Diagnostic Value of F-FDG-PET/CT in Patients with FUO.

Conventional diagnostic imaging is often ineffective in revealing the underlying cause in a considerable proportion of patients with fever of unknown origin (FUO). The aim of this study was to assess the diagnostic value of fluorine-18 fluorodeoxyglucose positron emission tomography/computed tomography (F-FDG-PET/CT) in patients with FUO. We retrospectively reviewed F-FDG-PET/CT scans performed on 50 consecutive adult patients referred to our department for further investigation of classic FUO.

Ear-lobe anthropometric signs do not relate to longevity. Ear length relates to age.

Dear Editor, During the last 30 years we are collecting various photographs which showed the face of persons who died at various ages during their lifetime. We so collected more than 235 photographs. After strict selection of these photographs, so that we could see well the ear and the ear-lobe we chose 57 of them and studied the following parameters: the vertical length of the ear till the lobe, the vertical length of the earlobe, the total ear length, the width of the ear-lobe and the area of the lobe, in order to relate them to longevity.

Aiming for the optimal bicarbonate prescription for maintenance hemodialysis therapy in end-stage renal disease.

Introduction: Acidemia and alkalemia, as a result of gradual depletion of the body's buffers followed by rapid repletion during hemodialysis (HD), are linked to adverse consequences. We examined the acid-base status with dialysis bath of higher bicarbonate (HC03 ) concentration or standard HC03 bath plus oral HC03 supplementation.

Methods: A total of 60 stable HD patients (pts) were evaluated according to their pre-dialysis acid-base status both before the first and the second session of the week dialyzed against standard base dialysate of 35 mmol/L.

The diagnostic performance of (99m)Tc-HMPAO radiolabeled leucocytes scintigraphy in the investigations of infection. A single center experience.

Objective: This study aims to evaluate the diagnostic efficacy of (99m)Tc-HMPAO-labeled white blood cells scintigraphy (RL-WBC scan) in a variety of infectious processes. Despite the technical difficulties of labeling WBCs without altering their viability/pathophysiologic integrity and the lengthy imaging procedure, the RL-WBC scan has gained an evolving role in the detection of occult infection.

Methods: Retrospective review of 66 patient files (34 males and 32 females) that underwent this functional imaging test from September 2013 until September 2015.

A treacherous case of primary non-Hodgkin lymphoma of the bone: appearances can be deceptive.

Introduction: Primary lymphoma of the bone constitutes an extremely rare but distinctive clinical entity, accounting for approximately 3% of all primary bone malignancies and less than 1% of all non-Hodgkin lymphomas.

Case Presentation: We report a rare case of a male patient with an atypical clinical presentation of non-Hodgkin primary lymphoma of the bone, initially misdiagnosed as ankylosing spondylitis. To our knowledge, this is the first case in the literature in which magnetic resonance imaging was contra-indicated.