The intrathoracic kidney is one of the rare causes congenital ectopic kidney. present study discusses a case referred to our clinic with pre-diagnosis renal agenesis and diagnosis 9-year-old patient who applied complaining abdominal pain. left could not be shown in ultrasonography for patient's In Tc-99m dimercaptosuccinic acid (DMSA) scintigraphy performed on this, was detected far above its n...

OBJECTIVE To determine use of early Tc-99m dimercaptosuccinic acid scintigraphy in screening for vesicoureteral reflux following first febrile urinary tract infection. METHODS 43 children (1 mo-5 yr) with first febrile urinary tract infection underwent micturating cystourethrography, abdominal sonogram and early dimercaptosuccinic acid scintigraphy. RESULTS Early dimercaptosuccinic acid sci...

A 79-year-old man with melena was suspected of having small bowel bleeding because upper and lower endoscopic findings were negative. Technetium-99m-labeled red blood cell (Tc-99m-RBC) scintigraphy was performed by arterial injection of a radiotracer from the superior mesenteric artery (SMA) after angiography. Extravasation was seen in the ileum by scintigraphy although angiography was negative...

introduction: the relationship between depression and coronary artery disease is well established; however assessment of this relationship using functional and semi-quantitative imaging (myocardial perfusion scintigraphy) was lacking. the aim of this study was to assess the relationship between the severity of depression and the severity of myocardial perfusion abnormality. methods: patients we...

OBJECTIVES The aim of this study is to evaluate the usefulness of gastroesophageal reflux (GER) scintigraphy using the knee-chest (KC) position for the diagnosis of gastroesophageal reflux disease (GERD). METHODS The study subjects were 37 patients with GERD and 8 healthy volunteers (control group). Endoscopically observed esophageal mucosal breaks were evaluated with the Los Angeles classifi...

Detection of bone metastases in patients with lung cancer has important clinical significance and therapeutic implications, since it causes relevant changes in the patients’ treatment. This study compared the efficacies of 18F-fludeoxyglucose positron emission tomography (18F-FDG PET)/CT, and 99mTc bone scintigraphy [planar and single photon emission CT (SPECT))for detection of bone metastases ...

introduction: in this study the automatic separation of oral and salivary gland activity and spontaneous secretion by means of factor analysis for quantitative salivary gland scintigraphy is introduced. methods: after intravenous administration of 99mtc sodium pertechnetate, dynamic scintigraphy was performed. 20 minutes after tracer application 2 ml of lemon juice was delivered to stimulate t...

We evaluated 100 consecutive patients with a suspected scaphoid fracture but without evidence of a fracture on plain radiographs using MRI within 24 hours of injury, and bone scintigraphy three to five days after injury. The reference standard for a true radiologically-occult scaphoid fracture was either a diagnosis of fracture on both MRI and bone scintigraphy, or, in the case of discrepancy, ...

OBJECTIVES The feasibility of long-term outcome prediction using BMIPP myocardial scintigraphy was evaluated in cases of acute myocardial infarction. METHODS BMIPP myocardial scintigraphy was performed on 165 patients with first acute myocardial infarction at the time of discharge from the hospital (average of 27 days after disease on set). Discordance between early and delayed image was chec...

Primary hyperparathyroidism is caused by a single parathyroid adenoma in the majority of patients. Localization of parathyroid adenomas prior to surgery has the benefit of allowing a minimally invasive approach. Over the years, multiple imaging modalities have been employed in an attempt to identify the site preoperatively, with varying degrees of success. In this study, we explore the accuracy...