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I-Metaiodobenzylguanidine Myocardial Scintigraphy in Lewy Body-Related Disorders: A Literature Review [PDF]

Journal of Movement Disorders, 2015
Lewy body-related disorders are characterized by the presence of Lewy bodies and Lewy neurites, which have abnormal aggregations of α-synuclein in the nigral and extranigral areas, including in the heart.
Eun Joo Chung, Sang Jin Kim
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Cardiac I-metaiodobenzylguanidine Scintigraphy in a Patient with Familial Parkinsonism with Gene Mutation [PDF]

Journal of Movement Disorders, 2010
A decreased cardiac 123I-metaiodobenzylguanidine (123I-MIBG) uptake has been used as a powerful tool to identify Lewy body disease, such as idiopathic parkinson’s disease (IPD).
Young-Do Kim, In-Uk Song, Joong-Seok Kim, Sung-Woo Chung, Kwang-Soo Lee   +4 more
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Natural History and Management of Familial Paraganglioma Syndrome Type 1: Long-Term Data from a Large Family [PDF]

, 2020
Head and neck paragangliomas are the most common clinical features of familial paraganglioma syndrome type 1 caused by succinate dehydrogenase complex subunit D (SDHD) mutation. The clinical management of this syndrome is still unclear.
Cantisani, Vito, Colao, Annamaria, Di Leo, Nicola, Faggiano, Antongiulio, Feola, Tiziana, Giannetta, Elisa, Isidori, Andrea M, Lenzi, Andrea, Modica, Roberta, Polti, Giorgia, Puliani, Giulia, Sesti, Franz, Verrico, Monica   +12 more
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Usefulness of Cardiac MIBG Scintigraphy, Olfactory Testing and Substantia Nigra Hyperechogenicity as Additional Diagnostic Markers for Distinguishing between Parkinson's Disease and Atypical Parkinsonian Syndromes. [PDF]

PLoS ONE, 2016
We aimed to evaluate the utility of the combined use of cardiac 123I-metaiodobenzylguanidine (MIBG) scintigraphy, olfactory testing, and substantia nigra (SN) hyperechogenicity on transcranial sonography (TCS) in differentiating Parkinson's disease (PD ...
Hiroaki Fujita, Keisuke Suzuki, Ayaka Numao, Yuji Watanabe, Tomoyuki Uchiyama, Tomoyuki Miyamoto, Masayuki Miyamoto, Koichi Hirata   +7 more
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Prediction of long-term cardiac events by 123I-MIBG imaging after acute myocardial infarction and reperfusion therapy [PDF]

Asia Oceania Journal of Nuclear Medicine and Biology, 2019
Objective(s): In heart failure, the heart-to-mediastinum (H/M) ratio of the delayed image and washout rate (WR) are well-known as a powerful cardiac event predictors.
Manabu Nakamura, Masahisa Onoguchi, Takayuki Shibutani   +2 more
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Adrenal pheochromocytoma incidentally discovered in a patient with parkinsonism [PDF]

, 2015
To evaluate the diagnostic route of pheochromocytoma (PHEO) in a patient under dopaminergic treatment. A 70-year-old man with Parkinsonism and under treatment with levodopa and carbidopa came to our observation for evaluation of arterial hypertension and
Claudio Letizia, Concistrè Antonio, Giuseppe De Vincentis, Iannucci Gino, Lucia Piernatale, Luigi Petramala, Marinelli Cristiano, Zinnamosca Laura   +7 more
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Renal ¹²³I-MIBG Uptake before and after Live-Donor Kidney Transplantation

Diagnostics, 2020
Increased sympathetic activity is suggested to be part of the pathogenesis in several diseases. Methods to evaluate sympathetic activity and renal nervous denervation procedural success are lacking. Scintigraphy using the norepinephrine analog Iodine-123
Thomas Rasmussen, Robin de Nijs, Lene Kjær Olsen, Anne-Lise Kamper, Lia Evi Bang, Marie Frimodt-Møller, Henning Kelbæk, Søren Schwartz Sørensen, Andreas Kjær, Bo Feldt-Rasmussen, Jesper Hastrup Svendsen, Philip Hasbak   +11 more
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Topotecan-vincristine-doxorubicin in stage 4 high risk neuroblastoma patients failing to achieve a complete metastatic response to rapid COJEC : a SIOPEN study [PDF]

, 2018
Purpose : Metastatic response to induction therapy for high-risk neuroblastoma is a prognostic factor. In the International Society of Paediatric Oncology Europe Neuroblastoma (SIOPEN) HR-NBL-1 protocol, only patients with metastatic complete response ...
Amoroso, L, Brock, P, Castel, V, Erminio, G, Garaventa, A, Grp, Siopen, Haupt, R, Ladenstein, R, Laureys, G, Luksch, R, Makin, G, Pasquet, M, Pearson, A. D. J, Thomas, C, Valteau-Couanet, D   +14 more
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Pheochromocytoma and Diffuse Large B-Cell Lymphoma in the Ipsilateral Adrenal Gland: A Case Report. [PDF]

IJU Case Rep
ABSTRACT Introduction Pheochromocytoma is a catecholamine‐producing tumor arising from the adrenal medulla. When it coexists with a tumor of different origin within the same adrenal gland, it is classified as a collision tumor involving a pheochromocytoma.
Maekawa K, Sakatani T, Kita Y, Masui K, Goto T, Teramoto Y, Hosokai T, Yamauchi I, Koyasu S, Kobayashi T.   +9 more
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A rare case report of hypertrophic cardiomyopathy induced by catecholamine-producing tumor [PDF]

, 2018
RATIONALE: Catecholamine-producing tumors are rare, occurring in less than 0.2% of patients with hypertension, but can have relevant cardiovascular morbidity and mortality. PATIENT CONCERNS: A 37-year-old woman presented with a history of dyspnea, chest
Bisogni, Valeria, Bonvicini, Maria, Ciardi, Antonio, Concistré, Antonio, De Toma, Giorgio, Frustaci, Andrea, Iannucci, Gino, Letizia, Claudio, Mezzadri, Martina, Oliviero, Gaia, Olmati, Federica, Petramala, Luigi, Saracino, Vincenza   +12 more
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