Distinguishing between cornual, angular and interstitial ectopic pregnancy: A case report and a brief literature review.

For all clinical purposes, cornual, angular, and interstitial pregnancies are considered ectopic pregnancies that can have grave consequences for the patient. In this article, we describe and distinguish 3 types of ectopic pregnancies in the cornual region of the uterus. The authors advocate using the "cornual pregnancy" term only for ectopic pregnancies in malformed uteruses.

Constrained TV Minimization for Enhanced Exploitation of Gradient Sparsity: Application to CT Image Reconstruction.

Exploiting sparsity in the image gradient magnitude has proved to be an effective means for reducing the sampling rate in the projection view angle in computed tomography (CT). Most of the image reconstruction algorithms, developed for this purpose, solve a nonsmooth convex optimization problem involving the image total variation (TV). The TV seminorm is the norm of the image gradient magnitude, and reducing the norm is known to encourage sparsity in its argument.

A retrospective cohort study of cancer incidence among patients treated with radiosynoviorthesis.

Radiosynoviorthesis (RS) is an intra-articular injection of a radioactive colloid for the treatment of synovitis administered most often to patients with rheumatoid arthritis or haemophilia. Although highly cost-effective in comparison with surgical or arthroscopic synovectomy, the risk of cancer associated with this treatment is not well known. We evaluated the incidence of cancer in a group of patients treated with RS.

Effect of dietary fat sources on systemic and intrauterine synthesis of prostaglandins during early pregnancy in gilts.

The present experiment was conducted to determine the influence of dietary fatty acids C18:2n-6 and C18:3n-3 on the modulation of intrauterine synthesis of prostaglandin E2 (PGE2) and F2alpha (PGF2alpha) during early pregnancy in pigs. Prostaglandin E2 in uterine fluid has been previously reported to be associated with embryo survival and development. Thirty-two Yorkshire-Landrace nulliparous gilts were randomly allocated to four diets containing 5% supplemental fat.

Reduction of allogeneic blood transfusions after open heart operations by lowering cardiopulmonary bypass prime volume.

Background: Despite recent advances in blood conservation techniques, up to 30% to 80% of patients undergoing open heart operations require allogeneic blood transfusions. A prospective, randomized study was performed to test the effect of lowering cardiopulmonary bypass prime volume (as an additional component of an integrated blood conservation strategy) on clinical outcome and allogeneic blood transfusion.

Methods: One hundred fourteen patients undergoing open heart operations were randomized to either full prime (FP) volume (1,400 mL of Plasmalyte solution) or reduced prime (RP) volume (600 to 800 mL).

Methodological validation and clinical usefulness of carbon-14-urea breath test for documentation of presence and eradication of Helicobacter pylori infection.

Unlabelled: A simple [14C]urea breath test (C-14-UBT) was validated with aims of determining accuracy in documenting both the presence and proof of eradication of Helicobacter pylori infection.

Methods: Fifty-six dyspeptic patients had endoscopy with biopsies and C-14-UBT. Eleven biopsy-proven H.

Noninvasive diagnosis of Caroli syndrome associated with congenital hepatic fibrosis using hepatobiliary scintigraphy.

A patient who was studied for portal hypertension had an enlarged liver and multiple hepatic cysts on abdominal CT scan. He underwent hepatobiliary scintigraphy using Tc-99m mebrofenin which documented communication of the cysts with the main biliary tree and allowed a noninvasive diagnosis of Caroli syndrome associated with congenital hepatic fibrosis.

Vascular complication of a transjugular intrahepatic portacaval stent.

The percutaneous transjugular intrahepatic portacaval stent shunt is a nonsurgical approach to portosystemic shunting. The case of a large defect seen on a radiocolloid liver--spleen scan is attributed to a hepatic infarct related to the shunting procedure.

Tc-99m sestamibi and other agents in the detection of metastatic medullary carcinoma of the thyroid.

The 10-year survival rate for medullary carcinoma of the thyroid (MCT) is 50%; thus, good tumor-seeking radiopharmaceuticals are needed to localize foci of recurrence and metastasis during follow-up. Two patients with metastatic MCT were studied with Tl-201, I-131 MIBG, Tc-99m (V)-DMSA, and Tc-99m MIBI. A SPECT study with the latter agent allowed the visualization and precise localization of a metastatic mediastinal lymph node.

Scintigraphic aspect of Rotor's disease with technetium-99m-mebrofenin.

A 28-yr-old male with Rotor's disease was studied with 99mTc-mebrofenin. The scintigraphic pattern was that of a slow liver uptake with unimpaired excretion and persistent visualization of the cardiac blood pool, kidneys and urinary tract up to 6 hr. The gallbladder was visualized at 55 min postinjection.

Extrahepatic uptake of technetium-99m-phytate: a prognostic index in patients with cirrhosis.

We examined the usefulness of technetium-99m-phytate (99mTc-phytate) hepatic scintigraphy in the evaluation of hepatic function, and the assessment of prognosis in patients with cirrhosis. Ninety-four patients with biopsy-documented cirrhosis had, at the time of entry into the study, a scintigraphy with 99mTc-phytate complexed with calcium in vivo. Extrahepatic uptake (EHU) of 99mTc-phytate on scintigraphy was graded from 0 (absent EHU) to 5 (important EHU) according to the relative distribution of the radiotracer between the liver, the spleen and the bone marrow.

Technetium-99m HMPAO imaging in Sturge-Weber syndrome.

The Tc-99m HMPAO brain imaging confirmed marked hypoperfusion secondary to anomalous cerebral venous drainage of the Sturge-Weber syndrome. Until now, this had been a hypothesis suggested by results obtained from conventional brain scans and cerebral arteriography.

Demonstration of abnormal peritoneal communication in patients with ascites.

Patients with ascites are known to have complications such as pleural effusions and hernias. Special diagnostic procedures are occasionally necessary to determine the nature of the abnormality and to determine the corrective medico-surgical approach. The two cases described illustrate the usefulness of intraperitoneal as well as intrapleural injection of a radionuclide in diagnosing the leakage of ascitic fluid.

Spinal cerebrospinal fluid leak demonstrated by radioisotopic cisternography.

Many conditions are known to cause a cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) fistula; one of them is lumbar puncture for contrast myelography. Reported here is the case of a man who underwent contrast myelography at the L2-L3 level and who presented with postural headaches and lumbalgia with radiation to the legs three weeks after the procedure. Tc-99m albumin isotopic cisternography at the L5-S1 level was performed and clearly depicted a functional CSF leak through the dura at the L2-L3 level and CSF suffusion along several rachidian roots.

Premenopausal bone mineral content relates to height, weight and calcium intake during early adulthood.

The influence of dietary and anthropometric factors on bone mineral content was studied in 183 healthy premenopausal French-Canadian women aged between 40 and 50 years and living in the same area. Dietary evaluation of their calcium (Ca), caffeine and alcohol intake since the age of 20 was performed in all cases. Age, height, weight, exercise level, cigarette smoking, parity and estrogen were also recorded.

Gallium-67 pulmonary uptake in eosinophilic pneumonia.

Eosinophilic pneumonia is usually diagnosed based on the findings on chest x-ray, white blood count, and transbronchial biopsy. After reporting a case of Ga-67 lung uptake in eosinophilic pneumonia, its histopathology is discussed and the mechanisms of Ga-67 uptake by inflammatory lesions are reviewed.

Scintigraphic study of duodenal-gastric reflux in cases of primary gastropathy, chronic ulcer of the duodenal bulb, and Moynihan's disease.

There are several methods for detection of bile in the stomach, but none has proven satisfactory. It appears that the scintigraphic study with quantitation of duodenal-gastric reflux after corrections for the overlap of the stomach by the liver and bowel is more reliable, noninvasive, and physiologic. Fifty-four patients were divided into groups according to their clinical presentation; seven asymptomatic volunteers, 20 patients with duodenal-gastric reflux gastropathy (DRG), 16 patients with recurrent ulcers of the duodenal bulb (RUD), and 11 patients with Moynihan's disease.

Indium-111 leukocyte scanning of the abdomen. Analysis of its value for diagnosis and management of inflammatory bowel disease.

Indium-111 leukocyte scanning of the abdomen (IAS) was performed in 10 patients with ulcerative colitis and in 39 patients with Crohn's disease involving the small intestine (in 25 occasions) and/or the colon (17 cases). Radionuclide uptake by the gut was seen in 84% of the patients with active inflammation. We compared the extent of the disease displayed by IAS with the findings obtained by either radiological or endoscopic studies or at surgery.

Budd-Chiari syndrome: typical and atypical scintigraphic aspects.

Budd-Chiari syndrome, a well known entity, is often difficult to diagnose, mostly due to the nonspecificity of its symptomatology. Radiocolloid liver scans were evaluated in eight cases of this disease, proven by surgical biopsy. Five cases showed the "classic" scintigraphic pattern of caudate lobe hypertrophy (62.