abstract：:A variety of sequelae of elevated calcium levels are encountered in patients with underlying primary hyperparathyroidism, including stone formation such as calculi in the urinary tract and sialoliths in the salivary glands and ducts. We present a case of a 54-year-old woman with fatigue, myalgia, and poor concentratio...

journal_title：Clinical nuclear medicine

authors： Pattanayak P,Santhanam P,Javadi MS,Solnes LB,Rowe SP

更新日期：2017-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A 53-year-old man had a diagnosis of mucosa-associated lymphoid tissue lymphomas of the dura in the left tentorium. The patient underwent whole-body F-FDG PET/CT and C-methionine PET/CT in order to complete the staging of dural mucosa-associated lymphoid tissue lymphoma. C-methionine uptake was detected in multiple me...

journal_title：Clinical nuclear medicine

authors： Annunziata S,Cuccaro A,Caldarella C,Hohaus S

更新日期：2017-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Spinal metastases are rare in head and neck cancer. We present a rare case of vocal cord squamous cell cancer that metastasized to the spinal cord and cauda equina. A 63-year-old man presented with acute back pain and bilateral leg weakness 5 months after having a surgical treatment for moderately differentiated vocal...

journal_title：Clinical nuclear medicine

authors： Khan S,Son H

更新日期：2017-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Incidence of small renal masses is increasing, and preservation of healthy kidney tissue along surgical removal is a challenge, especially if the tumor is small or nonexophytic. To facilitate the location and complete excision of the tumor during surgery, we have implemented the application of the radio-guided occult ...

journal_title：Clinical nuclear medicine

authors： Betancourt Hernández JA,Vera Donoso C,Martinez-Sarmiento M,Monserrat JJ,Bello Jarque P,Boronat Tormo F

更新日期：2017-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:C-methionine (MET) positron emission tomography (PET) is more sensitive than F-fluorodeoxyglucose (FDG)-PET for detecting myeloma lesion. Many clinical studies support this evidence mainly for multiple myeloma cases of IgG or IgA subtypes. However, this is not confirmed for low monoclonal protein-producing myelomas, s...

journal_title：Clinical nuclear medicine

authors： Imataki O,Uchida S,Yokokura S,Uemura M,Kadowaki N

更新日期：2017-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:We investigated the value of early dynamic (ED) PET for the detection and characterization of bladder cancer. METHODS:Fifty-two bladder cancer patients were prospectively enrolled. The study protocol was composed of ED, whole-body (WB, 60 minutes after injection), and additional delayed (AD, 120 minutes after ...

journal_title：Clinical nuclear medicine

authors： Yoon HJ,Yoo J,Kim Y,Lee DH,Kim BS

更新日期：2017-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A Tc-MDP bone scintigraphy was performed in an 88-year-old man with a history of right external oblique muscle leiomyosarcoma, which was resected 8 months ago. The static images showed abnormal tracer uptake in the region of resection bed. SPECT/CT images demonstrated that the increased activity was from a partially c...

journal_title：Clinical nuclear medicine

authors： Wang T,Xing Y,Qiao W,Zhao J

更新日期：2017-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This interesting image illustrates a case of biopsy-proven pulmonary anthracosilicosis, a mixed dust pneumoconiosis, associated with Ga-PSMA-ligand uptake. Prostate-specific membrane antigen (PSMA) is an emerging imaging biomarker, with clinical application in evaluation of prostate cancer using Ga-PSMA-ligand PET/CT....

journal_title：Clinical nuclear medicine

authors： McGuiness M,Sounness B

更新日期：2017-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Recently, myocardial blood flow quantitation with dynamic SPECT has been validated to enhance the detection of multivessel coronary artery disease (CAD) and conclude equivocal SPECT myocardial perfusion study. This advance opened an important clinical application to utilize the tool in guiding CAD management for area ...

journal_title：Clinical nuclear medicine

authors： Chen LC,Jong BH,Lin SC,Ku CT,Chen IJ,Chen YK,Hsu B

更新日期：2017-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A 64-year-old woman with metastatic clear cell renal carcinoma who had been on nivolumab immunotherapy for 10 months was referred for a FDG PET scan to monitor disease progress. New bilateral mediastinal and hilar FDG-avid lymphadenopathy was noted. Pathology on subsequent mediastinal nodal biopsy showed well-formed e...

journal_title：Clinical nuclear medicine

authors： Zhang M,Schembri G

更新日期：2017-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Solitary choroidal metastasis as an initial presentation of lung cancer is rare. A 67-year-old woman who initially presented with a 3-month history of blurred vision in the right eye was suggestive of choroidal melanoma on MRI. Preoperatively, a pulmonary mass was found on x-ray. She was referred for an FDG PET/CT ima...

journal_title：Clinical nuclear medicine

authors： Li ZG

更新日期：2017-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Two castration-resistant prostate cancer patients, both with cerebral and visceral and lymphatic metastases, received multiple cycles of Lu-PSMA-617 treatments. The prognosis of both cases is dependent on brain metastases. Between Lu-PSMA-617 treatment cycles, local radiotherapy was also applied to the brain metastase...

journal_title：Clinical nuclear medicine

authors： Wei X,Schlenkhoff C,Schwarz B,Essler M,Ahmadzadehfar H

更新日期：2017-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This article discusses some of the most recent research and future directions of the Adult Cardiac Surgery Database of the Society of Thoracic Surgeons. In addition to numerous articles on short-term outcomes from cardiac surgery on adults, there are new initiatives of the Adult Cardiac Surgery Database which will all...

journal_title：Clinical nuclear medicine

authors： Harolds JA

更新日期：2017-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A 42-year-old woman suffered shortness of breath and whole-body pain, more prominent in both thighs. After the initial assessment, a paraneoplastic syndrome was considered clinically, and FDG PET/CT was performed to search culprit malignancy. The images did not reveal any focal lesion typical of solid hypermetabolic m...

journal_title：Clinical nuclear medicine

authors： Bai X,Tie N,Wang X,Zhao J

更新日期：2017-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Soft tissue metastases from neuroblastoma very rarely occur without concurrent osseous metastases. We report 1 case of non-MIBG-avid, high-risk neuroblastoma in a pediatric patient who had widespread soft tissue metastases without concurrent osseous lesion on FDG PET/CT imaging. ...

journal_title：Clinical nuclear medicine

authors： Tolboom N,Servaes SE,Zhuang H

更新日期：2017-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A 70-year-old man underwent Tc-methylene diphosphonate scintigraphy for staging of adenocarcinoma prostate. Scintigraphy revealed diffuse increased tracer uptake in skeletal system along with faint renal visualization, a pattern compatible with metastatic superscan. The scintigraphy also revealed increased radiotracer...

journal_title：Clinical nuclear medicine

authors： Kulkarni M,Soni A,Shetkar S,Amer M,Mulavekar A,Joshi P

更新日期：2017-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Pituitary macroadenoma constitutes a frequently misdiagnosed benign tumor. We report herein a case where such macroadenoma, a prolactinoma, was incidentally discovered in a 63-year-old man who had been referred to F-FDG PET and F-FDOPA PET imaging for a pharmacoresistant epilepsy. An increased uptake was documented fo...

journal_title：Clinical nuclear medicine

authors： Ginet M,Cuny T,Schmitt E,Marie PY,Verger A

更新日期：2017-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:F-FDG PET/CT performed for primary staging 3 days after ureteroscopy demonstrated a large, unexpected retroperitoneal urinoma in a 62-year-old man with urothelial carcinoma in the right renal pelvis. ...

journal_title：Clinical nuclear medicine

authors： Dias AH,Ipsen P,Bouchelouche K

更新日期：2017-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Intravenous leiomyomatosis is a life-threatening leiomyoma that grows into the extrauterine venous system. A high recurrence rate has been reported in reproductive-age women who undergo only tumor excision to preserve fertility. Precise diagnosis of tumor extension is essential to achieve complete resection. A 24-year...

journal_title：Clinical nuclear medicine

authors： Chino Y,Tsuyoshi H,Tsujikawa T,Okazawa H,Yoshida Y

更新日期：2017-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Here we describe a 77-year-old man with a solitary fibrous tumor of the pleura showing increasing tracer uptake at Ga-DOTATOC PET/CT, demonstrating that solitary fibrous tumor of the pleura may overexpress somatostatin receptors, therefore mimicking neuroendocrine tumors at somatostatin receptor PET/CT. ...

journal_title：Clinical nuclear medicine

authors： Lococo F,Rapicetta C,Casali M,Bellafiore S,Rossi G,Treglia G,Gasparini E,Paci M

更新日期：2017-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A 50-year-old man with recently diagnosed prostate cancer was referred for Ga-prostate-specific membrane antigen (PSMA) PET/CT with elevated prostate-specific antigen. PET/CT demonstrated increased PSMA uptake in an undisplaced transverse fracture of the L1 vertebral body. This case illustrates that PSMA uptake can oc...

journal_title：Clinical nuclear medicine

authors： Vamadevan S,Le K,Bui C,Mansberg R

更新日期：2017-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The omentum is a rare metastatic site for prostatic adenocarcinoma. We present a case of metastatic castrate-resistant prostate cancer, with progressive omentum invasive prostate cancer identified on prostate-specific membrane antigen (PSMA) PET/CT scan. Omental biopsy revealed metastatic prostate adenocarcinoma, and ...

journal_title：Clinical nuclear medicine

authors： Ladwa R,Gustafson S,McCaffrey E,Miles K,O'Byrne K

更新日期：2017-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A 19-year-old male military recruit presented with 3 weeks of persistent left hip and groin pain after abnormally twisting his hip during a hike. Initial radiographs were interpreted as negative. He subsequently underwent a bone scan which revealed linear left sacral uptake along or paralleling the sacroiliac joint. D...

journal_title：Clinical nuclear medicine

authors： Burgess MD,Johnston MJ,Silverman ED

更新日期：2017-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:The aims of this study were to perform multiparametric response assessment of metastatic/advanced pulmonary neuroendocrine tumors (NETs) to Lu-DOTATATE peptide receptor radionuclide therapy (PRRT) (clinical, biochemical, molecular/structural imaging, and survival assessment) and to study the relationship bet...

journal_title：Clinical nuclear medicine

authors： Parghane RV,Talole S,Prabhash K,Basu S

更新日期：2017-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The efforts of the Vascular Quality Initiative of the Society for Vascular Surgery and its regional groups, including the Vascular Study Group of New England, have been very helpful in furthering medical knowledge in multiple areas of vascular surgery and hopefully in improving quality and safety. One of the areas foc...

journal_title：Clinical nuclear medicine

authors： Harolds JA

更新日期：2017-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Following single-lung transplantation (SLT), there is significant redistribution of flow preferentially to the transplanted lung. Altered lung perfusion leads to unusual results when performing pulmonary scintigraphy, which could result in interpretation errors. We present pulmonary scintigraphy images from a 67-year-...

journal_title：Clinical nuclear medicine

authors： Tsai J,Rowe SP,Solnes LB,Salas Fragomeni RA

更新日期：2017-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Penis is an extremely uncommon site for metastases to occur and is often associated with very grave prognosis. Most of the secondary tumors originating in the penis have primaries from prostate, urinary bladder, and gastrointestinal tract. We hereby report a 65-year-old man, known case of carcinoma urinary bladder, wh...

journal_title：Clinical nuclear medicine

authors： Parida GK,Tripathy S,Roy SG,Singhal A,Das C,Shamim SA

更新日期：2017-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:The aim of this study was to evaluate the incremental value of cocktail F-FDG/F-NaF PET/CT over F-FDG PET/CT alone for detection of skeletal metastases in breast cancer patients. METHODS:Seventy patients with locally advanced/recurrent breast cancer were prospectively included. All patients underwent whole-bod...

journal_title：Clinical nuclear medicine

authors： Roop MJ,Singh B,Singh H,Watts A,Kohli PS,Mittal BR,Singh G

更新日期：2017-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Chordoma is a rare slow-growing neoplasm of neuroectodermal origin, which frequently recurs after removal and has the potential to metastasize. We present the case of a 53-year-old man with metastasizing chordoma who underwent F-FDG and Ga-DOTA-TATE PET/CT for restaging of disease and for evaluation of targeted radion...

journal_title：Clinical nuclear medicine

authors： Derlin T,Sohns JM,Hueper K

更新日期：2017-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Retinal hemangioblastomas are highly vascular benign tumors that can be encountered either sporadically or within the von Hippel-Lindau (VHL) syndrome. We report a case of a VHL patient with retinal hemangioblastoma who underwent PET/CT scans using F-FDG and Ga-DOTATATE. The tumor showed low-level F-FDG and increased ...

journal_title：Clinical nuclear medicine

authors： Papadakis GZ,Millo C,Jassel IS,Bagci U,Sadowski SM,Karantanas AH,Patronas NJ

更新日期：2017-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The neuroendocrine small cell carcinoma of the cervix is a rare malignancy that has a poor prognosis due to early lymphatic and hematogenous spread. We herein report a case of a 27- year-old woman who was referred for initial staging of a neuroendocrine small cell carcinoma with previous unremarkable structural imagin...

journal_title：Clinical nuclear medicine

authors： Damian A,Lago G,Rossi S,Alonso O,Engler H

更新日期：2017-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Fibrous dysplasia of the bone is a developmental benign skeletal disorder characterized by replacement of normal bone and normal bone marrow with abnormal fibro-osseous tissue. We report on a case of a biopsy-proven fibrous dysplasia lesion in the left temporal bone, with intensely increased activity (SUVmax, 56.7) on...

journal_title：Clinical nuclear medicine

authors： Papadakis GZ,Millo C,Sadowski SM,Karantanas AH,Bagci U,Patronas NJ

更新日期：2017-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE OF THE REPORT:Peptide receptor radionuclide therapy (PRRT) is an effective treatment for advanced neuroendocrine tumors (NET); however, long-term survival data are scarce. The aim of this study is to determine long-term survival in patients with metastatic midgut NET, according to response to PRRT. PATIENTS AN...

journal_title：Clinical nuclear medicine

authors： Yalchin M,Oliveira A,Theocharidou E,Pencharz D,Navalkissoor S,Quigley AM,Walker M,Caplin M,Toumpanakis C

更新日期：2017-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:There have been numerous initiatives to improve quality and safety in surgery. Goal-directed fluid therapy and a quality bundle for emergency laparotomy surgery are two of them. The establishment of a Universal Protocol to prevent the wrong procedure, the wrong patient having a procedure, or the wrong site for a proce...

journal_title：Clinical nuclear medicine

authors： Harolds JA

更新日期：2017-03-01 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：:O-(2-fluoroethyl)-L-tyrosine (FET) PET/CT is a promising imaging modality for brain tumor imaging because of its reported high sensitivity for biologically active tumor tissue. We present a case of biopsy-proven neurosarcoidosis showing FET uptake. It is an important cause of false-positive uptake on FET PET/CT. ...

journal_title：Clinical nuclear medicine

authors： Chan M,Hsiao E

更新日期：2017-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:The benefit of time-of-flight (TOF) information in PET oncology studies is well established, demonstrating improved signal-to-noise ratio and enhanced lesion detection. In cardiac PET studies, tracer distribution and study interpretation differ substantially from oncology PET, and the benefit of TOF is less est...

journal_title：Clinical nuclear medicine

authors： DiFilippo FP,Brunken RC

更新日期：2017-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Chronic sclerosing sialadenitis is a benign inflammatory condition that most commonly affects the submandibular gland in elderly individuals. It is currently known to belong to the spectrum of IgG4-related systemic diseases, which is reflected by systemic involvement on F-FDG PET/CT images. We presented a case of a 73...

journal_title：Clinical nuclear medicine

authors： Kashiwagi N,Enoki E,Hosokawa C,Sakaguchi K,Murakami T

更新日期：2017-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Squamous cell carcinoma is the most common malignant neoplasm of the oral cavity, and it contributes approximately 90% of all oral malignancies. We present a case of a squamous cell carcinoma of the tongue with rare site of bilateral adrenal metastases on F-FDG PET/CT with response evaluation after chemotherapy. ...

journal_title：Clinical nuclear medicine

authors： Agarwal KK,Parida GK,Tripathi M,Sahoo MK,Thakar A,Bal CS,Kumar R

更新日期：2017-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We report a case of benign senile seminal vesicle amyloidosis demonstrating intense Ga-prostate-specific membrane antigen (PSMA) uptake on PET/CT. A 68-year-old man underwent staging PSMA PET/CT and MRI for biopsy-proven prostate adenocarcinoma. There was an intense focus of Ga-PSMA uptake in the primary malignancy, a...

journal_title：Clinical nuclear medicine

authors： Stephens M,Kim DI,Shepherd B,Gustafson S,Thomas P

更新日期：2017-02-01 00:00:00