• 대한핵의학회지
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• 제35권1호
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• pp.1-11
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• 2001

Current scintigraphic tests of gastrointestinal motor function provides relevant pathophysiologic information, but their clinical utility is controversial. Many scintigraphic methods are developed to investigate gastrointestinal motility from oral cavity to colon. These are esophageal transit scintigraphy, oropharyngeal transit study, gastric emptying test, small bowel transit time measurement, colon transit study and gastroesopahgeal reflux scintigraphy. Scintigraphy of gastrointestinal tract is the most physiologic and noninvasive method to evaluate gastrointestinal motility disorders. Stomach emptying test is regarded as a gold standard in motility study. Gastrointestinal transit scintigraphy also has a certain role in assessment of drug effect to GI motility and changes alter therapy of motility disorders. Scintigraphy provides noninvasive and quantitative assessment of physiological transit throughout the gastrointestinal tract, and it is extremely useful for diagnosing gastrointestinal motor dysfunction. This article reviews the current procedures, indications, significance and guidelines for gastrointestinal motility measurements by scintigraphy.

• 대한핵의학회지
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• 제24권1호
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• pp.87-92
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• 1990

T1-201 and I-131 scintigraphy were performed to visualize malignant lesions postoperatively in 26 patients with well-differentiated thyroid cancer. Anyone of uptake index and retention index was higher in malignant lesions than that in benign lesions. T1-201 scintigraphy showed uptake ininflammatory tissues. T1-201 concentration was observed in fourteen patients and six of them had malignant lesions, while I-131 concentration was observed in six patients and all had malignant lesions. In sensitivity, combination of T1-201 and I-131 scintigraphy is higher than I-131 or T1-201 scintigraphy only. In postoperative patients with well-differentiated thyroid cancer, it may be useful that T1-201 scintigraphy will be performed simultaneously with I-131 scintigraphy for detecting recurrence.

• 대한핵의학회지
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• 제33권6호
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• pp.543-547
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• 1999

Gallium-67 scintigraphy is helpful in the assessment of active extrapulmonary sarcoidosis. Muscular involvement of sarcoidosis is often asymptomatic or nonspecific, and laboratory examinations do not provide convincing evidence of muscular involvement We report a case of muscular sarcoidosis, which was detected by gallium-67 scintigraphy. In a patient who was suffering from fever and arthralgia of knee joint, gallium-67 scintigraphy showed mediastinal and hilar involvement of sarcoidosis with unexpected extensive muscular uptake. Magenetic resonance imaging revealed the detailed depiction of intramuscular infiltration of sarcoid granuloma. Gallium-67 scintigraphy is useful in detecting inflammatory muscular involvement of sarcoidosis as well as other multiorgan involvement.

• Imaging Science in Dentistry
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• 제34권2호
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• pp.91-97
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• 2004

Purpose : This study was performed to evaluate the diagnostic value of both planar and SPECT imagings by comparing the results with the clinical and other imaging modalities findings. Materials and Methods: A total of 578 joints with TMJ complaints were examined using planar scintigraphy and SPECT. The planar scintigraphy and SPECT findings were analyzed and compared to the clinical findings of pain, clicking, crepitus and limitation of mouth opening. Moreover we compared the accuracy of the planar scintigraphy and SPECT methods with the one of the panoramic, transcranial, tomographic and MR imaging methods. Results: The planar scintigraphy and SPECT methods showed a high sensitivity of 0.76-0.84 and low specificity of 0.25-0.45 toward the clinical findings: pain, clicking, crepitus and mouth opening restriction. Simple radionuclide uptake ratio was high in each group of patients with pain, crepitus, limitation of mouth opening (p < 0.05) complaints, in each group with positive bone changes on panoramic, transcranial or tomographic images, and in disc displaced group. Conclusion: Although both planar and SPECT imagings have limited specificity, these techniques are sensitive for detection of internal derangement of the TMJ.

• 대한핵의학회지
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• 제24권2호
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• pp.254-259
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• 1990

We examined patients with suspected acute or intermittent biliary obstruction using hepatobiliary scintigraphy, ultrasonography and contrast cholangiography. Of 16 patients with confirmed common bile duct obstruction, sonography and scintigraphy disagreed in 8(50%). Scintigraphy revealed partial or complete common bile duct obstruction in 13 patients (81.3%) and 6 of them had no evidence of dilated biliary trees. It is concluded that disagreement between sonography and scintigraphy is not rare in patients with acute or intermittent biliary obstruction and hepatobiliary scintigraphy is useful in diagnosing obstruction prior to ductal dilatation.

• Nuclear Medicine and Molecular Imaging
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• 제43권6호
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• pp.588-591
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• 2009

A 26-year-old man with renal cell carcinoma underwent $^{99m}Tc$-HDP bone scintigraphy for detecting bony metastasis after left total nephrectomy for renal cell carcinoma. $^{99m}Tc$-HDP bone scintigraphy showed small hot lesion in the first lumbar spine. About 12 months later, he underwent spinal MRI for lower back pain. A large mass was seen around spinous process of the first lumbar spine (L1) on spinal MRI and confirmed as metastatic renal cell carcinoma by bone biopsy. $^{99m}Tc$-HDP bone scintigraphy and $^{18}F$-FDG PET/CT were underwent for further evaluation. $^{99m}Tc$-HDP bone scintigraphy showed cold lesion in the first lumbar spine which was initially hot and newly developed hot lesion in the twelfth thoracic spine, and which were shown as hypermetabolic lesions in $^{18}F$-FDG PET/CT. We report a case of bony metastasis from renal cell carcinoma which is changed from hot lesion to cold lesion in $^{99m}Tc$-HDP bone scintigraphy and compare with $^{18}F$-FDG PET/CT.

• 대한핵의학회지
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• 제31권3호
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• pp.346-355
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• 1997

갑상선암은 재발되는 경향이 있으므로 조기에 재발 및 전이를 발견하기 위한 주기적인 경과관찰이 중요하다. T-131 스캔, 혈청 갑상선 글로불린의 측정이 주로 사용되고, T1-201 스캔도 사용되고 있으나 아직 논란이 많으므로 한일 병원에서 분화된 갑상선암 수술후 방사성 옥소치료를 받은 33명의 환자를 대상으로 41증례를 설정하여 각 진단방법의 결과를 비교하였다. I-131 치료적 스캔과 71-201 스캔을 비교한 결과 일치율은 48%(초회치료군 59%, 재치료군 38%) 불과하였다 초회치료군에서는 불일치한 100%(7예) 모두 I-131 치료적 스갠에서 잔여 갑상선조직의 이상 섭취를 보였다. 재 치료군에서는 I-131 치료적 스캔에서 이상섭취가 없이 T1-201 스캔에서만 양성을 보인 6예가 있었고, 이들에서 혈청 갑상선 글로불린이 의의있게 증가된 5예가 있었으나, 모두 반복되는 I-131 치료에도 병소의 소실을 보이지 않았다. I-131 진단적 스캔과 T1-201 스캔의 일치율은 35%(초회치료군 33%, 재치료군 36%)였고, I-131 진단적 스캔에서 발견되지 않은 29%(4예)의 병소를 I-131 치료적 스캔에서 발견할 수 있었다. 결론적으로, 갑상선암 절제술 후 방사성옥소 치료시 I-131 스캔은 잔여 갑상선 조직을 발견하는데 유용하였고, T1-201 스캔은 I-131 스캔에 음성을 보였던 재치료군의 병소를 찾을 수 있었으므로 혈청 갑상선 글로불린 측정과 함께 갑상선암의 추적관찰법으로 유용하였다.

• Asian Pacific Journal of Cancer Prevention
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• 제14권6호
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• pp.3647-3652
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• 2013

Purpose: To evaluate the diagnostic value of $^{18}F$-FDG PET/CT for detection of bone metastasis in comparison with the efficacies of $^{18}F$-FDG PET/CT, CT, $^{18}F$-FDG PET and conventional planar bone scintigraphy in a series of cancer patients. Methods: Five hundred and thirty patients who underwent both $^{18}F$-FDG PET/CT and bone scintigraphy within 1 month were retrospectively analyzed. The skeletal system was classified into 10 anatomic segments and interpreted blindly and separately. For each modality, the sensitivity, specificity, accuracy, PPV and NPV were calculated and the results were statistically analyzed. Results: Bone metastases were confirmed in 117 patients with 459 positive segments. On patient-based analysis, the sensitivity, specificity, accuracy, PPV and NPV of $^{18}F$-FDG PET/CT were significantly higher than bone scintigraphy, CT and $^{18}F$-FDG PET (P<0.05). On segment-based analysis, the sensitivity of CT, bone scintigraphy, $^{18}F$-FDG PET and $^{18}F$-FDG PET/CT were 70.4%, 89.5%, 89.1% and 97.8%, respectively (P<0.05, compared with $^{18}F$-FDG PET/CT). The overall specificity and accuracy of the four modalities were 89.1%, 91.8%, 90.3%, 98.2% and 90.3%, 90.9%, 89.8%, 98.0%, respectively (P<0.05, compared with $^{18}F$-FDG PET/CT). The PPV and NPV were 89.8%, 87.6%, 85.6%, 97.2% and 85.6%, 93.2%, 92.8%, 98.6%, respectively. Three hundred and twelve lesions or segments were presented as lytic or sclerotic changes on CT images at the corresponding sites of increased $^{18}F$-FDG uptake. In lytic or mixed lesions, the sensitivity of $^{18}F$-FDG PET/CT and $^{18}F$-FDG PET were better than bone scintigraphy, while in osteoblastic lesions bone scintigraphy had a similar performance with $^{18}F$-FDG PET/CT but better than $^{18}F$-FDG PET alone. Conclusion: Our data allow the conclusion that $^{18}F$-FDG PET/CT is superior to planar bone scintigraphy, CT or $^{18}F$-FDG PET in detecting bone metastasis. $^{18}F$-FDG PET/CT may enhance our diagnosis of tumor bone metastasis and provide more information for cancer treatment.

• 대한핵의학회지
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• 제22권1호
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• pp.93-98
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• 1988

$^{67}Ga$ scintigraphy has been used in the evaluation of sarcoidosis, particularly for delineating sites of involvement and grading activity. Three patients admitted in SNUH between Jan. 1986 and Jun. 1987 were diagnosed as sarcoidosis after clinical examination and $^{67}Ga$ scintigraphy. $^{67}Ga$ scintigraphy disclosed increased uptake of radioactivity in both hilar region, mediastinum, both lacrimal glands and parotid glands prior to treatment. In one case after prednisolon therapy, there was definit improvement of clinical findings and $^{67}Ga$ scintigraphy was normalized.

• Nuclear Medicine and Molecular Imaging
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• 제43권1호
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• pp.83-86
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• 2009

Kasabach-Merritt syndrome (KMS) consists of thrombocytopenia, microangiopathic hemolytic anemia, and localized consumption coagulopathy that develops within vascular hemangioma. This syndrome may also be associated with occult hemangiomas located at various sites. Tc-99m RBC scintigraphy and SPECT have proven to be reliable for confirming or excluding hemangioma. Total body blood pool imaging study during the scintigraphy also provides a means of screening for occult lesions. The authors report the case of a 29-year-old man who presented with a giant hepatic hemangioma complicated by KMS, and underwent Tc-99m RBC scintigraphy and SPECT including a total body blood pool imaging study.