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Prosthetic Valve Candida Endocarditis: A Case Report with 18F-FDG-PET/CT as Part of the Diagnostic Workup
Published 2020-01-01“…We describe two patients with Candida spp. prosthetic valve endocarditis (PVE) and 18fluorodeoxyglucose positron emission tomography/computed tomography (18F-FDG-PET/CT) as a part of diagnostic workup. …”
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Single Photon Emission Tomography Imaging in Parkinsonian Disorders: A Review
Published 2000-01-01“…Pathological evidence has shown clearly that these disorders are associated with a loss of neurons, particularly in the nigrostriatal dopaminergic pathway. Positron emission tomography (PET) and single photon emission tomography (SPECT) now are able to visualise and quantify changes in cerebral blood flow, glucose metabolism, and dopaminergic function produced by parkinsonian disorders. …”
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Psychiatric Symptoms in Patients with Focal cortical Degeneration
Published 1994-01-01“…Localized or asymmetric atrophy was present on neuroimaging (CT or MRI) and positron emission tomography demonstrated focal hypometabolism or in those assessed later in the disease an area of maximal hypometabolism which correlated with the neuropsychological deficit. …”
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Purinergic Receptors of the Central Nervous System: Biology, PET Ligands, and Their Applications
Published 2020-06-01“…Imaging of the purinergic receptors with selective Positron Emission Tomography (PET) radioligands has advanced our understanding of the functional roles of some of these receptors in healthy and diseased brains. …”
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Pulmonary Sequestration with Renal Aplasia and Elevated SUV Level in PET/CT
Published 2012-01-01“…The lesion has focally increased glycolytic activity (SUVmax: 3.2) at the left upper pole on positron emission tomography scan (PET/CT). Sequestrectomy was performed after the confirmation by frozen section that the lesion was benign and of extrapulmonary sequestration. …”
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Hyalinizing Clear Cell Carcinoma of the Mandible – A Rare Case Report
Published 2023-12-01“…Due to delay in presenting, a whole-body positron emission tomography scan was performed and reports have shown no evidence of disease elsewhere in the body. …”
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Cancer of the Pancreas: The Best Image for Early Detection – CT, MRI, PET or US?
Published 2002-01-01“…Functional imaging (using positron emission tomography with fluorodeoxyglucose) may be helpful, especially if the images are fused with those of computed tomography or magnetic resonance imaging. …”
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Recurrent Diffuse Large B-Cell Lymphoma with the Initial Manifestation of Retinal Involvement
Published 2023-07-01“…The whole-body positron emission tomography/computed tomography revealed no hypermetabolic extracranial malignancy. …”
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Incidental Discovery of Hepatocellular Carcinoma on 18F-PSMA PET CT Performed for Prostate Cancer Reassessment
Published 2023-01-01“…Prostate-specific membrane antigen positron emission tomography (PSMA PET) has been approved by the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) to identify prostate cancer in the setting of biochemical recurrence but can also identify other malignancies. 18F-PSMA PET has not been studied as a potential tool for hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC). …”
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Serotonergic Dysfunction in Parkinson's Disease and Its Relevance to Disability
Published 2011-01-01“…With the use of in vivo positron emission tomography functional imaging, it has been shown that serotonergic terminals are affected at a varying, nonlinear degree starting early in the clinical course of Parkinson's disease. …”
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Unconventional Nuclides for Radiopharmaceuticals
Published 2010-01-01“…Until recently, the majority of clinical and basic science research has focused on the development of 11 C-, 13 N-, 15 O-, and 18 F-radiopharmaceuticals for use with positron emission tomography (PET) and 99m Tc-labeled agents for use with single-photon emission computed tomography (SPECT). …”
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Apoptotic PET Imaging of Rat Pulmonary Fibrosis With [F]ML-8
Published 2018-10-01“…Objective: To investigate the value of 2-(3-[ 18 F]fluoropropyl)-2-methyl-malonic acid ([ 18 F]ML-8) positron emission tomography (PET) imaging of rat pulmonary fibrosis. …”
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Pre-CCRT 18-fluorodeoxyglucose PET-CT improves survival in patients with advanced stages p16-negative oropharyngeal squamous cell carcinoma via accurate radiation treatment plannin...
Published 2023-02-01“…Abstract Purpose No large-scale prospective randomized study with a long-term follow-up period has evaluated the survival outcomes of preconcurrent chemoradiotherapy (CCRT) 18-fluorodeoxyglucose positron emission tomography–computed tomography (18FDG PET–CT) in patients with non–human papillomavirus (HPV)-associated oropharyngeal squamous cell carcinoma (OPSCC). …”
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Hodgkin Lymphoma and Castleman Disease: When One Blood Disease Can Hide Another
Published 2017-01-01“…The patient described here complained of unique evolutionary axillary adenopathy. A positron-emission tomography/computed tomography scan revealed hypermetabolic activity in this area. …”
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Giant Merkel Cell Carcinoma Masquerading as a Benign Cyst on the Buttock of an African American Man
Published 2011-01-01“…The patient underwent wide local excision of the lesion with removal of the fascia overlying the gluteus and full body positron emission tomography (PET) and was found to have Stage IIb disease. …”
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Multimodality Imaging Evaluation of an Uncommon Entity: Esophageal Heterotopic Pancreas
Published 2014-01-01“…The patient underwent computed tomography (CT), fluoroscopic upper gastrointestinal (GI) evaluation, endoscopic ultrasound (EUS), and positron emission tomography (PET) evaluation, revealing the presence of a heterogeneous esophageal mass. …”
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Severely Disseminated Kaposi Sarcoma after ABO-Incompatible Kidney Transplantation Treated Successfully with Paclitaxel and Gemcitabine Combined with Hemodialysis
Published 2019-01-01“…There were no serious adverse events and the patient obtained a complete remission verified by Positron Emission Tomography CT after ending chemotherapy and at one-year follow up.…”
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Comparison of Amino Acid Positron Emission Tomographic Radiotracers for Molecular Imaging of Primary and Metastatic Brain Tumors
Published 2014-08-01“…Positron emission tomography (PET) is an imaging technology that can detect and characterize tumors based on their molecular and biochemical properties, such as altered glucose, nucleoside, or amino acid metabolism. …”
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Late Recovery from Severe Streptococcus pneumoniae Comatose Meningitis with Concomitant Diffuse Subcortical Cytotoxic Edema and Cortical Hypometabolism
Published 2018-01-01“…The brain FDG-positron emission tomography (FDG-PET) showed diffuse cortical hypometabolism. …”
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Case report: First reported case of spondylodiscitis caused by Gemella morbillorum in South Africa
Published 2024-11-01“…A workup showed raised inflammatory markers, and a positron emission tomography scan indicated features of discitis at level L2/L3. …”
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