Peritoneopleuropericardial leakage confirmed with peritoneal scintigraphy in a teenage girl.

Peritoneopericardial leakage is a rare but important complication of peritoneal dialysis. Peritoneal scintigraphy is reported to be effective in diagnosing the peritoneopericardial communication. Although switching to hemodialysis is commonly recommended, reducing exchange volumes and performing peritoneal dialysis in an upright sitting position may also be considered particularly in pediatric patients.

PET/CT Imaging of Inflammatory Myofibroblastic Tumor of the Thigh.

A 13-year-old male patient presented with right leg pain and walking difficulty. Contrast-enhanced magnetic resonance imaging showed a softtissue lesion between muscle groups in the anterior half of the right thigh. The excisional biopsy result ended in an inflammatory myofibroblastic tumor (IMT).

Dosimetric approach to I ablation therapy for the differentiated thyroid cancer.

Objective: The aim of this study is to compare the activity amounts used in the standard activity approach with the activity amounts calculated with the dosimetric method for the ablation of post-operative differentiated thyroid cancer residual tissue.

Subjects And Methods: Seventeen patients (mean age=47.5±8.

Optimization of SUV with Changing the Dose Amount in F18-FDG PET/CT of Pediatric Lymphoma Patients.

Aims: We aim to reveal an effect of residual activity leftover within the medical materials other than the empty syringe used for injection of the tracer on SUV measurements and consequently effect on possible treatment response assessment.

Background: Staging and follow-up of pediatric lymphoma patients mainly achieved by the help of PET/CT scans. It is crucial to make an optimal imaging technique for interpreting individual images and assessing treatment response.

Parathyroid Hormone on Osteoprotegerin Levels in Patients with Primary Hyperparathyroidism.

Objective: Osteoprotegerin is a glycoprotein that plays a major role in the regulation of bone turnover. The influence of parathyroid hormone, an important regulator of bone remodeling, on osteoprotegerin production is controversial. The purpose of the study was to assess the influence of parathyroid hormone on the circulating level of osteoprotegerin in patients with primary hyperparathyroidism by comparing it with healthy controls.

The Value of Tc-MIBI SPECT/CT in the Postoperative Assessment of Patients with Differentiated Thyroid Carcinoma.

Background: The therapeutic approaches of differentiated thyroid carcinoma (DTC) are surgery, ablation therapy with the postoperative use of radioiodine-131 (I), and thyroid-stimulating hormone (TSH) suppression therapy. After the surgical therapy, the patient should be assessed for remnants/metastases.

Objective: The purpose of this research was to investigate the role of technetium--methoxyisobutylisonitrile (Tc-MIBI) single photon emission computed tomography/computed tomography (SPECT/CT) in the postoperative management of patients with DTC.

Chronic recurrent multifocal osteomyelitis: a case report.

Chronic recurrent multifocal osteomyelitis is a rare autoinflammatory, immunologic disorder. It may involve recurrent inflammatory bone pain associated with aseptic osteomyelitis. If the diagnosis is delayed, it negatively influences quality of life by leading to persistent symptoms or joint damage.

Image-derived and arterial blood sampled input functions for quantitative PET imaging of the angiotensin II subtype 1 receptor in the kidney.

Purpose: The radioligand 11C-KR31173 has been introduced for positron emission tomography (PET) imaging of the angiotensin II subtype 1 receptor in the kidney in vivo. To study the biokinetics of 11C-KR31173 with a compartmental model, the input function is needed. Collection and analysis of arterial blood samples are the established approach to obtain the input function but they are not feasible in patients with renal diseases.

Conjugated hyperbilirubinemia in the neonatal intensive care unit.

Background/aims: To determine the underlying causes and short-term prognosis of patients with conjugated hyperbilirubinemia in a tertiary neonatal intensive care units.

Materials And Methods: We retrospectively analyzed the etiology, course, and shortterm prognosis of conjugated hyperbilirubinemia observed in newborn infants in a tertiary neonatal intensive care units.

Results: Of a total of 104 infants with conjugated hyperbilirubinemia (2.

Modeling of the renal kinetics of the AT1 receptor specific PET radioligand [11C]KR31173.

Purpose: The radioligand [(11)C]KR31173 has been introduced for PET imaging of the angiotensin II subtype 1 receptor (AT1R). The purpose of the present project was to employ and validate a compartmental model for quantification of the kinetics of this radioligand in a porcine model of renal ischemia followed by reperfusion (IR).

Procedures: Ten domestic pigs were included in the study: five controls and five experimental animals with IR of the left kidney.