hesdorffer CS,Bezwoda WR,Danilewitz MD,Esser JD,Tobias M

更新日期：1987-08-01 00:00:00