abstract：ABSTRACT:A 54-year-old woman was referred because of dizziness with fatigue for 2 months. MRI of the head and spinal cord revealed multiple ring or homogeneous enhancing nodules in the brain and spinal cord, concerning for metastases. FDG PET/CT showed multiple hypermetabolic nodules in the brain and spinal cord corres...

journal_title：Clinical nuclear medicine

authors： Liu M,Lu L,Liu Q,Bai Y,Dong A

更新日期：2021-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：ABSTRACT:A 62-year-old woman had progressively developing throbbing right neck pain for 1 year. The pain radiated to the right suboccipital area, sometimes accompanied by breathlessness. To rule out cancer, patient received FDG PET/CT, which showed an intraspinal cord intense FDG-avid calcified mass at the level of the...

journal_title：Clinical nuclear medicine

authors： Chuang TL,Chen JC,Chen YR,Wang YF

更新日期：2021-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：ABSTRACT:A 13-year-old boy with mediastinal T-cell lymphoblastic lymphoma demonstrated an altered biodistribution with diffuse activity in subcutaneous white adipose tissue and decreased visceral activity on interim posttreatment FDG PET/CT. This altered biodistribution was attributed to administration of the chemother...

journal_title：Clinical nuclear medicine

authors： Young CR,Kulon ME,Boustani AM,Pucar D

更新日期：2021-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：ABSTRACT:Metastases of mesenchymal chondrosarcoma to either the pancreas or the adrenal glands are rare. We hereby presented the 18F-FDG PET/CT images of a 21-year-old man initially diagnosed with chondrosarcoma of the right 11th rib. His 18F-FDG PET/CT scan after radiotherapy demonstrated 2 hypermetabolic lesions in t...

journal_title：Clinical nuclear medicine

authors： Sun J,Zhang W,He T,Wang H,Tian R

更新日期：2021-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：ABSTRACT:A 19-year-old woman presented with a primary mediastinal B-cell lymphoma invading the superior vena cava with associated thrombosis of the left brachiocephalic and subclavian vein. She underwent thrombolysis followed by chemotherapy. The midtreatment 18F-FDG PET/CT demonstrated important regression of the prim...

journal_title：Clinical nuclear medicine

authors： Huot Daneault A,Le Blanc R,Voyer N,Turcotte É,Rousseau E

更新日期：2021-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：ABSTRACT:A 51-year-old man with a palpable neck mass and elevated parathyroid hormone was referred to our department for parathyroid scintigraphy. After injection of 740 MBq 99mTc-MIBI, a dual-phase scan was obtained, which revealed a persistent and intense focal hyperactivity in the left side of the neck (compatible w...

journal_title：Clinical nuclear medicine

authors： Pirayesh E,Tavakoli M

更新日期：2021-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:The aim of this study was to assess the utility of presynaptic dopaminergic imaging using 99mTc-TRODAT-1 SPECT/CT and 18F-FDOPA PET/CT and compare their performance in Parkinson's disease (PD), Parkinson-plus syndrome (PPS), and essential tremor (ET). PATIENTS AND METHODS:A total of 103 patients (PD = 48, PPS ...

journal_title：Clinical nuclear medicine

authors： Sood A,Shukla J,Shree R,Vatsa R,Modi M,Mittal BR

更新日期：2021-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：ABSTRACT:We report the case of a 45-year-old woman with a history of right breast reconstruction with silicone implant for breast cancer. An 18F-FDG PET/CT performed several years later revealed the presence of 18F-FDG-avid nodules at the periphery of the silicone implant, in the right internal mammary chain, and in th...

journal_title：Clinical nuclear medicine

authors： Fernandes Vieira V,Dubruc E,Raffoul W,Prior JO,Meyer M

更新日期：2021-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：ABSTRACT:Radiopharmaceutical extravasation is a known nuclear medicine adverse effect, mostly with no complication in case of diagnostic radiopharmaceutical. However, a therapeutic radiopharmaceutical extravasation may have clinical consequences and must be treated quickly and effectively. We report here a case of 177L...

journal_title：Clinical nuclear medicine

authors： Maucherat B,Varmenot N,Fleury V,Senellart H,Rousseau C

更新日期：2021-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：ABSTRACT:A 63-year-old man with recent diagnosis of high-risk prostate adenocarcinoma was referred to our Nuclear Medicine Department for 18F-fluciclovine PET/CT to rule out metastasis in the setting of elevated serum prostate-specific antigen levels. The patient had previous history of nodular melanoma of the right ch...

journal_title：Clinical nuclear medicine

authors： Shariftabrizi A,Pillenahalli Maheshwarappa R,Kahn D,Pollard J

更新日期：2021-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：AIMS:The aim of this study was to explore the utility of 18F-FDG PET/CT in the assessment of response to antitubercular treatment (ATT) and identification of treatment endpoint. PATIENTS AND METHODS:Forty patients (mean age, 35.3 years; 27 men) with clinically, radiologically, and histopathologically proven joint tube...

journal_title：Clinical nuclear medicine

authors： Goyal D,Shriwastav R,Mittal R,Sharma A,Sharma V,Kumar VD,Sharma MC,Kumar R

更新日期：2021-01-28 00:00:00

abstract：ABSTRACT:A 64-year-old woman with metastatic papillary thyroid cancer underwent a total thyroidectomy followed by 2 courses of 131I therapy. The posttherapeutic whole-body scan after the second dose of 131I therapy showed multifocal bone metastasis. In addition, there is focal abnormal intense radiotracer uptake at the...

journal_title：Clinical nuclear medicine

authors： Luo L,Wang J,Xia J,Zhang R,Yao X

更新日期：2021-01-21 00:00:00

abstract：:A 76-year-old man with dyspnea (initial prostate-specific antigen [PSA]: 216 ng/mL) underwent F-FDG PET/CT, with uptake in the prostate, lymph nodes, fifth thoracic vertebra (T5), and cricoid cartilage. A biopsy revealed prostate adenocarcinoma (Gleason score 4 + 5, cT4 N1 M1). On initiation of combined androgen block...

journal_title：Clinical nuclear medicine

authors： Soeda F,Watabe T,Kato H,Uemura M,Nonomura N

更新日期：2021-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A 69-year-old woman with multiple myeloma came to our department for F-FDG PET/CT scan for routine surveillance. The patient denied any history of fever, cough, shortness of breath, or body aches. F-FDG PET/CT scan from vertex to knees was performed. PET/CT images revealed extensive peripheral ground-glass opacities s...

journal_title：Clinical nuclear medicine

authors： Pillenahalli Maheshwarappa R,Graham MM

更新日期：2021-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We describe the utility of molecular imaging with F-FDG and Ga-DOTANOC PET for treatment response assessment in a case of metastatic medulloblastoma. F-FDG and Ga-DOTANOC PET/CT revealed extensive metastases to bone and bone marrow. Patient subsequently had an excellent response to systemic chemotherapy which was evid...

journal_title：Clinical nuclear medicine

authors： ArunRaj ST,Kumar A,Kp H,Mohan N,Gupta S,Tripathi M,Bal C

更新日期：2020-12-07 00:00:00

abstract：:We describe the results of F-FDG PET/CT of 3 patients referred to our institution during the single day of Monday, March 23, 2020, for an initial assessment of cancer extension or for the therapeutic evaluation of chemotherapy of neoplastic pathology, with no obvious infectious or respiratory symptoms at the time of e...

journal_title：Clinical nuclear medicine

authors： Grellier JF,Lussato D,Guernou M,Queneau M,Bonardel G

更新日期：2020-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We present the case of a 61-year-old woman with fever and acute meningitis. Clinical evaluation revealed maculopapular rash, right gluteus cellulitis, and centered retinal hemorrhages. In the intensive care unit, persistent Staphylococcus bacteremia was detected. However, transesophageal echocardiography did not revea...

journal_title：Clinical nuclear medicine

authors： García Vicente AM,Villar García M,Blanch Sancho JJ,Soriano Castrejón Á

更新日期：2020-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Ga-prostate-specific membrane antigen (Ga-PSMA) PET/CT has shown excellent results in imaging of prostate cancer. Some nonprostatic malignancies can also demonstrate Ga-PSMA uptake, including primary lung adenocarcinoma. However, no such data are present for small cell lung cancer. We present the case of a 59-year-old...

journal_title：Clinical nuclear medicine

authors： Sharma P

更新日期：2020-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A 43-year-old woman presented with numbness of the left hand and leg for 4 weeks. MRI of the spinal cord revealed an intramedullary lesion with central nodular enhancement at the C3 level. Primary tumor or metastasis of the cervical spinal cord was suspected. FDG PET/CT showed focal hypermetabolism of the spinal cord ...

journal_title：Clinical nuclear medicine

authors： Liu Q,Liu M,Bai Y,Dong A

更新日期：2020-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Image-guided biopsy of prostate with multiparametric MRI is being adopted in the workup of prostate adenocarcinoma (PAC). Ga-PSMA PET/CT-guided biopsy has also been shown to be equally sensitive in the evaluation of higher-grade tumors with increased PSMA expression. The sensitivity of Ga-PSMA PET/CT, however, reduces...

journal_title：Clinical nuclear medicine

authors： Santhosh S,Jeeva G

更新日期：2020-11-23 00:00:00

abstract：:Osteitis condensans ilii (OCI) is a benign cause of low back pain for which no clear etiology has been identified. We report cases of 2 women with breast cancer referred for F-NaF PET/CT for skeletal staging. Both cases show characteristic findings of OCI on CT images, with F-NaF PET uptake in symptomatic patient and ...

journal_title：Clinical nuclear medicine

authors： Usmani S,Ahmed N,Al Kandari F

更新日期：2020-11-10 00:00:00

abstract：:We present a case of a 55-year-old man with a history of poorly differentiated metastatic thyroid cancer, which is rare and shows aggressive behavior. The patient had radioactive iodine-negative multiple metastasis on F-FDGPET/CT, therefore Ga-DOTATATE and Ga-PSMA PET/CT were performed whether an opportunity exist for...

journal_title：Clinical nuclear medicine

authors： Civan C,Isik EG,Simsek DH

更新日期：2020-11-03 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:PET is a useful tool for detecting the presence and extent of brain tau accumulation. However, most first-generation tau PET tracers are limited for high off-target binding and detection of tau in non-Alzheimer disease (AD). This study evaluated potential clinical applications of F-PI-2620 as a novel PET tracer...

journal_title：Clinical nuclear medicine

authors： Oh M,Oh SJ,Lee SJ,Oh JS,Roh JH,Chung SJ,Lee JH,Lee CS,Kim JS

更新日期：2020-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A 68-year-old man with sarcoidosis showed high F-FDG uptake in the mediastinal and hilar lymph nodes on F-FDG PET, suggesting active inflammation. F-fluoro-boronophenylalanine (FBPA) PET showed no significant uptake in the mediastinal and hilar lymph nodes, suggesting its cancer specificity as a substrate of L-type am...

journal_title：Clinical nuclear medicine

authors： Watabe T,Shimamoto H,Naka S,Kamiya T,Murakami S

更新日期：2020-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Prostate cancer (PC) is one of the most common cancers affecting men worldwide, with a high recurrence rate after therapy. Ga-PSMA-11 and F-fluciclovine are PET imaging tracers for the detection of recurrence sites in PC patients. Ga-PSMA-11 is a membrane antigen overexpressed by tumor cells, whereas F-fluciclovine ta...

journal_title：Clinical nuclear medicine

authors： Pernthaler B,Nazerani Hooshmand T,Igrec J,Kvaternik H,Aigner RM

更新日期：2020-10-20 00:00:00

abstract：:Uncommon penile metastasis from prostate cancer has been reported on PET/CT imaging with F-FDG, F-fluorocholine, C-choline, and Ga-PSMA. The author presents an additional case of F-fluciclovine PET/CT depiction of proximal and distal cavernosal metastases from prostate cancer with corresponding contrast-enhanced CT fi...

journal_title：Clinical nuclear medicine

authors： Nguyen BD

更新日期：2020-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Brain death is the complete, irreversible cessation of brain function, including the capacity for brainstem, respiratory, and vegetative activities. It is a clinical diagnosis that can be supplemented with brain perfusion imaging. Absent cerebral blood flow can be visualized with CT angiography or perfusion scintigrap...

journal_title：Clinical nuclear medicine

authors： Pedersen MA,Jensen-Fangel S,Nielsen E,Borghammer P,Vendelbo MH

更新日期：2020-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Perfusion lung scintigraphy using SPECT/CT is one mainstay in diagnosing pulmonary embolism. Although typically almost all tracer will be accumulated in the lung capillaries, occasionally abnormal uptake can be detected. As superior vena cava syndrome leads to aberrant blood flow, tracer injected to an arm vein might ...

journal_title：Clinical nuclear medicine

authors： Kersting D,Guberina N,Umutlu L,Stuschke M,Hautzel H

更新日期：2020-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A 47-year-old woman with a history of surgically treated abdominal paraganglioma and left thigh melanoma underwent an F-FDOPA PET/CT for suspected locoregional recurrence of paraganglioma. F-FDOPA PET/CT disconfirmed this recurrence but revealed 2 FDOPA-avid left inguinal lymph nodes, confirmed on a subsequent F-FDG P...

journal_title：Clinical nuclear medicine

authors： Zhang-Yin J,Jublanc C,Aouidad I,Montravers F,Talbot JN

更新日期：2020-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A 41-year-old man from South Asia presented with a several months' history of unilateral nasal obstruction and bleeding. At nasal endoscopy, two strawberry-like, friable, polypoid masses in the upper airways were detected. The patient's clinical trait was compatible with an infectious disease. F-FDG PET/MRI was perfor...

journal_title：Clinical nuclear medicine

authors： Cazzador D,Cecchin D,Colangeli R,Crimì F,Emanuelli E

更新日期：2020-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A 69-year-old woman presented with cognitive impairment related to attentive, executive, and mnemonic functions; progressive worsening of walking, speaking, writing, and reading ability; and double sphincter incontinence. Leukoencephalopathy, cystic lesions, and calcifications, suspected for Labrune syndrome, were obs...

journal_title：Clinical nuclear medicine

authors： Cuzzocrea M,Florimonte L,Scola E,Benti R,Castellani M

更新日期：2020-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Pulmonary artery involvement can occur in about half of the patients suffering Takayasu arteritis. Increased FDG activity in the aorta and its main branches in patients with Takayasu arteritis on PET/CT had been well-reported. However, the FDG PET/CT appearance of pulmonary artery involvement in Takayasu arteritis is ...

journal_title：Clinical nuclear medicine

authors： Liu Y,Tong G,Wen Z

更新日期：2020-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A 64-year-old man with recently diagnosed prostate adenocarcinoma with a total prostate-specific antigen level of 3.32 ng/mL and Gleason score 4 (3 + 4) was referred for Ga-prostate-specific membrane antigen PET/CT scan for pretreatment staging. Prostate-specific membrane antigen-avid lesion was noted in the right lob...

journal_title：Clinical nuclear medicine

authors： Gupta N,Verma R,Belho ES

更新日期：2020-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A 72-year-old man with a history of prostate adenocarcinoma initially managed by radical prostatectomy and salvage radiation therapy underwent resection of a left vas deferens recurrence identified on PSMA PET. Despite an initial response, PSA failed to fall below 3.5 ng/L, prompting re-evaluation with PSMA PET/CT: a ...

journal_title：Clinical nuclear medicine

authors： Chaussé G,Skinnider B,Crook J,Black P,Abikhzer G,Probst S

更新日期：2020-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Paget bone disease is a chronic benign bone disease characterized by excessive and abnormal bone remodeling. The scintigraphic and bone SPECT/CT hybrid imaging appearances of the affected bone(s) depend on the stage of the disease. We report the case of a patient newly diagnosed with prostate cancer who was found to h...

journal_title：Clinical nuclear medicine

authors： Engur CO,Turoglu HT,Ozguven S,Tanidir Y,Erdil TY

更新日期：2020-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:An 18-year-old woman presented to the emergency department for bloody stools. A CT scan of the abdomen ruled out intussusception. Meckel's scan was ordered to rule for Meckel's diverticulum before upper endoscopy and colonoscopy. After proper pretreatment with H2 blocker, Tc-pertechnetate Meckel's scan was performed. ...

journal_title：Clinical nuclear medicine

authors： Pillenahalli Maheshwarappa R,Menda Y

更新日期：2020-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Some of the causes for resident burnout and other impairments of wellness are the same as for other physicians, but some are quite different. For example, residents have much less autonomy and control, are under more pressure to learn a huge amount of information quickly, are more frequently evaluated, have stress fro...

journal_title：Clinical nuclear medicine

authors： Harolds JA

更新日期：2020-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Olivopontocerebellar atrophy is a rare neurodegenerative syndrome associated with 2 distinct disorders: multiple system atrophy and spinocerebellar ataxia. We present a case involving a 66-year-old man with adult-onset progressing cerebellar signs reflective of a cerebellar syndrome with no significant family history ...

journal_title：Clinical nuclear medicine

authors： Harfouch N,Finkelstein M,Sathe S,Raden M,Brenner AI

更新日期：2020-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Numerous expected competencies of a chief nursing officer are outlined in this article including communication, ability to build relationships, expertise about the environment of healthcare and its future directions, leadership, expertise in business matters, combating bullying, encouraging shared decision making, and...

journal_title：Clinical nuclear medicine

authors： Harolds JA,Miller LB

更新日期：2020-08-11 00:00:00

abstract：:A 73-year-old man with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease and no known malignancies was evaluated for back pain. MR examination showed lumbar spine compression fractures, and an F-FDG PET/CT scan was requested to assess for skeletal metastatic disease and potential detection of a primary neoplasm. The PET/CT examin...

journal_title：Clinical nuclear medicine

authors： Sinha P,Sinha S,Schlehr E,Schlehr JM

更新日期：2020-08-01 00:00:00