abstract：:Tc-99m labeled iminodiacetic acid (Tc-99m IDA) studies were performed in three patients with bile leaks. The radiotracer distribution was different in all three. A diffuse peritoneal pattern was seen in one patient. Localized radioactivity was seen in two; in one in the gallbladder bed and in the other in the perihepa...

journal_title：Clinical nuclear medicine

authors： Siddiqui AR,Ellis JH,Madura JA

更新日期：1986-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Tc-99m labeled RBC imaging was used to conclusively demonstrate continuing intrathoracic hemorrhage from the anastomotic site of a coronary artery bypass graft. Demonstration of continuing hemorrhage and localization of the most likely site of bleeding resulted in timely and appropriate surgical intervention, which re...

journal_title：Clinical nuclear medicine

authors： Orzel JA,Baisden CE

更新日期：1986-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The incidence of unilobar or bilobar pathology is disproportionately high in patients with duplication of the gallbladder. The results of ultrasound and Tc-99m DISIDA studies in one case of gallbladder duplication are presented. An awareness of gallbladder anomalies may improve the accuracy of hepatobiliary imaging by...

journal_title：Clinical nuclear medicine

authors： McDonald KL,Lwin T

更新日期：1986-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Hemangiomas are easily, quickly and relatively noninvasively detected using whole-body imaging with Tc-99m labeled RBCs. A case in which this method was used to confirm known lesions and detect additional unsuspected lesions is described. This method can also be useful in the detection and evaluation of other types of...

journal_title：Clinical nuclear medicine

authors： Hollerman JJ,Bernstein MA,Froelich JW,Schkudor G

更新日期：1986-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Four patients with sternocostoclavicular hyperostosis showing characteristic abnormal uptake on bone imaging are described. Bone imaging was useful in the diagnosis of sternocostoclavicular hyperostosis. ...

journal_title：Clinical nuclear medicine

authors： Otsuka N,Fukunaga M,Sone T,Nagai K,Tomomitsu T,Yanagimoto S,Muranaka A,Ono S,Morita R

更新日期：1986-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Tc-99m RBC venography demonstrated bilateral iliac vein obstruction with subsequent collateral flow through the internal iliac veins into the internal and perimuscular rectal plexuses. ...

journal_title：Clinical nuclear medicine

authors： Lisann NM,Palestro CJ,Benua RS

更新日期：1986-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A cavernous hemangioma of the liver presented as an area of increased activity on an isotope bone scan. A review of the literature fails to reveal any previous reports of this phenomenon. ...

journal_title：Clinical nuclear medicine

authors： Burkhalter JL,Morano JU,Patel BR

更新日期：1986-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A case of a large plasma-cell granuloma of the left upper lobe in a 5-year-old girl is presented. Uptake of Tc-99m MDP by the soft tissue mass was demonstrated with bone imaging. Plasma cell granuloma should be included in the gamut of extraosseous uptake of bone-seeking radionuclide in the pediatric chest. ...

journal_title：Clinical nuclear medicine

authors： Wells RG,Sty JR

更新日期：1986-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Gallium imaging may play an important role in both initial evaluation and in follow-up in patients with metastatic melanoma. We present a case where the patient had gallium-avid metastatic melanoma. SPECT proved helpful in the initial evaluation. ...

journal_title：Clinical nuclear medicine

authors： Edeburn GF,Tow DE

更新日期：1986-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The efficacy and merit of testicular imaging, utilizing Tc-99m pertechnetate, were studied prospectively in a group of patients who presented with acute onset of scrotal pain. Consecutive admissions were studied. All were managed according to the likelihood of the problem being testicular torsion, which was determined...

journal_title：Clinical nuclear medicine

authors： Dunn EK,Macchia RJ,Chauhan PS,Laungani GB,Solomon NA

更新日期：1986-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In-111 leukocyte imaging usually yields images which are interpreted easily. Five potentially misleading cases were noted, however, of over 200 scans performed over a four-year period. These included two cases of bladder visualization without bladder inflammation and three cases of abdominal activity without intra-abd...

journal_title：Clinical nuclear medicine

authors： Goodgold HM,Samuels LD

更新日期：1986-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A case of non-Hodgkin's lymphoma of the abdomen studied by gallium SPECT imaging is reported. The tomographic slices accurately demonstrated the location of residual disease after chemotherapy in the region of the transverse mesocolon. Previous transmission CT had shown considerable persistent retroperitoneal lymphade...

journal_title：Clinical nuclear medicine

authors： Adcock KA,Friefeld GD,Waldron JA Jr

更新日期：1986-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A review was made of the records of 24 consecutive trauma patients (aged 55-94 years) who had under gone radiographic examinations and a positive bone image of the femur or pelvis. There was considerable discordance between the radiographs and the bone images. Initially, 25% of the radiographs were interpreted as posi...

journal_title：Clinical nuclear medicine

authors： Slavin JD Jr,Mathews J,Spencer RP

更新日期：1986-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Diffusely increased radioactivity in the thoracoabdominal region (lower thorax and/or upper abdomen) occasionally has been observed when performing Tc-99m phosphonate bone studies. To assess the significance of activity in this finding, 1100 bone scintigrams were reviewed and the clinical data and other diagnostic ima...

journal_title：Clinical nuclear medicine

authors： Shih WJ,Coupal JJ,Domstad PA,DeLand FH

更新日期：1986-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Findings on cholescintigraphy in gallbladder carcinoma are described in five patients. Four patients presenting with acute cholecystitis had nonvisualization of the gallbladder with normal hepatoenteric transit time. One of these had a large portal mass and two had liver metastasis as additional findings. The fifth pa...

journal_title：Clinical nuclear medicine

authors： Colletti PM,Ralls PW,Siegel ME,Halls JM

更新日期：1986-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A case of a 23-year-old man with an encapsulated, anaerobic splenic abscess is reported. Both the In-111 leukocyte and Tc-99m sulfur colloid scans demonstrated an intrasplenic defect. The Ga-67 citrate scan revealed uptake in the rim of the abscess only where the abscess cavity was relatively photon-deficient. The com...

journal_title：Clinical nuclear medicine

authors： Ammann W,Chiu BK,Wright JM

更新日期：1986-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The liver was not visualized by In-111 WBC scan in a patient with alcoholic liver disease. The liver was visualized on repeat scan when liver function had improved. ...

journal_title：Clinical nuclear medicine

authors： Segall GM,Goodwin DA

更新日期：1986-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In a patient with AIDS, marked uptake of Ga-67 in the stomach walls initially was regarded with a high degree of suspicion for gastric involvement. Results of subsequent intragastric tests, including biopsy and culture, proved negative. Caution should be exercised when considering further costly and/or invasive proced...

journal_title：Clinical nuclear medicine

authors： McNeill JA,Llaurado JG

更新日期：1986-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The performance of Tc-99m MDP vs Tc-99m dicarboxypropane diphosphonate (DPD) was evaluated in 20 patients with various skeletal bone diseases. Each patient was investigated twice, with an interval of three days between studies and using the same protocol, hence each case served as its own control. The results were: In...

journal_title：Clinical nuclear medicine

authors： Godart G,Durez M,Bevilacqua M,Abramovici J,Robience Y

更新日期：1986-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:During a Tc-99m DTPA study, activity simultaneously appeared in the kidneys and in a right lateral band. This was due to an inflammatory tract and not to urinary drainage. ...

journal_title：Clinical nuclear medicine

authors： Slavin JD Jr,Skarzynski JJ,Spencer RP

更新日期：1986-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A case of osteomalacia with multiple asymmetrically distributed pseudofractures (Looser's zones) simulating metastases is presented. Radiographic correlation is essential to increase specificity and avoid misinterpretation. ...

journal_title：Clinical nuclear medicine

authors： Velchik MG,Makler PT Jr,Alavi A

更新日期：1985-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Absence of perfusion of a right lung was initially misinterpreted as pulmonary embolic disease. Pulmonary angiography revised this diagnosis to obstruction of the right pulmonary vein. ...

journal_title：Clinical nuclear medicine

authors： Hartshorne MF,Bauman JM,Cawthon MA,Huggins M

更新日期：1985-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Tc-99m pertechnetate is known for its uptake and excretion by the mammary gland. Generally, lactating women are not advised to have any radioisotopic studies. If it is necessary to have one, it is recommended that they do not breast-feed their children for at least 24 hours. Congenital absence of the mammary gland is ...

journal_title：Clinical nuclear medicine

authors： Halkar RK,Abdel-Dayem H,Jahan S,Sehweil A,Sayed M

更新日期：1985-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The authors have previously shown that the definition of ablation of thyroid tissue in patients treated with thyroidectomy and radioiodine (I-131) for thyroid carcinoma depends upon the dose of I-131 used to scan the patient. The therapeutic response to I-131 therapy was evaluated in a group of ten differentiated thyr...

journal_title：Clinical nuclear medicine

authors： Ramanna L,Waxman AD,Brachman MB,Tanasescu DE,Chapman N,Braunstein GD

更新日期：1985-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In the course of a work-up for fever of unknown origin associated with intermittent arrhythmias, a gallium scan was performed which revealed diffuse myocardial uptake. The diagnosis of Lyme disease myocarditis subsequently was confirmed by serologic titers. One month following recovery from the acute illness, the abno...

journal_title：Clinical nuclear medicine

authors： Alpert LI,Welch P,Fisher N

更新日期：1985-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:To evaluate the contribution of Tc-99m pyrophosphate scintigraphy (TPS) on the overall management of patients suspected of having acute myocardial infarction (AMI), hospital records of 58 consecutive patients who underwent TPS, were evaluated in depth. The results indicate that TPS was essential for the diagnosis of A...

journal_title：Clinical nuclear medicine

authors： Desai AG,Berger BC,Shin YW,Park CH,Madsen MT

更新日期：1985-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Pulmonary embolism is diagnosed by a mismatched perfusion-ventilation lung scan. The probability is increased further when there is an associated "hot spot" in the perfusion study caused by focal pulmonary edema. ...

journal_title：Clinical nuclear medicine

authors： Tiu S,Liu D,Kramer EL,Sanger JJ

更新日期：1985-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Three cases involving renal scans that showed both severe photopenia and also increase in uptake in a rim surrounding the renal graft are presented. As previously mentioned in the literature, the bad prognostic import of photopenia is confirmed. The increased rim of activity has been rarely mentioned in the literature...

journal_title：Clinical nuclear medicine

authors： Rothfeld B,Spees EK,Goldman SM

更新日期：1985-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Three patients in whom Caroli's disease was diagnosed by cholangiographic methods were studied by scintigraphy with Tc-99m DISIDA. Cholescintigrams showed an intense concentration of the radionuclide in the form of round spots near the hepatic hilus in late images. In two patients with cholestasis, a delayed hepatic c...

journal_title：Clinical nuclear medicine

authors： Cabrera J,Quintero E,Bruguera M,Alarcó R,Lomeña F,Humbert P,de las Casas P,Rodés J

更新日期：1985-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:An adenoid cystic carcinoma of salivary gland origin metastasized to the abdomen four years after the initial diagnosis. It showed heavy uptake of Ga-67 citrate and hypervascularity. The clinical and pathologic features are discussed. Gallium scan and arteriography (usually external carotid artery injection) may prove...

journal_title：Clinical nuclear medicine

authors： Fung PC

更新日期：1985-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Previous reports have indicated an accuracy of nearly 100% for LeVeen shunt studies. A case is presented that fulfills the criteria for proper function, but the LeVeen shunt tube was poorly functioning with its tip partially extravascular. ...

journal_title：Clinical nuclear medicine

authors： Williamson MR,Bundrick TJ

更新日期：1985-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Hepatobiliary scintigraphy has been recognized as a useful diagnostic tool in detecting the presence and site of bile leaks. The authors report a case of bile ascites secondary to a postsurgical biliary leak, the scintigraphic findings in bile ascites, and the potential use of paracentesis, in combination with hepatob...

journal_title：Clinical nuclear medicine

authors： Nagle CE,Fink-Bennett D,Freitas JE

更新日期：1985-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:SPECT brain imaging using Iofetamine HC1 I-123 (IMP) has a great potential in the evaluation of various neurologic disorders. Transverse, coronal, and sagittal sectional IMP images obtained using a single head rotating gamma camera system are correlated with corresponding normal brain slices in this atlas. ...

journal_title：Clinical nuclear medicine

authors： Falls M,Park CH,Madsen M

更新日期：1985-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Hepatobiliary studies were performed over a three-year period on 139 patients suspected of having cystic duct obstruction. Each patient was infused intravenously with sincalide, a C-terminal octapeptide of CCK, 15 minutes prior to the administration of the hepatobiliary imaging agent Tc-99m paraisopropyl iminodiacetic...

journal_title：Clinical nuclear medicine

authors： Patterson FK,Kam JW

更新日期：1985-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This is the first report in the nuclear medicine literature of the scintigraphic appearance of the piriformis muscle syndrome. This syndrome previously has been thought to be a purely clinical diagnosis and imaging modalities have been ignored. However, its confusing clinical presentation can lead to unnecessary surgi...

journal_title：Clinical nuclear medicine

authors： Karl RD Jr,Yedinak MA,Hartshorne MF,Cawthon MA,Bauman JM,Howard WH,Bunker SR

更新日期：1985-05-01 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：:A 37-year-old woman presented with a neck mass that proved to be medullary thyroid carcinoma by histologic and immunoperoxidase examinations. Serum calcitonin values were greatly elevated (over 100,000 pg/ml). There were widespread metastases in bone and liver. As the peripheral lesions showed only slight response to ...

journal_title：Clinical nuclear medicine

authors： Michael BE,Forouhar FA,Spencer RP

更新日期：1985-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Presence of enlarged spleen using CT with absence of splenic visualization in Ga-67 citrate images in a patient with chronic myelogenous leukemia and splenomegaly after splenic irradiation was observed. Since Howell-Jolly bodies had not been identified in the peripheral circulation, the finding of splenic nonvisualiza...

journal_title：Clinical nuclear medicine

authors： Shih WJ,Domstad PA,DeLand FH,Maruyama Y

更新日期：1985-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A case in which, for the first time, the superior mesenteric artery caused an appearance mimicking vascular tumor on a kidney radionuclide angiogram (RNA) obtained posteriorly, is reported. A subsequent contrast arteriogram showed that the superior mesenteric artery caused that appearance and confusion with possible v...

journal_title：Clinical nuclear medicine

authors： Elgazzar AH,Fernandez-Ulloa M,Powers GT

更新日期：1985-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Being aware of the ideal nuclear properties of Tc-99m, our interest has been focused on the design of the (+5) oxidation state Tc-99m(V) dimercaptosuccinic acid (Tc(V)-DMSA) as a tumor-seeking agent. Tc-99m(V) DMSA holds a TcO4(3-) core and, like PO4(3-), has excellent characteristics for tumor uptake, but has a diffe...

journal_title：Clinical nuclear medicine

authors： Ohta H,Ishii M,Yoshizumi M,Endo K,Sakahara H,Nakajima T,Yomoda I,Masuda H,Horiuchi K,Hata N

更新日期：1985-03-01 00:00:00