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：PURPOSE:To define the appropriate scan time for fluorine-18-labeled dihydroxyphenylalanine (F-18 DOPA) PET in oncological imaging of pheochromocytomas and paragangliomas. MATERIALS AND METHODS:F-18 DOPA PET examinations were performed in 9 patients with 7 pheochromocytomas and 4 head and neck paragangliomas using a de...

journal_title：Clinical nuclear medicine

authors： Hentschel M,Rottenburger C,Boedeker CC,Neumann HP,Brink I

更新日期：2012-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:This study was aimed to determine whether Tc-99m-hexakis-2-methoxyisobutylisonitrile (MIBI) scintigraphy performed in the middle of preoperative chemotherapy has a prognostic value in patients with malignant bone and soft tissue tumors (MBST). MATERIALS AND METHODS:In 90 patients with MBST, Tc-99m-MIBI scintig...

journal_title：Clinical nuclear medicine

authors： Wakabayashi H,Taki J,Inaki A,Sumiya H,Zen Y,Tsuchiya H,Kinuya S

更新日期：2012-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:Gallium-68 (Ga-68) DOTA-1-NaI3-octreotide (DOTA-NOC) positron emission tomography (PET)/computed tomography (CT) is increasingly used for neuroendocrine tumors (NETs), often found primarily in the pancreas. However, physiologic uptake of DOTA-NOC has been described in the uncinate process of the pancreas. We ...

journal_title：Clinical nuclear medicine

authors： Krausz Y,Rubinstein R,Appelbaum L,Mishani E,Orevi M,Fraenkel M,Tshori S,Glaser B,Bocher M,Salmon A,Chisin R,Gross DJ,Freedman N

更新日期：2012-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:Recent studies have shown that thyroglobulin (Tg) concentration is a useful tumor marker in follow-up of differentiated thyroid cancer (DTC) patients after thyroidectomy and subsequent radioiodine (I-131) therapy. However, its role is controversial after total or near-total thyroidectomy before the first I-131 ...

journal_title：Clinical nuclear medicine

authors： Lin Y,Li T,Liang J,Li X,Qiu L,Wang S,Chen Y,Kang Z,Li F

更新日期：2011-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:To establish camera-based methods for estimating Tc-99m mercaptoacetyltriglycine (MAG3) clearance without blood sampling. MATERIALS AND METHODS:The results of renal scintigraphy with Tc-99m MAG3 obtained from 160 patients were analyzed retrospectively. Eight renogram parameters were calculated for each patient...

journal_title：Clinical nuclear medicine

authors： Inoue Y,Ohtomo K

更新日期：2011-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:Because of paucity of data available regarding the utility of PET/CT in the diagnosis and staging of patients with olfactory neuroblastoma (ONB), we retrospectively analyzed the efficacy of PET/CT in 9 patients with ONB. MATERIALS AND METHODS:Whole-body F-18 FDG PET/CT was performed in 7 patients with newly di...

journal_title：Clinical nuclear medicine

authors： Wu HB,Wang QS,Zhong JM,Zhou WL,Li HS,Qiao-yu W

更新日期：2011-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND AND AIMS:We aimed to assess the characteristics of glucose utilization in left and right ventricle (LV, RV) myocardium with F-18 fluorodeoxyglucose (FDG) on positron emission tomography in patients with pulmonary arterial hypertension (PAH), and to evaluate whether predominance of RV glucose metabolism as co...

journal_title：Clinical nuclear medicine

authors： Can MM,Kaymaz C,Tanboga IH,Tokgoz HC,Canpolat N,Turkyilmaz E,Sonmez K,Ozdemir N

更新日期：2011-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Leaders of private practice groups face many challenges. Establishing proper governance, having a good mission statement and business plan, having good participation by the members in administrative practice activities, and establishing proper channels of communication are some important steps. Once that is done, effi...

journal_title：Clinical nuclear medicine

authors： Harolds JA

更新日期：2011-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We report a case of a 25-year-old woman presented with neutropenic fever after chemotherapy for the relapse of acute biphenotypic leukemia. Gallium-67 scintigraphy for the detection of infectious foci demonstrated a unique pattern of numerous foci with intense and varying-sized radioactivity spreading throughout the b...

journal_title：Clinical nuclear medicine

authors： Wu YC,Hsieh TC,Sun SS,Lo WC,Yen KY,Kao CH

更新日期：2011-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:We investigated the incidence of lymph node metastasis in gastrointestinal stromal tumor (GIST) patients in our PET/CT database. The demographic data and characteristics of the primary tumor were evaluated in GIST patients with or without lymph node metastasis. MATERIALS AND METHODS:We reviewed our PET/CT data...

journal_title：Clinical nuclear medicine

authors： Gong N,Wong CS,Chu YC

更新日期：2011-08-01 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：AIM:Adrenal metastasis in renal cell carcinoma (RCC) is uncommon. The present study was aimed to evaluate the role of fluoro-deoxy-glucose positron emission tomography (FDG PET)/computed tomography (CT) in the detection of adrenal metastasis in patients with RCC. MATERIALS AND METHODS:A total of 9 FDG PET/CT scans wer...

journal_title：Clinical nuclear medicine

authors： Kumar R,Shamim SA,Shandal V,Sharma P,Gadodia A,Malhotra A

更新日期：2011-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Ten years after chemoradiation for primary lymphoma of the left pelvic bone, a 38-year-old man presented with a 4-month history of gradually increasing pain in his left upper leg and thigh. Initial radiographs and contrast-enhanced magnetic resonance imaging were consistent with recurrent lymphoma, infection, or posti...

journal_title：Clinical nuclear medicine

authors： de Rooy JW,Hambrock T,Vriens D,Flucke UE,van der Geest IC,van de Luijtgaarden AC,Schreuder BW,de Geus-Oei LF

更新日期：2011-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Primary seminoma of the prostate is extremely rare. We describe a case of a 35-year-old man who presented with difficulty in urinating. Physical findings were unremarkable, but a rectal examination revealed a slightly hardened prostate with a nodule in the right lobe. Blood parameters were normal; however, blood chemi...

journal_title：Clinical nuclear medicine

authors： Hayasaka K,Koyama M,Fukui I

更新日期：2011-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSES:To evaluate the dosimetric effect of outpatient radioiodine therapy for thyroid cancer in members of a patient's family and their living environment, when using iodine-131 doses reaching 7.4 GBq. The following parameters were thus defined: (a) whole-body radiation doses to caregivers, (b) the production of con...

journal_title：Clinical nuclear medicine

authors： Willegaignon J,Sapienza M,Ono C,Watanabe T,Guimarães MI,Gutterres R,Marechal MH,Buchpiguel C

更新日期：2011-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Hemangiopericytoma is an unusual tumor that arises from vascular smooth muscle cells. It is mainly experienced in 4th to 5th decades of life and soft-tissue masses are frequently located in lower extremity, pelvis, and retroperitoneum. A 29-year-old man presented with a mass lesion in the right nasal cavity associated...

journal_title：Clinical nuclear medicine

authors： Aras M,Dede F,Ones T,Atasoy BM,Inanir S,Erdil TY,Turoglu HT

更新日期：2011-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:The purpose of the present study was to investigate F-18 FDG uptake patterns, and to see whether joint F-18 FDG uptake reflected disease activity in patients with collagen vascular diseases (CVD)-associated arthritis. MATERIALS AND METHODS:A total of 72 patients with CVD-associated arthritis and 30 control sub...

journal_title：Clinical nuclear medicine

authors： Okabe T,Shibata H,Shizukuishi K,Yoneyama T,Inoue T,Tateishi U

更新日期：2011-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:Controversies remain over the actual risk of developing a second primary malignancy (SPM) as a consequence of I-131 treatment in patients with differentiated thyroid carcinoma (DTC). The objective of this study was to evaluate the adjusted rate and risk estimate of SPM in radioiodine-treated patients after cont...

journal_title：Clinical nuclear medicine

authors： Fallahi B,Adabi K,Majidi M,Fard-Esfahani A,Heshmat R,Larijani B,Haghpanah V

更新日期：2011-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Myxofibrosarcoma (MFS) has a spectrum of malignant fibroblastic lesions with variably myxoid stroma and pleomorphism. A 67-year-old man with a bulky mass on his chest wall was diagnosed with MFS. He underwent F-18 fluorodeoxyglucose (FDG) positron emission tomography/computed tomography for detection of metastasis. FD...

journal_title：Clinical nuclear medicine

authors： Ito K,Masuda-Miyata Y,Wada S,Morooka M,Yamasawa K,Hashimoto M,Kubota K

更新日期：2011-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Melorheostosis is a rare but benign disorder characterized by asymmetric osteosclerotic dysplasia. Radiographic appearances are characteristic and described as "melting wax flowing down a candle." This disorder may involve more than one bone contiguously across the joints following a sclerotomal distribution. It is of...

journal_title：Clinical nuclear medicine

authors： Sonoda LI,Halim MY,Balan KK

更新日期：2011-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:Dynamic PET studies with a ⁶⁸Ga-Bombesin analog, the ⁶⁸Ga-BZH₃, were performed in patients with highly suspected recurrent gliomas to investigate the effect of the receptor scintigraphy on tumor grading. Furthermore, dynamic F-18 Fluorodeoxyglucose (FDG) studies were performed for comparison. METHODS:The study...

journal_title：Clinical nuclear medicine

authors： Dimitrakopoulou-Strauss A,Seiz M,Tuettenberg J,Schmieder K,Eisenhut M,Haberkorn U,Strauss LG

更新日期：2011-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Both female adnexal tumor of possible wolffian origin (FATWO) and metastasis to the appendix from any primary tumor are extremely rare entities. The appendiceal metastasis from FATWO has not been reported, and there is a lack of the literature regarding FDG PET/CT study in both. We reported the case of an appendiceal ...

journal_title：Clinical nuclear medicine

authors： Liu Y

更新日期：2011-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Cerebral autosomal dominant arteriopathy with subcortical infarcts and leukoencephalopathy (CADASIL) is a hereditary microangiopathy caused by mutations in the Notch3 gene located on chromosome 19, leading to 4 cardinal features with aura, cerebrovascular ischemic events, mood disturbances, and dementia. Acetazolamide...

journal_title：Clinical nuclear medicine

authors： Park SA,Yang CY,Choi SS,Kim WH

更新日期：2011-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：AIM:to evaluate the treatment response in patients with recurrent colorectal cancer (CRC) using FDG PET/CT. MATERIALS AND METHODS:a total of 32 recurrent CRC patients (21 males, 11 females; mean age, 52.8 years) were included in this retrospective study. All patients underwent a baseline and follow-up FDG PET/CT scans...

journal_title：Clinical nuclear medicine

authors： Shamim SA,Kumar R,Shandal V,Halanaik D,Kumar G,Bal CS,Malhotra A

更新日期：2011-01-01 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：:Neurolymphomatosis (NL) is a rare, unique subtype of lymphomatous infiltration of peripheral nerves. Clinical/radiologic diagnosis of NL is challenging. We report F-18 FDG PET/CT findings of a case of breast diffuse large B-cell lymphoma, in which NL developed regardless of regression of systemic lesions during induct...

journal_title：Clinical nuclear medicine

authors： Suga K,Yasuhiko K,Matsunaga N,Yujiri T,Nakazora T,Ariyoshi K

更新日期：2011-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:Multikinase inhibitor (MKI) is a promising drug for treatment of metastatic renal cell carcinoma (mRCC). We explained the usefulness of [¹⁸F]-2-fluoro-2-deoxyglucose positron emission tomography/contrast-enhanced computed tomography (FDG PET/CECT) for mRCC in evaluating the early response to MKI and in predicti...

journal_title：Clinical nuclear medicine

authors： Minamimoto R,Nakaigawa N,Tateishi U,Suzuki A,Shizukuishi K,Kishida T,Miura T,Makiyama K,Yao M,Kubota Y,Inoue T

更新日期：2010-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:To improve the surgical success and reduce the complication rates, we combine our routine preoperative ultrasound (US) mapping technique with radioguided occult lesion localization (ROLL) in patients with papillary thyroid cancer recurrences in central compartment. MATERIALS AND METHODS:In the morning of surge...

journal_title：Clinical nuclear medicine

authors： Ilgan S,Oztürk E,Yildiz R,Emer O,Ayan A,Görgülü S,Alagöz E,Deveci S,Ozgüven MA,Tufan T

更新日期：2010-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Primary Effusion Lymphoma (PEL) is a rare form of Non-Hodgkin lymphoma that involves serous body cavities (pleural, pericardial, or peritoneal) with lymphomatous effusions in the absence of lymphadenopathy or organomegaly. Although it was seen mostly in HIV-positive patients, it has recently been reported in HIV-negat...

journal_title：Clinical nuclear medicine

authors： Makis W,Stern J

更新日期：2010-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Langerhans cell histiocytosis is essentially a pediatric disorder with a large spectrum encompassing focal lytic osseous eosinophilic granuloma, chronic multifocal Hand-Schuller-Christian lesions, and fulminant disseminated Letterer-Siwe syndrome. However, adult involvement is not uncommon. The authors present a case ...

journal_title：Clinical nuclear medicine

authors： Nguyen BD,Roarke MC,Chivers SF

更新日期：2010-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To describe F-18 fluorodeoxyglucose positron emission tomography (FDG PET) profile in patients with subacute sclerosing panencephalitis (SSPE) and to investigate its possible correlation with clinical, electroencephalography (EEG) or magnetic resonance imaging/computed tomography (MRI/CT) findings. METHODS:E...

journal_title：Clinical nuclear medicine

authors： Yilmaz K,Yilmaz M,Mete A,Celen Z

更新日期：2010-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We experienced a case of a focal pulmonary F-18 fluoro-2-deoxy-D-glucose (FDG) uptake without pulmonary computed tomography (CT) abnormality probably due to the urine FDG in the upper pole calyx of the left kidney. A 76-year-old male patient was referred for evaluation of the postoperative right lung cancer. Positron ...

journal_title：Clinical nuclear medicine

authors： Tani A,Kajiya Y,Nakajo M,Nakajo M

更新日期：2010-09-01 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：:In this study, we report the results of using fluorine deoxyglucose positron emission tomography/computed tomography (FDG PET/CT) to guide the antifungal therapy against chronic disseminated candidiasis in patients with acute leukemia. Three adult patients were enrolled in this study. All patients underwent a series o...

journal_title：Clinical nuclear medicine

authors： Xu B,Shi P,Wu H,Guo X,Wang Q,Zhou S

更新日期：2010-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:FDG PET-CT plays a critical role in the management of head and neck cancer patients. After therapy, many patterns of altered physiologic FDG uptake have been recognized. In our institution, we noticed patterns of head and neck muscle uptake that were unique in the post-therapy scans of head and neck cancer p...

journal_title：Clinical nuclear medicine

authors： Matthews R,Shrestha P,Franceschi D,Relan N,Kaloudis E

更新日期：2010-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:Computed tomography (CT) remains the gold standard for delineation of tumor volumes for radiotherapy (RT) planning. However, positron emission tomography (PET) overlay on CT has shown to impact the gross target volume (GTV), decrease intraobserver variability, and change the treatment planning in a significant ...

journal_title：Clinical nuclear medicine

authors： Spratt DE,Diaz R,McElmurray J,Csiki I,Duggan D,Lu B,Delbeke D

更新日期：2010-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We report the F-18 fluorodeoxyglucose (FDG) positron emission tomography (PET)/computed tomography (CT) findings of a patient with a testicular Leydig cell tumor. A 43-year-old man was referred for whole body FDG PET/CT imaging for health care screening. FDG PET/CT imaging demonstrated the presence of a focal hypermet...

journal_title：Clinical nuclear medicine

authors： Lee G,Lee JH,Lee WA

更新日期：2010-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：INTRODUCTION:Postprandial hemodynamic disturbances have been previously described. We report a case of postprandial transient ischemic attacks. MATERIALS AND METHODS:Brain magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) (fluid-attenuated inversion recovery sequences, apparent diffusion coefficient), MR angiography, and Tc-99m hexame...

journal_title：Clinical nuclear medicine

authors： Farid K,Renou P,Laffite M,Couffinhal T,Allard M,Fernandez P,Sibon I

更新日期：2010-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:C-11 acetate positron emission tomography (PET) is known to have high sensitivity in detecting hepatocellular carcinoma. However, one of the shortcomings of C-11 acetate PET in the diagnosis of hepatocellular carcinoma is that C-11 acetate also accumulates in focal nodular hyperplasia, which makes it challenging to di...

journal_title：Clinical nuclear medicine

authors： Huo L,Wu Z,Zhuang H,Fu Z,Dang Y

更新日期：2009-12-01 00:00:00