abstract：:The purpose of this study was to directly compare the efficacy of Tc-99m MIBI with TI-201/Tc-99m pertechnetate scintigraphy for localizing parathyroid adenomas in patients with primary hyperparathyroidism. Of 21 patients suspected of having primary hyperparathyroidism who had undergone both studies, 14 had subsequent ...

journal_title：Clinical nuclear medicine

authors： Rauth JD,Sessions RB,Shupe SC,Ziessman HA

更新日期：1996-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Malignant melanoma is a relatively uncommon cancer of increasing incidence. The authors report on two cases of malignant melanoma lesions (primary and lymph node metastasis) imaged with Tc-99m MIBI. One patient revealed intense accumulation of the radiotracer in a primary skin lesion of the thorax, whereas the other p...

journal_title：Clinical nuclear medicine

authors： Alonso O,Martinez M,Lago G,Bazzano C,Saadoun A,Mut F,Delgado L,Espasandin J,Touya E

更新日期：1996-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A 32-year-old woman with a history of Graves' disease had an episode of thyrotoxicosis 2.5 months after her first childbirth. Because of low thyroidal uptake of Tc-99m pertechnetate, a diagnosis of postpartum painless thyroiditis was made and the patient was observed without medication. After the normalization of seru...

journal_title：Clinical nuclear medicine

authors： Misaki T,Miyamoto S,Kasagi K,Mori T,Konishi J

更新日期：1996-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Sarcoidosis is rarely recognized as an osseous manifestations alone. Patients with osseous involvement usually have a chronic multivisceral form of the disease. The authors report a case of osseous sarcoidosis without other visceral involvement. A bone scan was requested to evaluate the extent of the bone involvement ...

journal_title：Clinical nuclear medicine

authors： Benelhadj S,Patrois F,Duet M,Bérolatti B,Mundler O

更新日期：1996-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Infantile hemangioendothelioma of the liver is benign mesenchymal tumor composed of anastomosing vascular channels lined with plump endothelial cells. It is a congenital lesion noted at birth or during the first 6 months of life. The authors report a large infantile hemangioendothelioma that was imaged with anatomical...

journal_title：Clinical nuclear medicine

authors： Park CH,Hwang HS,Hong J,Pak MS

更新日期：1996-04-01 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：: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：:Drug related false-positive hepatobiliary imaging is uncommon. The authors present a case of a 54-year-old woman who was treated with intravenous ceftriaxone for bacterial meningitis. Symptoms of acute cholecystitis subsequently developed and a sonogram revealed a gallstone. A Tc-99m DISIDA hepatobiliary study was pos...

journal_title：Clinical nuclear medicine

authors： Lorberboym M,Machado M,Glajchen N,Pertsemlidis D

更新日期：1996-01-01 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 30-year-old man had severe left anterior knee pain after a trivial injury. A three-phase bone scan diagnosed this condition to be reflex sympathetic dystrophy, which was subsequently confirmed by sympathetic blockade. ...

journal_title：Clinical nuclear medicine

authors： Malhotra R,Dhingra SS,Padhy AK,Kumar R,Ravishankar U

更新日期：1995-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Eleven patients, each with a painful solitary cold nodule of the thyroid were evaluated. All patients had subacute thyroiditis associated with neck pain and tenderness. Despite elevated sedimentation rate and increased thyroglobulin levels, nine of the patients were euthyroid, and I-131 uptake was normal in six. In al...

journal_title：Clinical nuclear medicine

authors： Hardoff R,Baron E,Sheinfeld M,Luboshitsky R

更新日期：1995-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This case report describes an I-131 whole-body scan with false-positive uptake at the site of a nose ring in a patient with follicular thyroid cancer. ...

journal_title：Clinical nuclear medicine

authors： Dick C,Mudun A,Alazraki NP

更新日期：1995-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A 9-year-old girl had a 6-month history of left hip pain. Radiographs of the left hip showed a metaphyseal osteolytic lesion with sclerotic borders in the femoral neck. Tc-99m MDP bone imaging and a Ga-67 scan showed focal areas of increased activity in the left femoral neck. These areas of increased uptake correspond...

journal_title：Clinical nuclear medicine

authors： Silva F,Laguna R,Acevedo M,Ruíz C,Orduña E

更新日期：1995-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A 52-year-old man with metastatic poorly differentiated bronchogenic carcinoma and serum calcium levels as high as 14.6 had intense Tc-99m MDP uptake found throughout the stomach wall on SPECT imaging. FDG uptake assessed by PET imaging was not elevated in the stomach, whereas multiple hyper-metabolic tumor foci could...

journal_title：Clinical nuclear medicine

authors： Meyer MA,McClaughry P

更新日期：1995-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Twenty-eight children (5 girls, 23 boys; age, 20.3 +/- 16.2 months) with Kawasaki disease (KD) were included in this study. The children were treated with aspirin plus intravenous injection of gamma globulin (IVGG). Both Tc-99m HMPAO labeled WBC heart imaging (Tc-WBC) and two-dimensional echocardiograms (2D-Echo) were...

journal_title：Clinical nuclear medicine

authors： Kao CH,Hsieh KS,Chen YC,Wang YL,Wang SJ,Yeh SH

更新日期：1995-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Tc-99m RBC scintigraphy is favored by many investigators because it provides the ability to image the abdomen over a prolonged period of time, thereby allowing identification of delayed bleeding sites that are frequently encountered due to the intermittent nature of gastrointestinal bleeding. The authors describe a ca...

journal_title：Clinical nuclear medicine

authors： el-Shirbiny A,Fernandez R,Zuckier LS

更新日期：1995-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In-111 WBC scintigraphy in a woman with relapsed acute lymphoid leukemia demonstrated normal uptake of white blood cells by the liver and spleen, but virtually absent bone marrow activity. Tc-99m SC imaging confirmed normal marrow function and distribution. A bone marrow biopsy revealed mildly hypocellular, regenerati...

journal_title：Clinical nuclear medicine

authors： Achong DM,Oates E

更新日期：1995-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The speed of Tc-99m DTPA/HMPAO radioaerosol clearance from the lungs that is represented as a slope from lungs to blood was measured in 23 male normal controls using commercial lung radioaerosol delivery units in the supine position in order to avoid the influences of gravity. The right lung was selected and three reg...

journal_title：Clinical nuclear medicine

authors： Kao CH,Lin HT,Yu SL,Wang SJ,Yeh SH

更新日期：1995-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The scintigraphic findings in a rare case of bilateral renal malakoplakia are presented. Markedly increased Ga-67 activity was present in both kidneys in sites corresponding to focal cortical defects on Tc-99m gluceptate (glucoheptonate) imaging. Interestingly, there was no abnormal renal activity with In-111 leukocyt...

journal_title：Clinical nuclear medicine

authors： Cox JE,Cowan RJ

更新日期：1995-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Thallium-201 uptake patterns in the orbits are not widely known. Diffuse, bilateral orbital localization of TI-201 chloride may be an incidental finding because of orbital muscle or other soft tissue uptake. Differences in orbital blood flow and soft tissue mass may be the cause of the varying uptake intensities in mo...

journal_title：Clinical nuclear medicine

authors： Durak H,Durak I,Derebek E,Kaynak S,Metin E,Ergin M

更新日期：1995-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The amino-terminal domain of fibronectin has a fibrin binding site and a site for covalent cross-linking to fibrin. This fibrin binding domain was isolated from human recombinant fibronectin and labeled with In-111; the final molecular weight was 12 kD. It was applied to a pilot study of 62 patients; 30 who were thoug...

journal_title：Clinical nuclear medicine

authors： Rosenthall L,Leclerc J

更新日期：1995-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:To evaluate whether a prolonged infusion of Tc-99m sestamibi allows for visualization of viable myocardium in areas of hypoperfused myocardium, 25 patients were prospectively studied. Each patient was imaged four times in two consecutive days in the following manner: day 1:1) immediately after injection of Tl-201 at r...

journal_title：Clinical nuclear medicine

authors： Miron SD,Finkelhor R,Bahler R,Sodee DB,Bellon EM

更新日期：1995-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Tc-99m galactosyl-neoglycoalbumin (NGA) is a new liver imaging agent that specifically binds to a hepatocyte specific membrane receptor, the hepatic binding protein. Scintigraphy with Tc-99m NGA is a noninvasive method that provides functional images of the liver. This report deals with one case of fulminant hepatic f...

journal_title：Clinical nuclear medicine

authors： Moragas M,Pavía J,Ginés A,Ros D,Solá M,Huguet M,Pons F,Setoain J

更新日期：1995-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Hyperfunctioning thyroid adenomas causing thyrotoxicosis (Plummer's disease) is not an uncommon cause of hyperthyroidism in the elderly. Most commonly, the adenoma appears as a so-called "hot" nodule on thyroid scintigraphy causing suppression (i.e., nonvisualization) of the remainder of the gland. This report describ...

journal_title：Clinical nuclear medicine

authors： Intenzo CM,Park CH,Kim SM

更新日期：1995-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:While performing lymphoscintigraphy to define draining lymph node groups and sentinel nodes in patients with melanoma, the authors have discovered a new lymphatic channel in two patients with tumors in the peri-umbilical area. This channel passes over the right costal margin to an interval node before passing toward t...

journal_title：Clinical nuclear medicine

authors： Uren RF,Howman-Giles RB,Thompson JF,Shaw HM,McCarthy WH

更新日期：1995-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Technetium-99m labeled human serum albumin has been shown to detect protein leakage into the bowel. A case of a young adult is presented with endoscopic and pathological correlation of scintigraphic findings supporting Menètrier's disease. ...

journal_title：Clinical nuclear medicine

authors： Pacheco EJ,Moreno AJ,Ramos A,Murray R,Turnbull GL,Barzey A

更新日期：1995-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A patient with an asymptomatic nonsecreting left adrenal pheochromocytoma concentrated I-123 MIBG. Iodine-123 MIBG scintigraphy showed abnormal uptake in the left adrenal bed. The authors conclude that I-123 MIBG imaging may allow the in vivo diagnosis of non-functioning pheochromocytomas when there is no clinical evi...

journal_title：Clinical nuclear medicine

authors： Maurea S,Lastoria S,Cuocolo A,Celentano L,Salvatore M

更新日期：1995-01-01 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：:A gamma camera method with no blood sampling assesses differential renal function based on initial renal uptake, and requires background correction. The effect of background correction on estimates of initial renal uptake was compared on renograms using Tc-99m MAG3 and Tc-99m DTPA renographies in 14 patients. Renal co...

journal_title：Clinical nuclear medicine

authors： Inoue Y,Machida K,Honda N,Takahashi T,Mamiya T

更新日期：1994-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Pulmonary perfusion scintigraphy with Tc-99m MAA was performed on 182 patients, on whom either pneumonectomy or lobectomy was performed, because of primary nonsmall-cell lung carcinoma. Among them, 76 underwent pneumonectomy, and 106 underwent lobectomy. The mean value of the perfusion fraction (PF) of the affected lu...

journal_title：Clinical nuclear medicine

authors： Chen CY,Kao CH,Hsu NY,Chen CL,Hsu CP,Wang PY

更新日期：1994-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The Schilling test is used to identify the cause of vitamin B12 malabsorption in patients with low serum vitamin B12 levels. The initial step required for vitamin B12 absorption is a process of separation from the protein complexes of food. The crystalline Co-57 vitamin B12 used in the Schilling test does not reproduc...

journal_title：Clinical nuclear medicine

authors： Lucas MH,Elgazzar AH

更新日期：1994-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Iodine-123 MIBG is a norepinephrine analog which can be used to image the sympathetic innervation of the heart. The authors report a patient with myotonic dystrophy whose I-123 MIBG SPECT revealed accelerated washout of I-123 MIBG from infero-posterior and a part of lateral wall, although Tl-201 SPECT showed no abnorm...

journal_title：Clinical nuclear medicine

authors： Machida K,Honda N,Mamiya T,Takahashi T,Kamano T,Kashimada A,Inoue Y,Kinoshita M

更新日期：1994-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Fifteen patients who had bilateral mediofrontal hypoactivity and 30 control subjects without this SPECT anomaly underwent Tc-99m HMPAO brain SPECT imaging. Bilateral mediofrontal hypoactivity was found in various neurologic disorders, including subcortical arteriosclerotic encephalopathy, lacunar state, chronic alcoho...

journal_title：Clinical nuclear medicine

authors： Denays R,Tondeur M,Noël P,Ham HR

更新日期：1994-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Metastatic papillary carcinoma was diagnosed in a 42-year-old woman. The cancer had invaded out of the gland and was present in many lymph nodes. After her surgical procedure, she was advised to have radioiodine. However, the patient had total renal failure and was on dialysis. Studies were carried out using a tracer ...

journal_title：Clinical nuclear medicine

authors： Mello AM,Isaacs R,Petersen J,Kronenberger S,McDougall IR

更新日期：1994-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A 24-year-old female gymnast had a 3-month history of bilateral forearm pain. A Tc-99m MDP bone scan demonstrated focally increased activity in the radial shafts on blood pool and delayed images, characteristic of fatigue fractures. Fatigue fractures commonly occur in the lower extremities. Upper extremity fatigue fra...

journal_title：Clinical nuclear medicine

authors： Ahluwalia R,Datz FL,Morton KA,Anderson CM,Whiting JH Jr

更新日期：1994-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The authors examined regional cerebral blood flow by using Tc-99m HMPAO SPECT studies in a patient who received a gunshot wound to the brain. Although the presence of the retained bullet's fragments adversely affected the quality of CT images and contraindicated MRI studies, the SPECT examination did not have the same...

journal_title：Clinical nuclear medicine

authors： Valle G,Bonetti MG,Ciritella P,Di Fazio P,Barbano F,Perrone E

更新日期：1994-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Intraperitoneal scintigraphy with Tc-99m MAA was performed in nine patients with carcinomatous peritonitis secondary to ovarian or tubal carcinoma. Tc-99m MAA (370 MBq) and NaCl was delivered through an implantable injection port. For patients with good diffusion on intraperitoneal scintigraphy, intraperitoneal chemot...

journal_title：Clinical nuclear medicine

authors： Sugimura K,Okizuka H,Kaji Y,Ishida T,Iwanari O,Kitao M

更新日期：1994-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Scintigraphy was instrumental in two histologically proven cases of forme fruste melorheostosis. Radionuclide bone scans demonstrated a moderately increased uptake of radiopharmaceutical localized to the "flowing" cortical hyperostosis of melorheostosis observed radiographically. The medullary portion of the affected ...

journal_title：Clinical nuclear medicine

authors： Spieth ME,Greenspan A,Forrester DM,Ansari AN,Kimura RL,Siegel ME

更新日期：1994-06-01 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 authors present a case that demonstrates the continued high sensitivity of Tc-99m SC liver-spleen imaging for thoracic splenosis. A patient with profound weight loss, positive PPD and left upper lobe lung density on a chest radiograph was felt to have a strong clinical suspicion of a malignant pulmonary lesion. Tw...

journal_title：Clinical nuclear medicine

authors： Hardin VM,Morgan ME

更新日期：1994-05-01 00:00:00