Post-radiosynovectomy imaging utilizing Erbium-169 citrate.

Currently, there is no imaging procedure for radionuclide therapy utilizing Erbium-169 (Er-169). We have recently published the first post-radiosynovectomy imaging of Er-169 citrate in a case report (Farahati et al., 2017).

Post-radiosynovectomy imaging of Er-169 using scintigraphy and autoradiography.

Currently, there is no protocol for the detection of intra-articular distribution of Er-169 citrate after radiosynovectomy. We propose post-therapeutic imaging using scintigraphy and cobalt-57 pen-marker autoradiography. This technique evaluates the efficacy of the radiosynovectomy and patient safety and could be utilized for dosimetric protocol.

Severe infusion reactions to brentuximab vedotin in two patients with Hodgkin lymphoma previously treated with allogeneic stem cell transplantation.

Brentuximab vendotin is a monoclonal antibody approved in August 2011 for use in patients with Hodgkin disease and a rare systemic lymphoma known as anaplastic large cell lymphoma. Brentuximab is approved in patients with Hodgkin disease who have failed autologous transplantation or after failure of at least two prior multi-agent chemotherapy regimens but has not been studied following allogeneic transplantation. Four patients with relapsed Hodgkin disease have been treated at our institution with at least two doses of brentuximab vendotin.

Stabilization of the femoral head with a gliding screw in slipped capital femoral epiphysis.

Objective: In situ fixation of the proximal femoral epiphysis to prevent further dislocation while maintaining the potential for longitudinal growth by insertion of a central gliding screw. Prevention of secondary coxarthrosis.

Indications: Incipient and imminent slipped capital femoral epiphysis in children with a displacement angle of < 30 degrees in the axial view (ET' < 30 degrees ) and prophylactic treatment of the contralateral side.

[Dyamic screw fixation for slipped capital femoral epiphysis. Treatment results].

Slipped capital femoral epiphysis always requires surgical treatment. The operative technique depends on the degree of dislocation and the type of the slip. The goal of treatment is to achieve physeal stability until the epiphyseal plate closes without harming the further femoral growth.