Incidental diagnosis of intestinal perforation on a Tc DTPA renogram.

Perforation of the bowel can be a life-threatening condition and is usually clinically diagnosed when a patient presents with such features as severe abdominal pain, tenderness, and tachycardia. Bowel perforation may be corroborated by various conventional imaging modalities, including X-ray, ultrasonography, computed tomography, and magnetic resonance imaging. Nuclear medicine imaging modalities seldom have a role to play in these settings.

F-FDG PET CT in cardiac device infections - A Case series.

With the increasing number of interventional cardiology procedures, the number of cardiac device infections (including pacemakers, prosthetic valves, coronary and aortic stents) have also increased. These infections can cause significant morbidity and can even lead to mortality if not managed promptly. If suspected clinically the first-line imaging modality is Trans-Thoracic Echocardiography, while Transesophageal Echocardiography is also used in selected cases.

18F-FDG PET imaging for treatment response assessment and management guidance in patients with skull base osteomyelitis.

Objective: The objective of this study is to evaluate the role of hybrid 18F-FDG PET for treatment response assessment and management guidance in patients with skull base osteomyelitis.

Materials And Methods: Retrospectively, 33 patients, with at least a baseline and follow-up PET (computed tomography/MRI) scan, were included. Parameters like standardized uptake value (SUV) max, erythrocyte sedimentation rate (ESR), and C-reactive protein (CRP) (initial, follow-up, percentage change) were analysed and outcomes based on 18F-FDG PET reports were classified into resolution (a), partial response (b), progression (c) and stable disease (d).

Synchronous Bilateral Multifocal Warthin's Tumor Mimicking Primary Malignancy on F-FDG Whole Body PET/CT in a Case of Metastatic Cervical Lymph Nodes from Unknown Primary Malignancy.

Warthin's tumor is a benign and frequently encountered salivary gland neoplasm. Bilaterality and multifocality are rare in Warthin's tumor. Synchronous cervical lymph nodal metastasis with unknown primary in a case of Warthin's tumor can raise a suspicion of primary malignancy of the parotid gland.

Asymmetry index in anatomically symmetrized FDG-PET for improved epileptogenic focus detection in pharmacoresistant epilepsy.

Objective: Positron emission tomography (PET) imaging has assumed an essential role in the presurgical evaluation of epileptogenic foci in drug-resistant epilepsy by identifying the hypometabolic cerebral cortex. The authors herein designed a pilot study to test a novel technique of PET asymmetry after anatomical symmetrization coregistered to MRI (PASCOM), utilizing interhemispheric metabolic asymmetry on interictal fluorine 18-labeled fluorodeoxyglucose (FDG)-PET to better localize the epileptogenic zone.

Methods: The authors analyzed interictal FDG-PET scans from 23 patients with drug-resistant epilepsy, mean (± SD) age 20.

Statistical asymmetry analysis of volumetric MRI and FDG PET in temporal lobe epilepsy.

Purpose: To analyze statistically derived threshold values of volumetric MRI and 18F fluorodeoxyglucose (FDG) PET asymmetry, independent of normative data, for non-invasive detection/exclusion of temporal lobe epilepsy (TLE).

Methods: We retrospectively analyzed amygdalohippocampal volumetry and temporal FDG PET metabolism in 33 patients (age: 29.27 ± 8.

68Ga-DOTANOC PET/CT in Multiple Endocrine Neoplasia 1 With Associated Adrenocortical Carcinoma.

Multiple endocrine neoplasia 1 (MEN1) syndrome is an autosomal dominant syndrome comprising a triad of pancreatic, pituitary, and parathyroid tumors. Adrenal cortical carcinoma occurs rarely in MEN1 syndrome. Here, we have presented a case of a 62-year-old woman with adrenal mass and elevated serum parathormone levels, who underwent 68Ga-DOTANOC PET/CT.

Extrahepatic metastases of hepatocellular carcinoma on F FDG PET CT.

Background: To determine locations, relative frequencies, imaging features, and pattern of distribution of extrahepatic metastasis from hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC) on 2-deoxy-2-[fluorine-18]fluoro-D-glucose (F-FDG) PET CT.

Methods: FDG PET CT scans of 224 consecutive patients of HCC acquired between 2010 and 2018 were reviewed. Fifty-six patients detected with extrahepatic metastasis on FDG PET CT were retrospectively analyzed.

Comparison of whole-body bone scintigraphy with axial skeleton magnetic resonance imaging in the skeletal evaluation of carcinoma prostate.

Introduction: Whole-body bone scintigraphy (WBBS) is considered to be the standard of care in the initial skeletal evaluation of patients with carcinoma prostate. Magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) is a potential alternative technique for detecting bone metastasis. The objective of this study was to compare the diagnostic performance of WBBS with a single-photon emission computed tomography-computed tomography (SPECT-CT) correlation of the suspicious WBBS lesions to the axial skeleton (AS)-MRI in diagnosing bone metastasis in patients with carcinoma prostate.

Seizure outcome following primary motor cortex-sparing resective surgery for perirolandic focal cortical dysplasia.

Objectives: We present a case series of patients who underwent perirolandic resection for medically refractory focal epilepsy due to focal cortical dysplasia (FCD). Our aim was to specifically evaluate the outcome of a surgical strategy intended for seizure freedom while preserving primary motor cortex function.

Materials And Methods: Thirteen patients undergoing perirolandic resection for pharmacoresistant focal epilepsy between 2010 and 2015 who demonstrated histological evidence of FCD were selected from a prospectively maintained database.

18-F flourodeoxy glucose positron emission tomography-computed tomography imaging: A viable alternative to three phase bone scan in evaluating diabetic foot complications?

Background: This paper is based on the initial findings from a prospective ongoing study to evaluate the efficacy of flourodeoxy glucose positron emission tomography-computed tomography (FDG-PET CT) in diabetic foot evaluation.

Objective: The aim was to compare the diagnostic accuracies of three phase bone scan (TPBS) and FDG PET-CT (FDG-PET) in diabetic foot evaluation.

Methods: Seventy-nine patients with complicated diabetic foot (osteomyelitis/cellulitis, Charcot's neuropathy) were prospectively investigated.

Isolated skeletal muscle metastatic deposit in a patient with micropapillary carcinoma thyroid identified by 18F FDG PET CT.

Micropapillary carcinoma of thyroid is said to be low risk differentiated thyroid malignancy with excellent prognosis. We report the identification of an isolated FDG avid muscle deposit in a treated case of micropapillary carcinoma of the right lobe and widely invasive follicular carcinoma of the left lobe thyroid gland. Patient was found to have an elevated thyroglobulin level with negative iodine scan (TENIS syndrome) on follow up at 6 months.

Random synchronous malignancy in male breast: a case report.

We report here a case of a random synchronous male breast malignancy in a patient with a known base of tongue malignancy that was incidentally detected on a whole body 18-fluorine deoxyglucose positron emission tomography and computed tomography ((18)F-FDG PET/CT). Patient was referred to us for PET/CT staging and radiotherapy planning for a poorly differentiated squamous cell carcinoma of base of tongue. Histopathologically, the incidentally detected breast lesion was proven to be an invasive ductal carcinoma.

Potential of (18)F-FDG-PET as a valuable adjunct to clinical and response assessment in rheumatoid arthritis and seronegative spondyloarthropathies.

Aim: To evaluate the role of fluorine-18-labeled fluorodeoxyglucose positron emission tomography ((18)F-FDG PET) in various rheumatic diseases and its potential in the early assessment of treatment response in a limited number of patients.

Methods: This study involved 28 newly diagnosed patients, of these 17 had rheumatoid arthritis (RA) and 11 had seronegative spondyloarthropathy (SSA). In the SSA group, 7 patients had ankylosing spondylitis, 3 had psoriatic arthritis, and one had non-specific SSA.