Zekiye Hasbek, Ayça Taş, Seyit Ahmet Ertürk, Barış Sarıakçalı, Özge Ulaş Babacan, Gülhan Duman, Yavuz Siliğ
{"title":"Evaluation of the Relationship Between Mobile Phone Usage and miRNA-574-5p and miRNA-30C-5p Levels in Thyroid Cancer Patients.","authors":"Zekiye Hasbek, Ayça Taş, Seyit Ahmet Ertürk, Barış Sarıakçalı, Özge Ulaş Babacan, Gülhan Duman, Yavuz Siliğ","doi":"10.4274/mirt.galenos.2023.04880","DOIUrl":"10.4274/mirt.galenos.2023.04880","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Objectives: </strong>This study aimed to evaluate the relationship between mobile phone usage and miRNA-574-5p and miRNA-30C-5p levels in patients diagnosed with differentiated thyroid cancer (DTC).</p><p><strong>Methods: </strong>Fifty patients diagnosed with DTC and 50 healthy volunteers were included in the study. miRNA-574-5p and miRNA-30C-5p gene expression levels in the blood of all subjects were analyzed by real time-polymerase chain reaction, and a questionnaire including various questions was administered to both groups.</p><p><strong>Results: </strong>Although there was a 7.60-fold increase in miRNA-30C-5p gene expression levels in the patient group compared with the control group, it was not found to be statistically significant. Considering the miRNA-574-5p gene expression levels, although there was a 2.96-fold increase in the patient group compared with the control group, no significant relationship was found. In our study, 85% of our patients were using mobile phones with internet access, whereas 98% of our healthy volunteers were using mobile phones (p<0.05). While 53.5% of the patients had their mobile phones with them while they were sleeping, this rate was 83.7% in healthy volunteers (p<0.05). However, 93.9% of the healthy volunteers did not have a Wi-Fi device in their bedrooms, and this rate was 75% in the patient group (p<0.05).</p><p><strong>Conclusion: </strong>Although miRNA-30C-5p and miRNA-574-5p gene expression levels were higher in patients than in healthy volunteers, the differences were not statistically significant. Although there was no significant difference in miRNA levels, we believe that due to the higher rate of Wi-Fi device presence in bedrooms in patients compared with healthy volunteers, the effects of electromagnetic radiation on the thyroid can be reduced by paying attention to this simple change.</p>","PeriodicalId":44681,"journal":{"name":"Molecular Imaging and Radionuclide Therapy","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":0.9,"publicationDate":"2024-02-22","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC10899741/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"139933422","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Detection of Rare Gallbladder Microperforation by <sup>18</sup>F-FDG PET/CT in a Patient with Maxillary Sinus Cancer.","authors":"Zehranur Tosunoğlu, Selim Doğan, Ceyda Turan Bektaş, Tevfik Fikret Çermik, Esra Arslan","doi":"10.4274/mirt.galenos.2023.27576","DOIUrl":"10.4274/mirt.galenos.2023.27576","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>Gallbladder perforation is one of the most serious complications of cholecystitis and is rarely seen in 2-11% of cases. Pericholecystic abscesses secondary to gallbladder perforation are rare. Rapid diagnosis is important because of high morbidity and mortalityrates. A subcapsular abscess secondary to gallbladder microperforation is presented on <sup>18</sup>F-fluorodeoxyglucose positron emission tomography/computed tomography performed for restaging in a patient with maxillary sinus cancer.</p>","PeriodicalId":44681,"journal":{"name":"Molecular Imaging and Radionuclide Therapy","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":0.9,"publicationDate":"2024-02-22","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC10899745/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"139933421","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Corinna Altini, Artor Niccoli Asabella, Francesco Tramacere, Angela Sardaro, Antonio Rosario Pisani, Alessandra Castelluccia, Dino Rubini, Cristina Ferrari
{"title":"Role of <sup>18</sup>F-FCH PET/CT in Detecting Recurrences of Prostate Cancer After Curative Treatments.","authors":"Corinna Altini, Artor Niccoli Asabella, Francesco Tramacere, Angela Sardaro, Antonio Rosario Pisani, Alessandra Castelluccia, Dino Rubini, Cristina Ferrari","doi":"10.4274/mirt.galenos.2023.26122","DOIUrl":"10.4274/mirt.galenos.2023.26122","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Objectives: </strong>To evaluate the role of <sup>18</sup>F-fluorocholine (<sup>18</sup>F-FCH) positron emission tomography/computed tomography (PET/CT) in prostate cancer (PC) patients with biochemical recurrence who were submitted to different curative treatments.</p><p><strong>Methods: </strong>Seventy-five patients with PC who underwent <sup>18</sup>F-FCH PET/CT for biochemical recurrence were retrospectively analyzed to distinguish patients who were submitted only to prostatectomy (PR group), only to radiotherapy (RT) on prostate with curative intent (RT group), and to both (PR + RT group). Correlations between <sup>18</sup>F-FCH PET/CT and outcome and between prostate-specific antigen (PSA) values and sites and the number of metastases were analyzed. The performance of <sup>18</sup>F-FCH PET/CT in relation to the PSA value and of maximum standardized uptake value (SUV<sub>max</sub>) value in relation to patient outcome were assessed by receiver operating characteristic (ROC) curves.</p><p><strong>Results: </strong><sup>18</sup>F-FCH PET/CT relapses mostly involved lymph nodes, bones, and prostate bed. K-cohen test showed moderate agreement with the outcome in the whole population and in the PR group, whereas in the RT group it was perfect and in PR + RT fair. A statistically significant difference in PSA values was observed in the presence of lymph node metastases and with multiple metastases. ROC curves showed PSA cut-off values of 1.96 ng/dL, 1.95, 1.81, and 2.96, respectively, in the whole population, PR, RT and PR + RT group. SUV<sub>max</sub> cut-off values of 3.75, 3.45, and 4.7 were described in the whole population, PR group, and PR + RT group.</p><p><strong>Conclusion: </strong>The study confirms that <sup>18</sup>F-FCH PET/CT is still valid in PC patients with suspected biochemical recurrence. Therefore, we can affirm that it still makes sense to perform it both with high PSA values and with lower values when prostate-specific membrane antigen tracers are not available.</p>","PeriodicalId":44681,"journal":{"name":"Molecular Imaging and Radionuclide Therapy","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":0.9,"publicationDate":"2024-02-22","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC10899743/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"139933425","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Metastatic Superscan in <sup>18</sup>F PSMA PET/CT of a Patient with Prostate Carcinoma.","authors":"Man Mohan Singh, Shashwat Verma, Lavish Kakkar, Satyawati Deswal, Priyamedha Bose Thakur","doi":"10.4274/mirt.galenos.2023.68815","DOIUrl":"10.4274/mirt.galenos.2023.68815","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>A biopsy-proven patient with prostate carcinoma aged 70 years was referred to the department of nuclear medicine for radionuclide-based therapy. His prostate-specific antigen levels were >1000 ng/mL, and prostatic magnetic resonance imaging showed an enlarged prostate with a heterogeneous signal and size 3.8x3.7x3.5 cm with few small heterogeneous nodular signals in the transition zone. He was scheduled for <sup>18</sup>F prostate-specific membrane antigen (PSMA) positron emission tomography/computed tomography (PET/CT) scan before therapy. <sup>18</sup>F PSMA PET/CT revealed PSMA-expressing prostate lesions (maximum standardized uptake value ~10.2) with extension into the urinary bladder along with bilateral supraclavicular, mediastinal, retrocrural, retroperitoneal, and pelvic lymph nodes and sclerotic lesions in the entire axial and appendicular skeleton.</p>","PeriodicalId":44681,"journal":{"name":"Molecular Imaging and Radionuclide Therapy","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":0.9,"publicationDate":"2024-02-22","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC10899739/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"139933424","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Osayande Evbuomwan, Walter Endres, Tebatso Tebeila, Gerrit Engelbrecht
{"title":"Atypical Presentation of Metastatic Castrate-resistant Prostate Cancer in a Middle Aged African Male with Good Response to Radioligand Therapy.","authors":"Osayande Evbuomwan, Walter Endres, Tebatso Tebeila, Gerrit Engelbrecht","doi":"10.4274/mirt.galenos.2023.13471","DOIUrl":"10.4274/mirt.galenos.2023.13471","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>Prostate cancer typically follows a characteristic pattern of metastatic spread to the pelvic lymph nodes and bone. Atypical patterns of metastasis are rare but have been documented. In African men, this disease tends to follow a more aggressive course, with the possibility of an atypical site of metastatic spread. We present a case of a 58-year- old African male with metastatic castrate-resistant prostate cancer who presented with both typical and atypical patterns of metastatic disease detected by a fluorine 18 prostate-specific membrane antigen positron emission tomography/computed tomography scan. This patient also had a good response to radioligand therapy.</p>","PeriodicalId":44681,"journal":{"name":"Molecular Imaging and Radionuclide Therapy","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":0.9,"publicationDate":"2024-02-22","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC10899738/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"139933418","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Ediz Beyhan, Ahu Senem Demiröz, İbrahim Taşkın Rakıcı, Tevfik Fikret Çermik, Esra Arslan
{"title":"Two Rare Benign Lesions on <sup>18</sup>F-FDG PET/CT: Peliosis Hepatis and SANT.","authors":"Ediz Beyhan, Ahu Senem Demiröz, İbrahim Taşkın Rakıcı, Tevfik Fikret Çermik, Esra Arslan","doi":"10.4274/mirt.galenos.2023.02328","DOIUrl":"10.4274/mirt.galenos.2023.02328","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>Peliosis hepatis (PH) and sclerosing angiomatoid nodular transformation of the spleen are uncommon benign lesions. Diagnosis can be difficult in some patients. Herein, we present the case of a 28-year-old woman referred with abdominal pain who had spleen lesions. <sup>18</sup>F-fluorodeoxyglucose (FDG) positron emission tomography/computed tomography revealed multiple non-FDG avid lesions in the liver and hypermetabolic lesions in the spleen. In addition, abdominal magnetic resonance imaging was performed. Histopathology revealed sclerosing angiomatoid nodular transformation in the spleen and PH in the liver.</p>","PeriodicalId":44681,"journal":{"name":"Molecular Imaging and Radionuclide Therapy","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":0.9,"publicationDate":"2024-02-22","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC10899747/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"139933427","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"<sup>18</sup>F-FDG PET/CT Imaging for Treatment Response Assessment of Cardiac Primitive Neuroectodermal Tumor.","authors":"Mehmet Emin Mavi, Murat Fani Bozkurt","doi":"10.4274/mirt.galenos.2023.91259","DOIUrl":"10.4274/mirt.galenos.2023.91259","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>Primitive neuroectodermal tumors (PNETs) are rare and aggressive members of the small round cell carcinoma family. Generally, PNETs are classified into two main groups: PNETs of the central nervous system and PNETs of the peripheral nervous system. Herein, we report the therapy response assessment of a rare case of isolated cardiac PNET using <sup>18</sup>F-fluorodeoxyglucose (<sup>18</sup>F-FDG) positron emission tomography/computed tomography (PET/CT) imaging. Given that physiological cardiac FDG uptake is typically observed, assessing FDG avid lesions in the myocardium presents a challenge for FDG PET/CT. This case holds significance because of the rarity of the disease and the challenging nature of the site for FDG PET/CT imaging.</p>","PeriodicalId":44681,"journal":{"name":"Molecular Imaging and Radionuclide Therapy","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":0.9,"publicationDate":"2024-02-22","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC10899740/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"139933389","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Exceptionally Rare Isolated Thyroidal Metastasis of Pulmonary Carcinosarcoma: A Tale of <sup>18</sup>F-FDG-positive Thyroid Nodule.","authors":"Mehmet Emin Mavi, Fariba Amini, Seyfettin Ilgan","doi":"10.4274/mirt.galenos.2023.74507","DOIUrl":"10.4274/mirt.galenos.2023.74507","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>Pulmonary carcinosarcomas (PCS) are uncommon and aggressive malignant tumors with epithelial and mesenchymal components and have a worse prognosis than other non-small-cell lung cancers. Metastases of non-thyroidal malignancies to the thyroid are rare. We reported a unique case of isolated thyroidal metastasis of PCS and discussed <sup>18</sup>F-fluorodeoxyglucose (<sup>18</sup>F-FDG) positivity in incidentally found thyroid nodules on <sup>18</sup>F-FDG positron emission tomography scan.</p>","PeriodicalId":44681,"journal":{"name":"Molecular Imaging and Radionuclide Therapy","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":0.9,"publicationDate":"2024-02-22","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC10899742/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"139933423","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Kübra Şahin, Ali Kibar, Cansu Güneren, Muhammet Sait Sağer, Kerim Sönmezoğlu
{"title":"<sup>68</sup>Ga Prostate-specific Membrane Antigen Uptake in Metastatic Medullary Thyroid Carcinoma.","authors":"Kübra Şahin, Ali Kibar, Cansu Güneren, Muhammet Sait Sağer, Kerim Sönmezoğlu","doi":"10.4274/mirt.galenos.2023.47855","DOIUrl":"10.4274/mirt.galenos.2023.47855","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>We present the case of a 58-year-old man with advanced medullary thyroid carcinoma who had a treatment history with different types of modalities. In the follow-up, the patient had rising calcitonin and CEA levels. Metastatic lymph nodes, liver, and bone metastases with varying degrees of uptake were detected on <sup>18</sup>F-fluorodeoxyglucose (FDG) and <sup>68</sup>Ga-DOTATATE positron emission tomography/computed tomography (PET/CT). <sup>68</sup>Ga prostate-specific membrane antigen (PSMA) PET/CT was performed to explore whether the patient might have a chance for PSMA-targeted radionuclide therapy, and increased PSMA expression was noted in most of the metastatic lesions, even some of which have higher PSMA uptake than <sup>18</sup>F-FDG and <sup>68</sup>Ga-DOTATATE.</p>","PeriodicalId":44681,"journal":{"name":"Molecular Imaging and Radionuclide Therapy","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":0.9,"publicationDate":"2024-02-22","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC10899746/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"139933416","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"About the Article Titled \"A Different Scintigraphic Perspective on the Systolic Function of the Left Ventricle-1\".","authors":"Cengiz Taşçı","doi":"10.4274/mirt.galenos.2023.69345","DOIUrl":"10.4274/mirt.galenos.2023.69345","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":44681,"journal":{"name":"Molecular Imaging and Radionuclide Therapy","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":0.9,"publicationDate":"2024-02-22","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC10899735/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"139933417","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}