Outcomes of surgery and radioiodine treatment for neck recurrence in papillary thyroid cancer.

Purpose: Persistent/recurrent disease in the neck is frequent in patients with papillary thyroid cancer (PTC). The goal of this study was to evaluate the efficacy of the reoperation and radioiodine (RAI) treatment for persistent/recurrent disease after the initial treatment.

Methods: A total of 30 patients (13 M/17 F) with PTC were enrolled in this study.

99mTechnetium-ciprofloxacin scintigraphy for the evaluation of spinal infections: a preliminary report.

Unlabelled: Currently available laboratory and imaging tests have limitations diagnosing and following patients with spinal infections. We evaluated 17 Technetium-99m labeled ciprofloxacin scintigraphy studies in 11 patients who had the diagnosis of a spinal infection based on the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention criteria. Three of the 17 studies were performed in three patients within 2 months from the onset of the symptoms.