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Oncogenic Osteomalacia: An Approach to Diagnosis with a Case Report [PDF]

Journal of Clinical and Diagnostic Research, 2017
Oncogenic osteomalacia, also known as tumour induced osteomalacia, is a rare paraneoplastic syndrome caused by mesenchymal tumours secreting Fibroblast Growth Factor-23 (FGF-23).
Biswajit Dey, Debasis Gochhait, Hema Subramanian, Madhusudhanan Ponnusamy   +3 more
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Ultrasound Risk Stratification of Autonomously Functioning Thyroid Nodules: Cine Loop Video Sequences Versus Static Image Captures

Diagnostics
Background/Objectives: Autonomously functioning thyroid nodules (AFTNs) are most frequently diagnosed as benign. However, they show high ratings in ultrasound (US) risk stratification systems (RSSs) that utilize the current clinical standard methodology ...
Larissa Rosenbaum, Martin Freesmeyer, Tabea Nikola Schmidt, Christian Kühnel, Falk Gühne, Philipp Seifert   +5 more
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Shedding Light on Hidradenitis Suppurativa Activity: A Pilot Study to Evaluate the Potential of [^99mTc]Tc-Anti-TNF-Alpha Scintigraphy

Pharmaceuticals
Shedding light on Hidradenitis Suppurativa activity: a pilot study to evaluate the potential of [99mTc]Tc-anti-TNF-alpha scintigraphy. Background/Objectives: Hidradenitis suppurativa (HS), also known as acne inversa and Verneuil’s disease, is a chronic ...
José Marcos Telles da Cunha, Gabriel Gutfilen-Schlesinger, Beatriz Moritz Trope, Flávia Paiva Proença Lobo Lopes, Sergio Augusto Lopes de Souza, Bianca Gutfilen   +5 more
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Radionuclide Methods in the Diagnosis of Sacroiliitis in Patients with Spondyloarthritis: An Update

Rambam Maimonides Medical Journal, 2016
Sacroiliitis, inflammation of the sacroiliac joint (SIJ), is the hallmark of ankylosing spondylitis and spondyloarthritis (SpA) in general. The arsenal of recommended diagnostic modalities for imaging of the SIJ is scanty and, in practice, includes only ...
Karina Zilber, Miguel Gorenberg, Doron Rimar, Nina Boulman, Lisa Kaly, Michael Rozenbaum, Itzhak Rosner, Gleb Slobodin   +7 more
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Salivary Gland Scintigraphy in Patients with Sjogren’s Syndrome: A local Experience with Dual-tracer [PDF]

Asia Oceania Journal of Nuclear Medicine and Biology, 2017
Objective(s): To review the findings of the patients with Sjögren’s syndrome (SS) having technetium-99m-pertechnetate (99mTc-pertechnetate) and gallium-67 citrate (Ga-67) salivary gland scintigraphy in the past eight years.Methods: The patients with SS ...
Wing Hang Luk, Jessie Tse Hang Yeung, Eliza Po Yan Fung, Chiu Ming Lok, Yuet Ming Ng   +4 more
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Recent Advances in Functional Liver Volumetry: Emphasis on 99mTc‐GSA SPECT/CT Fusion Imaging

Annals of Gastroenterological Surgery, EarlyView.
Functional liver volumetry enables more accurate assessment of the future liver remnant by integrating anatomical and functional information, improving risk stratification before major hepatectomy. Among available techniques, 99mTc‐GSA SPECT/CT fusion imaging enables precise regional functional assessment and more reliable prediction of post ...
Toru Beppu, Toshiro Masuda, Yasunori Nagayama, Hidetoshi Nitta, Hiromitsu Hayashi   +4 more
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Revolutionizing cancer treatment: The role of radiopharmaceuticals in modern cancer therapy

Precision Radiation Oncology
Radiopharmaceutical therapy (RPT) is a precision medicine approach that involves the targeted delivery of radioactive atoms to tumor cells, representing a breakthrough strategy for cancer treatment.
Treesa P. Varghese, Anish John, Jithin Mathew   +2 more
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State-of-the-art chronic thromboembolic pulmonary hypertension diagnosis and management [PDF]

European Respiratory Review, 2012
Chronic thromboembolic pulmonary hypertension (CTEPH) is a debilitating disease caused by chronic obstruction of pulmonary artery branches following episodes of pulmonary embolism and incomplete thrombus resolution.
D. Jenkins, E. Mayer, N. Screaton, M. Madani   +3 more
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Mediastinal goiter diagnosed by functional imaging [PDF]

Libyan Journal of Medicine, 2012
A 63-year-old asymptomatic woman with cured Hodgkin diseases presented for restaging. The chest computed tomography showed a mass at the right side of the upper mediastinum. The benignity and the origin of the tissue were unknown.
Guido Michels, Markus Dietlein, Carsten Kobe, Roman Pfister   +3 more
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Pylorus‐Preserving Gastrectomy for Gastric Cancer: Current Evidence and Future Directions

Annals of Gastroenterological Surgery, EarlyView.
This review aims to outline the current evidence and future directions of PPG, focusing on the feasibility of extending its application beyond its traditional indications. ABSTRACT Pylorus‐preserving gastrectomy (PPG) is a function‐preserving surgery for clinically T1N0M0 (cT1N0M0) early gastric cancer (EGC) located in the middle third of the stomach ...
Sa‐Hong Kim, Hyuk‐Joon Lee
wiley   +1 more source