abstract：:Conventional bone scintigraphy is often inconclusive in detecting bone metastases of hepatocellular carcinoma, suggesting the necessity of alternative scintigraphic agents. In this study, the diagnostic value of I-123 IMP scintigraphy was evaluated in 8 patients with 12 pelvic bone metastases from hepatocellular carci...

journal_title：Clinical nuclear medicine

authors： Suto Y,Tanigawa N,Iwamiya T,Shabana M,Ohta Y

更新日期：1994-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Osteonecrosis and osteopenia are widely recognized skeletal complications of therapy in recipients of renal transplants. These conditions are often complicated by fractures, usually in the femora, pelvis or vertebrae. The authors describe two sedentary adult allograft recipients who presented with leg pain and in whom...

journal_title：Clinical nuclear medicine

authors： Larcos G,Gruenewald SM

更新日期：1994-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A case of posttraumatic intrathoracic splenosis mimicking lung cancer is presented. The diagnosis was made by a radiocolloid liver-spleen study followed by a heat-damaged Tc-99m labeled red cell scan. A favorable change in the staging of the patient's real contralateral lung cancer resulted. ...

journal_title：Clinical nuclear medicine

authors： Kwan AJ,Drum DE,Ahn CS,Tow DE

更新日期：1994-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The authors evaluated the clinical applications of Tc-99m methoxy isobutyl isonitrile (MIBI) in the simultaneous assessment of ventricular function and myocardial perfusion in patients with congenital heart disease. Global ventricular function was assessed by first-pass ECG gated study. Myocardial perfusion was evalua...

journal_title：Clinical nuclear medicine

authors： Imbriaco M,Cuocolo A,Pace L,Nicolai E,Nappi A,Celentano L,Palma G,Vosa C

更新日期：1994-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Eleven patients who underwent nuclear medicine bone scanning were reviewed to determine the incidence of bone scan abnormalities associated with hepatoblastoma. Of these, six patients had abnormal bone scan findings--four with focal involvement. Correlating plain radiographs and/or follow-up nuclear bone scans were av...

journal_title：Clinical nuclear medicine

authors： Archer D,Babyn P,Gilday D,Greenberg MA

更新日期：1993-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:On In-111 WBC images, diffuse homogeneous uptake of the radiopharmaceutical should be present throughout the liver. The authors present a case of a febrile patient with polycystic liver disease in whom the normal diffuse uptake was not seen. Instead, the images demonstrated focal areas of uptake, which suggested infec...

journal_title：Clinical nuclear medicine

authors： Even-Sapir E,Barnes DC,Iles SE

更新日期：1993-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Biliary scans of 84 hospitalized patients believed to likely have acute cholecystitis, including 55 scans that had a radionuclide angiography phase, were retrospectively evaluated to determine the frequency of the rim sign and hyperperfusion, and to test the hypothesis that more intense hyperperfusion or rim sign is a...

journal_title：Clinical nuclear medicine

authors： Bohdiewicz PJ

更新日期：1993-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Bone scintigraphy is very sensitive in detecting metastases in an early stage, when changes in osteoblast function precede morphologic changes. In many oncologic situations, however, osteoarticular abnormal changes seen on the bone scan are not caused by tumor infiltration. They may be due to tumor associated conditio...

journal_title：Clinical nuclear medicine

authors： Stokkel MP,Valdés Olmos RA,Hoefnagel CA,Richel DJ

更新日期：1993-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Five cases of artifactual In-111 leukocyte pulmonary activity were noted at three local hospitals in a 4-day period. Based on the differences in the preparation of the final indium leukocyte product, the problem could be attributed to the indium oxine reagent in a specific lot. This artifact of multiple small foci of ...

journal_title：Clinical nuclear medicine

authors： Bohdiewicz PJ,Fink-Bennett D,Nagle C,Abghari R,Gutkowski R,Dworkin HJ

更新日期：1993-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Takayasu's disease (pulseless disease) is an uncommon chronic inflammatory disease primarily affecting the medium and large arteries, with a strong predilection for the aortic arch and its branches; hence, it sometimes is referred to as aortic arch syndrome. The etiology is unknown, although a systemic immunologic pro...

journal_title：Clinical nuclear medicine

authors： Balingit AG,Anderson JH

更新日期：1993-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:SPECT findings in a very rare case of primary amyloidosis localized in the laryngotracheobronchial area are reported. SPECT using Tc-99m PYP revealed widespread uptake in the larynx and the entire tracheobronchial tree up to the subsegmental divisions; the areas corresponded to diffuse thickening and calcification of ...

journal_title：Clinical nuclear medicine

authors： Nishihara M,Oda J,Kamura T,Kimura M,Odano I,Sakai K

更新日期：1993-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A case of veno-occlusive disease of the liver of unknown etiology is reported. In the case, the gross abnormality of liver parenchyma, ascites, and colloid shift to spleen, bones, and lungs found on a Tc-99m SC liver-spleen scan, and confirmed on liver biopsy, resolved completely on follow-up. Histologic correlation a...

journal_title：Clinical nuclear medicine

authors： Joshi MJ,Ford PV,Vogel JM,Lutrin CL

更新日期：1993-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Single-photon emission computed tomography has been proven to detect more abnormalities than planar bone scintigraphy in patients with low back pain (LBP). Both 180 degrees and 360 degrees acquisitions were performed in 24 patients with LBP to determine whether the shorter 180 degrees posterior SPECT is as accurate fo...

journal_title：Clinical nuclear medicine

authors： Even-Sapir E,Barnes DC,Iles SE,Nickerson RC

更新日期：1993-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Measurement of relative renal function in azotemic patients can be misleading due to elevated background activity and delayed renal concentration of radiotracer. When there is delayed excretion of the tracer and obvious splenic or hepatic activity superimposed over one of the kidneys, it often is advantageous to delay...

journal_title：Clinical nuclear medicine

authors： Sennewald K,Taylor A Jr

更新日期：1993-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A case of a sebaceous carcinoma is presented. This carcinoma of the skin appendages requires diagnosis by histopathology because the clinical appearance is often atypical. Because of the frequency of metastases to local lymph nodes and bone, a careful physical examination and appropriate radiologic/scintigraphic exami...

journal_title：Clinical nuclear medicine

authors： Verlooy H,Mortelmans L,Schiepers C,De Roo M

更新日期：1993-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Tc-99m pertechnetate radionuclide scrotal scanning was performed on nine hospitalized boys with anaphylactoid purpura and acute scrotal tenderness. Scrotal involvement in anaphylactoid purpura is generally a part of the basic pathological process (i.e., vasculitis). Sometimes testicular torsion could not be excluded b...

journal_title：Clinical nuclear medicine

authors： Melloul MM,Garty BZ

更新日期：1993-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The regional cerebral blood flow in 31 patients was semiquantitatively measured with SPECT using N-isopropyl iodo-amphetamine (I-123 IMP). Of the 31 patients, 9 had Binswanger's disease (BD) (mean age: 64.2 years), 10 had Alzheimer's disease (AD) (mean age: 66.8 years), and 12 were neurologically normal (mean age: 67....

journal_title：Clinical nuclear medicine

authors： Kawabata K,Tachibana H,Sugita M,Fukuchi M

更新日期：1993-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Soft tissue localization of radiotracer on bone scintigraphy may result in false-positive interpretations, if the activity overlies a bony structure. A case is presented in which special views and follow-up clarified the soft tissue nature of focal uptake in arm and axilla. ...

journal_title：Clinical nuclear medicine

authors： Dogan AS,Rezai K

更新日期：1993-03-01 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

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：:Tc-99m isonitrile uptake in a metastatic brain tumor is demonstrated using planar and SPECT imaging. Comparison with Tc-99m DTPA shows a different distribution pattern and uptake intensity, suggesting a different mechanism for both tracers. It is possible that Tc-99m CPI could reflect metabolic activity of the tumor c...

journal_title：Clinical nuclear medicine

authors： Mut F,Bianco A,Nuñez M,De Palma G,Touya E

更新日期：1993-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This is a report of a patient who underwent high-resolution brain perfusion SPECT studies during and after an episode of transient global amnesia. During the attack, SPECT imaging showed increased perfusion in the left medial temporal region involving the amygdala and hippocampus. After recovery from amnesia, a follow...

journal_title：Clinical nuclear medicine

authors： Matsuda H,Higashi S,Tsuji S,Sumiya H,Miyauchi T,Hisada K,Yamashita J

更新日期：1993-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The current study was initiated to define whether Tc-99m leukocyte imaging, compared to In-111 chloride imaging, could provide additional information on the hematopoietic activity of the bone marrow in diffuse hematologic disorders. A total of 11 patients with hematologic disorders were studied both with Tc-99m leukoc...

journal_title：Clinical nuclear medicine

authors： Aburano T,Yokoyama K,Shuke N,Kinuya S,Takayama T,Michigishi T,Tonami N,Hisada K

更新日期：1992-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Hyperplasia of the parathyroid glands usually is treated surgically by total parathyroidectomy, which would deprive the patient of the parathormone essential for calcium metabolism. The postoperative management of patients submitted to total parathyroidectomy consists either in oral administration of vitamin D and cal...

journal_title：Clinical nuclear medicine

authors： Fronistas O,Stavraka-Kakavaki A,Giougi A,Papatheophanis J

更新日期：1992-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Laparoscopic cholecystectomy has become a popular alternative to traditional open cholecystectomy for uncomplicated, acute cholecystitis. At some centers, laparoscopic cholecystectomy is already the more frequently performed procedure. The presence or suspicion of common bile duct (CBD) stones or obstruction may neces...

journal_title：Clinical nuclear medicine

authors： Nagle CE,Murphy J

更新日期：1992-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A patient complaining of headaches and bone pain at multiple sites had Tc-99m MDP scintigraphy performed for possible bone trauma after a motor vehicle accident. Bone imaging revealed a small focal increase in tracer uptake in the area of the laryngeal cartilage. There was some reluctance to place a label on this abno...

journal_title：Clinical nuclear medicine

authors： Steuart RD,Morrison RT

更新日期：1992-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The authors report a transient, unilateral reverse ventilation/perfusion (V/P) mismatch in a patient with squamous cell lung cancer. The right lung was well perfused but not ventilated (unilateral reverse V/P mismatch). However, lung imaging performed 3 days later demonstrated the absence of both perfusion and ventila...

journal_title：Clinical nuclear medicine

authors： Watanabe N,Hirano T,Inoue T,Matsumoto M,Oriuchi N,Tateno M,Matsumoto H,Nagamachi Y,Endo K

更新日期：1992-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:ITP (idiopathic thrombocytopenic purpura) causes rapid sequestration and destruction of thrombocytes by the spleen, liver, bone marrow, and reticuloendothelial elements of other organs. The usefulness of multiple radionuclide functional imaging procedures in the management of a 34-year-old woman with chronic ITP, two ...

journal_title：Clinical nuclear medicine

authors： Harwood SJ,Carroll RG

更新日期：1992-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The authors report a patient with diffuse pyogenic pericarditis and focal myoendocarditis initially detected using In-111 WBC scintigraphy. The patient was in septic shock after hemodialysis for the treatment of chronic renal failure. This was preceded by clinical signs and symptoms of pericarditis thought to be viral...

journal_title：Clinical nuclear medicine

authors： Coupland DB,Terriff B,Fung AY,Sartori C

更新日期：1992-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Tc-99m DTPA and I-131 OIH renography were performed simultaneously in a patient with hepatorenal syndrome. Blood flow was delayed and diminished bilaterally; there was Tc-99m DTPA and I-131 OIH retention in the parenchyma with no evidence of tracer retention in the collecting systems. The I-131 OIH renogram curve demo...

journal_title：Clinical nuclear medicine

authors： Halkar RK,Ziffer JA,Taylor A Jr

更新日期：1992-06-01 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 author presents a case of metastatic hepatoma diagnosed at autopsy. The patient's liver had been nearly entirely replaced, and there were diffuse microscopic pulmonary metastases. Chest x-ray was normal at the time of gallium imaging for fever of unknown origin. Gallium imaging revealed a normal-appearing liver an...

journal_title：Clinical nuclear medicine

authors： Bohdiewicz PJ

更新日期：1992-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Idiopathic fibrosis and malignant lymphoma were studied with positron emission tomography (PET) using 2-deoxy-2-[F-18]fluoro-D-glucose (F-18DG). Cases of retroperitoneal fibrosis and sclerosing peritonitis showed low F-18DG uptake with the mass/muscle radioactivity (M/M) ratio 2.0 and 1.9, respectively. A case of para...

journal_title：Clinical nuclear medicine

authors： Kubota K,Yamada K,Yoshioka S,Yamada S,Ito M,Ido T

更新日期：1992-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Captopril renal scintigraphy is a well-known noninvasive tool in the diagnosis of renovascular hypertension. The authors present a case of a patient with malignant hypertension whose captopril renal scintigraphy suggested bilateral and equal renovascular hypertension. His renal angiogram, however, demonstrated no rena...

journal_title：Clinical nuclear medicine

authors： Pelsang RE,Rezai K

更新日期：1992-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Although the incidence of an organic cause is low and most of the detected genitourinary anomalies are not responsible for enuresis, a simple, noninvasive screening test is preferable in the analysis of children with enuresis. Extension of standard radionuclide renography as a method of screening the upper as well as ...

journal_title：Clinical nuclear medicine

authors： van der Vis-Melsen MJ

更新日期：1992-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Metastatic calcifications according to histopathologic and scintigraphic findings have been well-defined. The authors report a postoperative case of hyperparathyroidism with multiple metastatic calcifications in the lung, kidney, stomach, heart, and vessels that were primarily detected by bone scintigraphy and demonst...

journal_title：Clinical nuclear medicine

authors： Imanishi Y,Kishiro M,Miyazaki O,Toyokawa T,Kuroki K,Haji H,Ishikawa T

更新日期：1992-02-01 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：:Two cases of aortic dissection are presented in which discordance between renal perfusion and function has been demonstrated with Tc-99m DTPA. Renal perfusion on the affected side was decreased on blood flow imaging, whereas renal function, including parenchymal accumulation and excretion assessed by subsequent sequen...

journal_title：Clinical nuclear medicine

authors： Aburano T,Yokoyama K,Taki J,Takayama T,Shuke N,Tonami N,Hisada K

更新日期：1992-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Two patients are presented in whom pulmonary accumulation of Ga-67 led to an early diagnosis of miliary tuberculosis and its prompt treatment. Their chest radiographs were unremarkable and thus noncontributory to the diagnostic process. ...

journal_title：Clinical nuclear medicine

authors： Grieff M,Lisbona R

更新日期：1991-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:When early complications occur after a kidney transplant, radionuclide angiography may be useful in determining a possible vascular origin. The authors describe the case of a patient with anuria continuing 24 hours after transplantation. Radionuclide angiography showed a defect at the site of the renal graft, suggesti...

journal_title：Clinical nuclear medicine

authors： Herrmann T,Granjon D,Decousus M,Soler C,Rusch P

更新日期：1991-11-01 00:00:00