Bone scintigraphy was performed on a woman 2 y and 10 mo after surgery for rectal cancer. Intense extra-bone accumulations of 99mTc-HMDP were visible in an aortic atherosclerosis lesion and in a metastatic liver tumor. Uptake in the metastatic lesion was confirmed by x-ray CT. Uptake in the aortic lesion was shown as typical calcification by x-ray CT.

In the title compound, [Au(2)Ba(NCS)(4)(C(20)H(24)O(6))](n), the dithio--cyanato-aurate(I) anion adopts a dimeric structure with an Au⋯Au distance of 3.1109 (10) Å; both Au(I) atoms are also bonded to two S atoms. The Ba(II) ion adopts an irregular BaN(3)O(6) geometry, arising from the crown ether and three adjacent thio-cyanate N atoms; the extended structure of the complex can be described as...

The title complex, bis-(μ-benzene-18-crown-6)-3κ(6)O:4κO;4κ(6)O:3κO-bis-(benzene-18-crown-6)-1κ(6)O,6κ(6)O-tetra-μ-thiocyanato-1:2κ(2)S:N;2:3κ(2)N:S;4:5κ(2)S:N;5:6κ(2)N:S-dithio-cyanato-2κN,5κN-2,5-dicopper(I)-1,3,4,6-tetra-potassium(I), [K(4)Cu(2)(NCS)(6)(C(16)H(24)O(6))(4)] or {[K(C(16)H(24)O(6))](4)[Cu(NCS)(3)](2)}, consists of four [K(benzene-18-crown-6)](+) cations and two [Cu(NCS)(3)](2-)...

Introduction: We aimed to investigate of effect of left bundle branch block (LBBB) on perfusion and functional parameters in dipyridamole Tc99m-MIBI gated myocardial perfusion SPECT which may be helpful in interpretation of myocardial perfusion imaging. Methods: We studied 70 patients with low pre-test probability of coronary artery disease in two groups:  35 patients with LBBB and  35 subject...

A 51-year-old man presented with backache of 10 months and gait disturbance. Serum alkaline phosphatase was elevated to 2,166 IU/L. Abdominal radiography showed diffuse sclerosis of the vertebral bodies (Picture 1A). 99 mTc HMDP bone scintigraphy revealed diffusely increased bone uptake without renal excretion (" super bone scan ") (Picture 1B).

18F-Fluciclovine (trans-1-amino-3-18F-fluorocyclobutanecarboxylic acid; anti-18F-FACBC) is a positron emission tomography (PET) tracer for diagnosing cancers (e.g., prostate and breast cancer). The most frequent metastatic organ of these cancers is bone. Fluciclovine-PET can visualize bony lesions in clinical practice; however, such lesions have not been described histologically. Methods: We in...

A patient with chronic renal failure and secondary hyperparathyroidism had iliac bone biopsy. The procedure was complicated by a soft-tissue hematoma, which had calcified. A 3-4-cm palpable mass was visible in the lower left abdominal wall. Intense uptake of 99mTc-HMDP corresponded with the location of the calcified hematoma in this patient.

Significant advances have been made in the discovery of genes affecting bone mineral density (BMD); however, our understanding of its genetic basis remains incomplete. In the current study, genome-wide association (GWA) and co-expression network analysis were used in the recently described Hybrid Mouse Diversity Panel (HMDP) to identify and functionally characterize novel BMD genes. In the HMDP...

OBJECTIVES Subjective tinnitus has associated with abnormal brain metabolism and perfusion found in functional imaging studies by fluorodeoxyglucose (FDG) and technetium99m (TC99m). But there is no study evaluating the association of brain metabolism and perfusion abnormalities in a group of these subjects. The aim of this study was to investigate if there is any significant correlation between...