J.A. Vallejo Casas , M.L. Mena Bares , M.A. Gálvez Moreno , J.M. Latre Romero
{"title":"Cánula de traqueostomía como causa de falso positivo en el rastreo corporal con 131I en el seguimiento del carcinoma diferenciado de tiroides","authors":"J.A. Vallejo Casas , M.L. Mena Bares , M.A. Gálvez Moreno , J.M. Latre Romero","doi":"10.1016/j.remn.2011.03.011","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1016/j.remn.2011.03.011","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":54464,"journal":{"name":"Revista Espanola De Medicina Nuclear","volume":"30 6","pages":"Pages 384-385"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2011-11-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://sci-hub-pdf.com/10.1016/j.remn.2011.03.011","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"91673995","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
P. Pifarré , M. Simó , J.D. Gispert , M.D. Pallarés , P. Plaza , E. Martínez-Miralles
{"title":"Pruebas de diagnóstico por la imagen: ¿generan ansiedad?","authors":"P. Pifarré , M. Simó , J.D. Gispert , M.D. Pallarés , P. Plaza , E. Martínez-Miralles","doi":"10.1016/j.remn.2011.03.003","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1016/j.remn.2011.03.003","url":null,"abstract":"<div><p>Cancer is one of the main health problems in western countries. In 2008, it represented the first cause of death in men and the second one in women. When there is a diagnosis or suspicion of cancer, performing diagnostic imaging studies has an important role in the clinical activity and may have an elevated psychological impact.</p></div><div><h3>Objective</h3><p>The purpose of this study was to evaluate the level of anxiety in oncology patients during the performance of a nuclear medicine study (PET-CT) in a Nuclear Medicine Service, by means of the State Trait Anxiety Inventory (STAI).</p></div><div><h3>Material and methods</h3><p>A total of 200 cancer patients who underwent a PET-CT study in a Nuclear Medicine Service were administered the STAI to evaluate the level of anxiety generated during this test. The STAI is a validated questionnaire developed as a research tool on anxiety in healthy adults.</p></div><div><h3>Results</h3><p>Of the 200 patients, two thirds (n<!--> <!-->=<!--> <!-->135) (67%) of the patients evaluated had anxiety. Of the 133, 93 (70%) of the patients who underwent PET-CT study for the first time were anxious whereas 42 (62.7%) of the patients who had undergone the study on previous occasions were anxious. Those patients with the greatest anxiety were those in whom the study was performed to initially stage the disease.</p></div><div><h3>Conclusion</h3><p>Performing the PET-CT study as an initial staging method and/or to evaluate tumor recurrence is an important and statistically significant generator of anxiety. There is a high emotional and cognitive impact associated to the participation of the diagnostic tests.</p></div>","PeriodicalId":54464,"journal":{"name":"Revista Espanola De Medicina Nuclear","volume":"30 6","pages":"Pages 346-350"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2011-11-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://sci-hub-pdf.com/10.1016/j.remn.2011.03.003","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"91673998","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Y. Blumenkrantz, G.L. Bruno, C.J. González, M. Namías, A.R. Osorio, P. Parma
{"title":"Characterization of Elastofibroma Dorsi with 18FDG PET/CT: a retrospective study","authors":"Y. Blumenkrantz, G.L. Bruno, C.J. González, M. Namías, A.R. Osorio, P. Parma","doi":"10.1016/j.remn.2011.01.006","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.remn.2011.01.006","url":null,"abstract":"<div><p>Elastofibroma dorsi has been described in the literature as an unusual tumor or pseudotumor. However, autopsies and imaging studies have revealed that it is a non-negligible finding.</p></div><div><h3>Purpose</h3><p>The aim of this study has been to illustrate and become familiar with this type of lesion in order to prevent misdiagnosis.</p></div><div><h3>Materials and methods</h3><p>From 3 December 2008 to 5 January 2010, 1,751 patients were evaluated with <sup>18</sup>FDG-PET/CT. Of these, 29 cases of elastofibroma dorsi were recorded as an incidental finding. A retrospective and descriptive analysis was performed on this study series.</p></div><div><h3>Results</h3><p>The study showed a prevalence of 1.66%. Out of the 29 findings, 22 (75.86%) were females and 7 (24.14%) males. Seventeen (58.62%) cases were bilateral, 12 (41.38%) unilateral and the SUVmax ranged from 1.4 to 3.2. These lesions were reported as soft tissue density images with mild or moderate diffuse metabolic activity.</p></div><div><h3>Conclusion</h3><p>The elastofibroma dorsi is a relatively common finding in PET/CT that should be known in order to avoid making wrong diagnoses.</p></div>","PeriodicalId":54464,"journal":{"name":"Revista Espanola De Medicina Nuclear","volume":"30 6","pages":"Pages 342-345"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2011-11-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://sci-hub-pdf.com/10.1016/j.remn.2011.01.006","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"29794945","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
T. Amrani-Raissouni, P. Moya-Espinosa, E. Ramos-Moreno, M.D. Martínez del Valle-Torres, S. Sanz-Viedma, S.J. Ortega-Lozano
{"title":"Metástasis miocárdica por un tumor carcinoide en ausencia de afectación hepática","authors":"T. Amrani-Raissouni, P. Moya-Espinosa, E. Ramos-Moreno, M.D. Martínez del Valle-Torres, S. Sanz-Viedma, S.J. Ortega-Lozano","doi":"10.1016/j.remn.2011.03.002","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.remn.2011.03.002","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":54464,"journal":{"name":"Revista Espanola De Medicina Nuclear","volume":"30 6","pages":"Pages 376-377"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2011-11-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://sci-hub-pdf.com/10.1016/j.remn.2011.03.002","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"29846182","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
T. Kara , P. Ozcan Kara , F. Baba , C. Celik , G. Kara Gedik
{"title":"Primary epithelioid trophoblastic tumor with a synchronous breast carcinoma detected only with FDG-PET/CT Scan","authors":"T. Kara , P. Ozcan Kara , F. Baba , C. Celik , G. Kara Gedik","doi":"10.1016/j.remn.2010.10.016","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.remn.2010.10.016","url":null,"abstract":"<div><p>Epithelioid trophoblastic tumor is a recently described, rare and distinctive type of gestational trophoblastic tumor. We report the case of a 31-year old patient who had a full-term pregnancy 18 months before presentation. She had a right axillary lymph node metastasis and was referred for FDG-PET/CT scan for evaluation of distant metastasis and to detect primary malignancy. The axillary lymph node biopsy revealed metastatic breast carcinoma. FDG-PET/CT revealed increased uptake of right axillary lymph node, soft tissue density lesion with a diameter of 24 mm on left cervical region with increased FDG uptake, increased uptake on cervical region and left inguinal lymph node with increased uptake. Pelvic MRI imaging and ultrasonography were negative for malignancy in cervical region. Biopsy of the lesion was consistent with epithelioid trophoblastic tumor in cervical region. Gestational trophoblastic tumor was not suspected because she had no signs such as abnormal vaginal bleeding. FDG-PET/CT demonstrated the primary lesion in cervical region. We report a rare case of primary epithelioid trophoblastic tumor detected only with FDG-PET/CT scan which synchronized with breast carcinoma.</p></div>","PeriodicalId":54464,"journal":{"name":"Revista Espanola De Medicina Nuclear","volume":"30 6","pages":"Pages 368-371"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2011-11-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://sci-hub-pdf.com/10.1016/j.remn.2010.10.016","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"29772294","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
L.M. Mena , F. Martín , C. Bravo , A.B. Santos , M.V. Escabia , I.R. Jiménez
{"title":"SPECT con 99mTc-MIBI en el estudio del linfoma cerebral","authors":"L.M. Mena , F. Martín , C. Bravo , A.B. Santos , M.V. Escabia , I.R. Jiménez","doi":"10.1016/j.remn.2011.03.017","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.remn.2011.03.017","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":54464,"journal":{"name":"Revista Espanola De Medicina Nuclear","volume":"30 6","pages":"Pages 380-381"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2011-11-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://sci-hub-pdf.com/10.1016/j.remn.2011.03.017","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"40100106","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
A. De Bonilla-Damiá, C. Calvo-Morón, P.A. De La Riva-Pérez, R. Iglesias-Jerez, M. Molina-Mora, J. Castro-Montaño
{"title":"Detección mediante SPECT-TAC con 99mTc-(V) DMSA de metástasis óseas en paciente con cáncer medular de tiroides","authors":"A. De Bonilla-Damiá, C. Calvo-Morón, P.A. De La Riva-Pérez, R. Iglesias-Jerez, M. Molina-Mora, J. Castro-Montaño","doi":"10.1016/j.remn.2010.11.005","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1016/j.remn.2010.11.005","url":null,"abstract":"<div><p>Multiple endocrine neoplasia syndrome, type 2B (MEN 2B), is a rare entity characterized by the presence of medullary thyroid cancer in 100% of the cases. The phenotype of this syndrome consists in the presence of marfanoid features and mucocutaneous neuromas.</p><p>We describe the case of a male patient with MEN 2B syndrome who was diagnosed with medullary thyroid cancer after lung metastases was found. We analyze the role of DMSA-V and the new hybrid SPECT-CT scan systems in the extension study and monitoring of medullary thyroid cancer.</p></div>","PeriodicalId":54464,"journal":{"name":"Revista Espanola De Medicina Nuclear","volume":"30 6","pages":"Pages 365-367"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2011-11-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://sci-hub-pdf.com/10.1016/j.remn.2010.11.005","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"90013383","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Asymmetrically increased uptake in upper extremities on 99mTc-MDP bone scintigraphy caused by intra-arterial injection: Different uptake patterns in three cases","authors":"E. Ceylan Gunay, A. Erdogan","doi":"10.1016/j.remn.2010.10.017","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.remn.2010.10.017","url":null,"abstract":"<div><p>Unexpected findings on bone scintigraphy such as asymmetrical uptake in extremities may cause confusion for the diagnosis. The authors describe three cases of accidental intraarterial injection of Tc-<sup>99m</sup> methylene diphosphonate (<sup>99m</sup>Tc-MDP) on the antecubital region and discuss the findings and differential diagnosis.</p></div>","PeriodicalId":54464,"journal":{"name":"Revista Espanola De Medicina Nuclear","volume":"30 6","pages":"Pages 372-375"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2011-11-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://sci-hub-pdf.com/10.1016/j.remn.2010.10.017","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"29771018","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}