deep vein thrombosis (dvt) is an important life threatening condition that is difficult to diagnose, particularly in the early stages. looking for dvt in lower limb can be considered ancillary in suspected cases of pulmonary embolism (pe) indirectly highlighting a cause and effect relationship of a single disease (i.e cause being dvt and effect is the assault on the lung vasculature). prompt an...

saffron (zaaferan), botanical name crocus sativus, is the most expensive spice in the world. it is derived from the dried stigma and pistil of the purple saffron crocus flowers. iran is the largest saffron producer accounting for more than 80% of the world's production. saffron contains an aeroallergen that causes reactive respiratory allergic reactions in atopic subjects. igg antibody to aller...

UNLABELLED In this prospective study, somatostatin receptor (SS-R) scintigraphy was compared with conventional staging procedures for the initial staging of patients with low-grade non-Hodgkin's lymphoma (NHL). METHODS Fifty consecutive untreated patients with low-grade NHL underwent SS-R scintigraphy as part of their initial staging. Planar images were obtained 24 and 48 h after intravenous ...

Functional techniques are playing a pivotal role in the imaging of cancer today. Our aim was to compare, on a head-to-head basis, 3 functional imaging techniques in patients with histologically verified neuroendocrine tumors: somatostatin receptor scintigraphy (SRS) with 111In-diethylenetriaminepentaacetic acidoctreotide, scintigraphy with 123I-metaiodobenzylguanidine (MIBG), and 18F-FDG PET. M...

OBJECTIVE To determine the sensitivity and specificity of thallium scintigraphy in detection of coronary artery disease in diabetic patients. STUDY DESIGN Cross-sectional validation study. PLACE AND DURATION OF STUDY The study was carried out from July to December 2007 in the Cardiology Department of the Pakistan Institute of Medical Sciences, Islamabad. METHODOLOGY A total of 60 diabetic...

Somatostatin receptor (SS-R) scintigraphy has been successfully used in the visualization of a variety of neuroendocrine tumours. In vitro studies have shown that SS-Rs are present in human malignant lymphomas. We conducted a prospective study in 56 consecutive untreated patients with histologically proven Hodgkin's disease (HD) and compared the results of SS-R scintigraphy with physical and ra...

PURPOSE The aim of this study was to compare the diagnostic efficacy of whole-body magnetic resonance imaging (WB-MRI) as a new and rapid examination technique with skeletal scintigraphy for detection of skeletal metastases from solid tumors. MATERIAL AND METHODS In 129 patients with solid malignant tumors, WB-MRI was performed for individual comparison with skeletal scintigraphy. Examination...

OBJECTIVES We aimed to investigate the reliability of thyroid ultrasonography (US) and scintigraphy in determining the type of thyroid dysgenesis (TD). METHODS The study included 82 children (8.0±5.6 years) with a diagnosis of TD by thyroid scintigraphy with (99m)Tc and/or US. The patients were re-evaluated 6.0±5.1 years after the diagnosis. Thyroid US was performed in all cases, regardless o...

Objective. To compare the use of radiolabelled human monoclonal anti-TNF-a scintigraphy with clinical examination and MRI of hands and wrists joints in patients with active RA. Methods. Eight patients with active RA, 28-joint DAS (DAS-28)53.2 and a healthy volunteer underwent whole body and hand/wrist scintigraphy after the administration of anti-human TNF-a labelled with technetium-99m (Tc). O...

the objective of this study was to determine the effects of supplemented selenium (se) on plasma cortisol, red blood cell glutathione peroxidase activity (rbc gsh-px-1), concentration of immunoglobulin g (igg) and body weight in pneumonic suckling calves. ten holstein suckling male calves were randomly allocated to two groups and fed either unsupplemented milk (control) or with milk supplemente...