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Choi KY, Hao Q, Carlisle K, Hollenbeak CS, Lai SY. ASO Visual Abstract: Cost-Effectiveness of [ 99mTc]Tilmanocept Relative to [ 99mTc]Sulfur Colloid for Sentinel Lymph Node Biopsy in Early Stage Oral Cavity Cancer. Ann Surg Oncol 2023; 30:7699. [PMID: 37592087 DOI: 10.1245/s10434-023-14110-1] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 08/19/2023]
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- Karen Y Choi
- Penn State College of Medicine, Hershey Medical Center, Hershey, PA, USA.
- Department of Otolaryngology Head and Neck Surgery, Penn State Hershey Medical Center, Hershey, PA, USA.
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- Department of Health Policy and Administration, Penn State University, University Park, PA, USA
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- Penn State College of Medicine, Hershey Medical Center, Hershey, PA, USA
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- Department of Head and Neck Surgery, Department of Molecular and Cellular Oncology, Department of Radiation Oncology, University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, TX, USA
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Koch DW, Schnabel LV, Reynolds J, Berry CR. Pneumatic compression therapy using the EQ Press accelerates lymphatic flow in healthy equine forelimbs as determined by lymphoscintigraphy. Am J Vet Res 2023; 84:ajvr.22.12.0214. [PMID: 36800296 PMCID: PMC11046311 DOI: 10.2460/ajvr.22.12.0214] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/27/2022] [Accepted: 02/09/2023] [Indexed: 02/18/2023]
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OBJECTIVE Limb lymphedema in horses can be debilitating and painful. Pneumatic compression therapy has shown significant benefits for people suffering from lymphedema. The objective of this study was to determine the effect of a novel, equine-specific pneumatic compression device on the lymphatic flow of healthy horse forelimbs as determined by Tc-99m sulfur colloid lymphoscintigraphy. ANIMALS 6 healthy Thoroughbreds. PROCEDURES In a randomized crossover design, horses underwent bilateral forelimb lymphoscintigraphy following subcutaneous injection of Tc-99m sulfur colloid at the coronary band as untreated control or with pneumatic compression therapy using the EQ Press. Lateral, static images were obtained of the distal limb (time 0 to 60 minutes) and proximal limb (time 30 to 60 minutes) using a standard gamma camera. Lymphatic flow was determined by assigning a score to the time point at which Tc-99m sulfur colloid was first visualized at the level of the accessory carpal bone (1 to 7) in the distal limb and the cubital lymph node (1 to 4) in the proximal limb. RESULTS EQ Press treatment led to a significantly faster lymphatic flow of Tc-99m sulfur colloid to the predetermined anatomic locations of the accessory carpal bone (P = .002) in the distal limb and the cubital lymph node (P = .001) in the proximal limb. CLINICAL RELEVANCE Pneumatic compression therapy as provided by an equine-specific device encouraged lymphatic flow in healthy, nonedematous equine forelimbs. These data support further study of the EQ Press for pneumatic compression therapy in horses clinically affected by lymphedema and lymphatic drainage disorders.
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- Drew W. Koch
- Department of Clinical Sciences, College of Veterinary Medicine, North Carolina State University, Raleigh, NC
- Comparative Medicine Institute, North Carolina State University, Raleigh, NC
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- Department of Clinical Sciences, College of Veterinary Medicine, North Carolina State University, Raleigh, NC
- Comparative Medicine Institute, North Carolina State University, Raleigh, NC
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- Department of Molecular and Biomedical Sciences, College of Veterinary Medicine, North Carolina State University, Raleigh, NC
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- Department of Molecular and Biomedical Sciences, College of Veterinary Medicine, North Carolina State University, Raleigh, NC
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Georgiou MF, Sfakianaki E, Kotrotsios TD, Antonio MAM, Moshiree B. Optimal timing of imaging in gastric emptying scintigraphy for the detection of delayed emptying. Hell J Nucl Med 2021; 24:234-238. [PMID: 34954785 DOI: 10.1967/s002449912416] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/01/2021] [Accepted: 12/17/2021] [Indexed: 06/14/2023]
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OBJECTIVE The purpose of this study was to evaluate a standard 4-h imaging protocol for gastric emptying scintigraphy (GES) in detecting delayed gastric emptying (GE). SUBJECTS AND METHODS Gamma camera imaging was performed in the anterior and posterior views at 0, 0.5, 1, 1.5, 2, 2.5 and 4-h as per established Miami method (MIA) and National Standard Protocol (NSP), in accordance with the consensus guidelines of the ANMS/SNM [SNMMI] Societies. Patients (N=1002) received a standardized solid meal radiolabeled with 1mCi of technetium-99 (99mTc) sulfur colloid. Quantitative analysis was performed using geometric mean calculation of decay-corrected counts at each imaging time point, expressed as percent emptying or retention. RESULTS In our patient cohort, 21% had delayed GE at 4h, whereas 79% had normal emptying with less than 10% retention at 4h. There was a 25% increase in delayed GE studies at 4h versus 2h. From those patients who had delayed GE at 2h, 30% normalized at 4h, while 10% of patients with normal GE at 2h became delayed at 4h thus indicating that more studies changed from abnormal to normal than from normal to abnormal at 4h. Greater than 90% GE was found in 9% of patients at 2 h and 25% of patients at 2.5h and this persisted at 4h. The study at 2h as compared with 4h, had 56% sensitivity, 95% specificity, 70% PPV and 91% NPV. CONCLUSION The 4-h imaging was very important in detecting cases that were delayed at 2h but normalized at 4h, and also cases with normal GE at 2h that became abnormal at 4h. These findings support the ANMS/SNM [SNMMI] recommendations. Gastric emptying value ≥90% at 2.5h can be used as threshold in predicting normal GE and the study could be terminated without additional imaging.
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- Michalis F Georgiou
- Department of Radiology, University of Miami School of Medicine, 1611 NW 12th Avenue, JMH C-248, Miami, Florida 33136, United States.
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Hemrom A, Tupalli A, Kumar A, Mohan N, Kumar R. Chylopericardium Due to Residual Lymphangiomyoma Detected on 99mTc-Sulfur Colloid Lymphoscintigraphy. Clin Nucl Med 2021; 46:236-237. [PMID: 33323742 DOI: 10.1097/rlu.0000000000003472] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/26/2022]
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ABSTRACT Lymphangiomyomas are relatively rare, benign neoplasms. Many patients present with symptoms including effusions, and some cases are incidentally detected. Surgical excision is the treatment of choice, but because of its location, complete surgical resection of a lymphangioma can be technically difficult, and recurrent cases can present with symptoms including effusions. 99mTc-sulfur colloid scan can be used to confirm the leak and nature of the effusion fluid. Here, we present an 8-year-old girl with recurrent pleural and pericardial effusions after lymphocele excision and total pericardiectomy. 99mTc-sulfur colloid lymphoscintigraphy was done to rule out secondary chylopericardium.
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- Angel Hemrom
- From the Department of Nuclear Medicine, All India Institute of Medical Sciences, New Delhi, India
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Mat Nawi N, Tagiling N, Mohd Rohani MF, Wan Zainon WMN, Zanial MS, Wong MS, Lee YY. 99mTc-sodium phytate is a valid alternative to the gold-standard 99mTc-sulfur colloid in the measurement of gastric emptying among healthy multi-ethnic Asian population: results of a randomized cross-over trial. BMC Gastroenterol 2020; 20:293. [PMID: 32867699 PMCID: PMC7457507 DOI: 10.1186/s12876-020-01426-5] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/06/2020] [Accepted: 08/13/2020] [Indexed: 12/13/2022] Open
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BACKGROUND It is unclear if the 99mTc-sodium phytate (99mTc-SP) is as reliable as the gold-standard 99mTc-sulfur colloid (99mTc-SC) for gastric emptying scintigraphy (GES). This study is aimed to compare the emptying rates of both radiotracers in a prospective, randomized cross-over trial and to determine the normative data of a healthy multi-ethnic Asian population. METHODS Out of the 44 healthy individuals screened, 31 (14 females; mean age: 28.4 ± 7.0 years) were enrolled and underwent GES using the standardized egg-white meal. All participants were randomly assigned to either 99mTc-SP or 99mTc-SC on the first GES session before crossed over to the other formulation after 2 weeks. RESULTS Both kits achieved the radiochemical purities of > 95%. The median rate (95th upper normative limit) of gastric emptying, reported as total gastric meal retention between 99mTc-SP and 99mTc-SC, was found to be comparable at all measured time points: 0.5 h [85.0% (96.6%) vs. 82.0% (94.0%)], 1 h [70.0% (86.4%) vs. 65.0% (86.6%)], 2 h [31.0% (55.8%) vs. 25.0% (64.4%)], 3 h [7.0% (26.3%) vs. 5.0% (29.9%)], and 4 h [3.0% (10.3%) vs. 2.0% (9.9%)]; P > 0.05. In addition, both radiotracers correlated well (Kendall's Tau (τ) coefficient = 0.498, P < 0.001) and presented with a good agreement at the 4th-hour time frame based on the Bland-Altman plot analysis. CONCLUSIONS 99mTc-SP is a valid radiotracer alternative to 99mTc-SC for routine GES examination. The normative values for both radiotracers have also been determined for the healthy multi-ethnic Asian population. TRIAL REGISTRATION This trial was registered retrospectively in the Thai Clinical Trials Registry on May 23rd, 2020 (Identifier: TCTR20200526004; http://www.clinicaltrials.in.th/index.php?tp=regtrials&menu=trialsearch&smenu=fulltext&task=search&task2=view1&id=6296 ).
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- Norazlina Mat Nawi
- Department of Nuclear Medicine, Radiotherapy and Oncology, School of Medical Sciences, Universiti Sains Malaysia, Kubang Kerian, 16150, Kelantan, Malaysia
- Hospital USM, Universiti Sains Malaysia, Kubang Kerian, 16150, Kelantan, Malaysia
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- Department of Nuclear Medicine, Radiotherapy and Oncology, School of Medical Sciences, Universiti Sains Malaysia, Kubang Kerian, 16150, Kelantan, Malaysia
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- Hospital USM, Universiti Sains Malaysia, Kubang Kerian, 16150, Kelantan, Malaysia
- School of Dental Sciences, Universiti Sains Malaysia, Kubang Kerian, 16150, Kelantan, Malaysia
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- Hospital USM, Universiti Sains Malaysia, Kubang Kerian, 16150, Kelantan, Malaysia
- Department of Medicine, School of Medical Sciences, Universiti Sains Malaysia, Kubang Kerian, 16150, Kelantan, Malaysia
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- Hospital USM, Universiti Sains Malaysia, Kubang Kerian, 16150, Kelantan, Malaysia.
- Department of Medicine, School of Medical Sciences, Universiti Sains Malaysia, Kubang Kerian, 16150, Kelantan, Malaysia.
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Piechowicz M, Mikos M, Banas T, Okon K, Pietrus M, Balajewicz-Nowak M, Szczudlik L, Kojs Z, Czerw A, Juszczyk G, Pityński K. Metastatic and non-metastatic sentinel inguinofemoral lymph nodes in vulvar cancer show an increased lymphangiogenesis. Ann Agric Environ Med 2020; 27:123-128. [PMID: 32208590 DOI: 10.26444/aaem/105925] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/10/2023]
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INTRODUCTION AND OBJECTIVE Lymph node involvement is a strong predictor of disease recurrence and patient survival in vulvar cancer. The aim of the study was to evaluate the feasibility of sentinel lymph node (SLN) screening, the incidence of skip metastases, and lymph node lymphangiogenesis. MATERIAL AND METHODS Fifty-five patients participated in this prospective, single centre study. A double SLN screening method was employed using radiocolloid (technetium-99 sulfur colloid) and 1.0% Isosulfan Blue. Immunohistochemistry, using a mouse monoclonal antibody against D2-40, was used to evaluate lymphatic vessel density (LVD). All calculations were performed using STATISTICA software v. 10 (StatSoft, USA, 2011); p < 0.05 was considered significant. RESULTS Using both methods of SLN detection, 100% accuracy was achieved, and skip metastases were diagnosed in only one woman (1.82%). Peri-tumour median LVD was significantly increased compared with matched intra-tumour samples (p < 0.001), while median LVD was significantly lower in negative, compared with positive SLN, regardless of whether matched non-SLN were negative (p < 0.001) or positive (p = 0.005). Metastatic SLN exhibited significantly higher median LVD compared with matched negative non-SLN (p = 0.015), while no significant difference in median LVD was detected between positive SLN and matched positive non-SLN. However, negative SLN had a significantly higher median LVD compared with matched negative non-SLN (p = 0.012). CONCLUSIONS SLN detection is a safe and feasible procedure in vulvar cancer. In patients without nodular involvement, SLN, compared with non-SLN, exhibited significantly higher median LVD, which may be an indication of its preparation to host metastases, and thus requires further investigation.
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- Magda Piechowicz
- Department of Gynecology and Oncology, Jagiellonian University Medical College, Krakow, Poland
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- Faculty of Medicine and Health and Medical Science, Andrzej Frycz Modrzewski University, Krakow Poland
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- Department of Gynecology and Oncology, Jagiellonian University Medical College, Krakow, Poland
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- Department of Pathomorphology, Jagiellonian University Medical College, Krakow, Poland
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- Department of Gynecology and Oncology, Jagiellonian University Medical College, Krakow, Poland
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- Department of Gynecology and Oncology, Jagiellonian University Medical College, Krakow, Poland
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- Department of Gynecology and Oncology, Jagiellonian University Medical College, Krakow, Poland
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- Oncology Centre - M. Skłodowska-Curie Institute, Krakow, Poland
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- Department of Economic and System Analyses, National Institute of Public Health - National Institute of Hygiene, Warsaw, Poland
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- Department of Public Health, Faculty of Health Science, Medical University of Warsaw, Warsaw, Poland
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- Department of Gynecology and Oncology, Jagiellonian University Medical College, Krakow, Poland
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RATIONALE Gorham-Stout disease (GSD) is a rare disorder characterized by multiple osteolytic lesions, sometimes complicated by chylothorax. The aim of this case report is to introduce a very rare case of Gorham-Stout syndrome, which involved several bones along with chylous pericardial and pleural effusions detected by Tc-sulfur colloid (SC) lymphoscintigraphy and single photon emission computed tomography/computed tomography (SPECT/CT). PATIENT CONCERNS A 15-year-old girl presented to our hospital complaining of shortness of breath and bone pain. DIAGNOSIS The CT showed multiple osteolytic lesions, left-sided pleural effusion, and pericardial effusion. Tc-SC lymphoscintigraphy showed discontinuation of thoracic duct and tracer accumulation on the left side chest. SPECT/CT revealed increased radioactivity uptake in pleural, pericardial effusions, and some thoracolumbar spines. Diagnostic thoracentesis to identify the nature of pleural effusion and histopathology of biopsy in the right femoral to that of the bone lesion were performed. Based on the clinical information, histopathologic, and radiographic findings, the diagnosis of GSD was made. INTERVENTIONS The patient received thoracic duct ligation and bisphosphonates treatment. OUTCOMES After receiving thoracic duct ligation and bisphosphonates treatment, the patient's symptoms of bone pain and dyspnea were relieved, and the pericardial and pleural fluid was diminished dramatically. At the 3-month and 9-month follow-up visit, the patient had nearly complete remission without any complication. LESSONS The Tc-SC lymphoscintigraphy and SPECT/CT could provide significant value assessing the lymphatic abnormity and evaluating the extent of disease, therefore aiding to guide decision making in the clinic.
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- Yuanyuan Jiang
- Department of Nuclear Medicine, Peking Union Medical College Hospital, Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences and Peking Union Medical College
- Beijing Key Laboratory of Molecular Targeted Diagnosis and Therapy in Nuclear Medicine, Beijing, China
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- Department of Nuclear Medicine, Peking Union Medical College Hospital, Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences and Peking Union Medical College
- Beijing Key Laboratory of Molecular Targeted Diagnosis and Therapy in Nuclear Medicine, Beijing, China
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- Department of Nuclear Medicine, Peking Union Medical College Hospital, Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences and Peking Union Medical College
- Beijing Key Laboratory of Molecular Targeted Diagnosis and Therapy in Nuclear Medicine, Beijing, China
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Prognosis and proper treatment in Hodgkin's disease (HD) are strictly related to staging accuracy: liver and spleen involvement is of particular importance in this regard. We have evaluated, in 113 consecutive patients, the accuracy of clinical parameters to detect histologically documented HD involvement by comparing hepatosplenomegaly, liver function tests, liver and spleen scan, inspection of liver and spleen surface at laparoscopy with histologic findings. Our data suggest that of all the parameters studied, laparoscopy has the highest sensitivity and specificity values (about 100 %). Laparoscopy may precede laparotomy as a staging procedure in HD and may give, in patients not submitted to laparotomy whatever the reasons, very reliable information.
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- Faisal Fahad Aloufi
- Department of Radiology, King Faisal Specialist Hospital and Research Centre, MBC-28, P.O.Box 3354, Riyadh, 11211, Saudi Arabia
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- Department of Radiology, King Faisal Specialist Hospital and Research Centre, MBC-28, P.O.Box 3354, Riyadh, 11211, Saudi Arabia
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- Department of Radiology, King Faisal Specialist Hospital and Research Centre, MBC-28, P.O.Box 3354, Riyadh, 11211, Saudi Arabia.
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Contreras-Contreras K, Villanueva-Pérez RM, Menez-Díaz DG, Iwasaki-Otake LE, González-Díaz JI, Mendoza-Vásquez RG. [Standardization of gastric emptying scintigraphy with egg white labeled with 99mTc-sulfur colloid]. Rev Med Inst Mex Seguro Soc 2016; 54:746-751. [PMID: 27819785] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/06/2023]
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BACKGROUND Gastric emptying scintigraphy has become the gold standard, by excellence, in gastric emptying studies. This method must be standardized for the correct interpretation of results. The ideal protocol must be performed with an egg sandwich or egg white poder, both labeled with 99mTc sulphur colloid. The aim of this study was to standardize and determine the protocol with99m Tc sulphur colloid incorporated in egg white and compare it with a hamburger labeled with 99mTc sulphur colloid as well. METHODS We studied 30 patients who underwent gastric emptying scintigraphy with the two aforementioned meals. RESULTS Emptying percentages and retention with both meals were similar within an hour and two; however, statistical significance arose until the third hour with a p value of 0.26 by using Student's t for independent samples. CONCLUSIONS Gastric emptying studies in both protocols where similar with normal ranges. The egg white ingested must be consistent for reproducible results in gastric motility disease, like organoleptic and volume characteristics.
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- Keren Contreras-Contreras
- Servicio de Medicina Nuclear, Hospital de Especialidades, Centro Médico Nacional Siglo XXI, Instituto Mexicano del Seguro Social, Ciudad de México, México.
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Anand K, Munker R. Is a liver-spleen scan helpful in the evaluation of patients with thrombocytopenia? Ann Hematol 2015; 94:1921-2. [PMID: 26174909 DOI: 10.1007/s00277-015-2444-6] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/03/2015] [Accepted: 07/04/2015] [Indexed: 11/25/2022]
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- Kartik Anand
- Department of Medicine, Sections of Internal Medicine and Hematology/ Oncology, LSU Health Sciences Center and Feist-Weiller Cancer Center, Shreveport, USA
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- Department of Medicine, Sections of Internal Medicine and Hematology/ Oncology, LSU Health Sciences Center and Feist-Weiller Cancer Center, Shreveport, USA.
- Section of Hematology/ Oncology, LSU Health Sciences Center, 1501 Kings Highway, Shreveport, LA, 71130, USA.
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Cloyd JM, Wapnir IL, Read BM, Swetter S, Greco RS. Indocyanine green and fluorescence lymphangiography for sentinel lymph node identification in cutaneous melanoma. J Surg Oncol 2014; 110:888-92. [PMID: 25124992 DOI: 10.1002/jso.23745] [Citation(s) in RCA: 39] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/11/2014] [Revised: 07/01/2014] [Accepted: 07/10/2014] [Indexed: 01/07/2023]
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BACKGROUND AND OBJECTIVES Sentinel lymph node (SLN) biopsy has become the standard method of determining regional lymph node involvement in cutaneous melanoma. Although traditionally performed via injection of radioisotope tracers and blue dyes, fluorescent lymphangiography with indocyanine green (ICG) is an attractive alternative. METHODS Fifty two consecutive patients with cutaneous melanoma of the trunk or extremities underwent SLNB. Preoperative lymphoscintigraphy was performed with technetium-99m sulfur colloid (TSC). Peritumoral intradermal injection of isosulfan blue (ISB) and ICG was then performed. Successful identification of a sentinel lymph node via each modality was then assessed. RESULTS A total of 77 lymph nodes were identified from the 52 patients (range 1-3). The majority of melanomas were extremity-based, superficial spreading type, and had SLN localized to the axilla. There were no complications related to IcG administration. Rates of SLN detection were 96.2% for TSC, 59.6% for ISB, and 88.5% for IcG (P < 0.05 for ICG vs ISB). On univariate logistic regression analysis, no factors were found to be associated with failure of ICG. CONCLUSIONS Fluorescent lymphangiography using ICG is an effective method of SLN identification in patients with cutaneous melanoma of the trunk and extremities. When ICG and TSC are used in combination, ISB offers no additional advantage and may be safely omitted.
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- Jordan M Cloyd
- Department of Surgery, Stanford University, Stanford, CA
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Hong B, Shen X, Chen J. [Intraoperative methylene blue and (99m)Tc-sulfur colloid isotope tracing for sentinel node mapping in early-stage non-small cell lung cancer]. Nan Fang Yi Ke Da Xue Xue Bao 2014; 34:1053-1056. [PMID: 25057083] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/03/2023]
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OBJECTIVE To compare the accuracy of intaoperative methylene blue alone and in combination with (99m)Tc-sulfur colloid isotopic tracing for detection of sentinel lymph nodes (SLNs) in early-stage non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC). METHODS Sixty-one patients with operable NSCLC who did not receive previous radiotherapy or chemotherapy were enrolled. Methylene blue and (99m)Tc-sulfur colloid were injected into the subserosal layer adjacent to the tumor, and SLNs were defined as those with blue staining or those containing 3 times more radioactivity than the surrounding tissue detected with a gamma probe. The SLN were removed with systematic lymph node dissection. All the removed lymph nodes were examined histopathologically with HE staining and immunohistochemistry. RESULTS Methylene blue alone showed a low detection rate (60.0%) and sensitivity (58.33%) for SLNs compared with the combination of methylene blue and isotope tracing (96.15% and 92.86%, respectively). CONCLUSION The combination of methylene blue and (99m)Tc-sulfur colloid isotopic tracing allows accurate detection of the SLNs in early-stage NSCLC.
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- Bin Hong
- Department of Cardiothoracic Surgery, Yongchuan Hospital, Chongqing Medical University, Chongqing 402160, China. E-mail:
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The objective of this study was to maximize the success rate of sentinel node (SN) localization in breast cancer patients with the tracer that demonstrated the highest initial success during a preliminary evaluation. Altogether, 145 patients with operable invasive breast cancer and clinically negative lymph nodes were studied. Technetium 99m (99mTc)-sulfur colloid was injected into the breast parenchyma surrounding the invasive cancer or the biopsy cavity. Variable volumes of tracer, amounts of 99mTc, and duration of time between injection and surgery were evaluated. A hand-held gamma detector was used at surgery to locate and guide resection of all radioactive sentinel nodes (SNs), including those that were extraaxillary. A conventional lymphadenectomy was then performed in all cases. Based on previous studies, unfiltered sulfur colloid provided a higher success rate of SN identification than the other tracer types. Further evaluation with 99mTc-sulfur colloid demonstrated that increased volume increased the success rate of SN identification. An injection volume of 8 ml resulted in a success rate of 98%. SNs were not exclusively located in the axilla: In 8.6% of cases SNs were removed from an internal mammary location. The overall accuracy of patients with SNs resected was 98.4%, and the false-negative rate was 4.4%. It was concluded that (1) unfiltered 99mTc-sulfur colloid at a volume of 8 ml resulted in a high success rate for SN identification; (2) a significant number of the SNs were extraaxillary in location; and (3) the accuracy of the SNs for determining whether regional metastases had occurred was high. The U.S. National Cancer Institute is funding a randomized phase III clinical trial to evaluate SN resection compared to conventional axillary lymphadenectomy in clinical node-negative breast cancer patients. Major endpoints of this trial include long-term regional control and survival.
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- D N Krag
- Department of Surgery, Division of Surgery Oncology, University of Vermont, Given E309, Burlington, Vermont 05405, USA.
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Zhang XG, Du AN, Geng C, Guo F, He M, Gu F, Wang J, Song WB, Xu H, Sheng W, Liu Y, Ye T. Clinical and experimental observations of peripheral blood leukocytes and nucleated bone marrow cells after local irradiation. Minerva Med 2014; 105:51-56. [PMID: 24351978] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/03/2023]
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AIM Aim of the study was to observe the impact of bone marrow damage induced by local irradiation on leukopenia. METHODS For the human study, five cancer patients received local radiation therapy. Bone marrow aspiration was conducted to measure nucleated cell count and 99mTc-Sc sulfur colloid ECT imaging was carried out to examine bone marrow function. For the animal study, fifty New Zealand white rabbits were divided into 3 groups: non-irradiated control group (N.=10), abdomen irradiation group (irradiation area did not cover bone marrow) (N.=20), chest irradiation group (irradiation area covered bone marrow) (N.=20). Nucleated cell counts were taken after confirming onset of leukopenia. RESULTS Bone marrow of five patients proliferated normally. ECT imaging showed no abnormality in the pattern of red bone marrow distribution. Hematopoietic function was mildly active. CONCLUSION Suppressed myeloproliferative function does not fully account for irradiation-induced leukopenia.
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- X G Zhang
- Department of Hematology, Jiangsu University Affiliated Xuzhou Hospital (Xuzhou Tumor Hospital), Xuzhou, China -
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Mohanroop J, Agrawal K, Sood A, Bhattacharya A, Mittal BR. The use of SPET-CT and 99mTc sulphur colloid to image peritoneo-pleuric shunt and the thoracic duct in a patient with liver insufficiency and ascitis. Hell J Nucl Med 2013; 16:242. [PMID: 24520580] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [MESH Headings] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/03/2023]
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Vuthaluru S, Pushker N, Lokdarshi G, Kumar R, Bajaj MS, Kashyap S, Mathur S, Chawla B, Khurana S, Ghose S. Sentinel lymph node biopsy in malignant eyelid tumor: hybrid single photon emission computed tomography/computed tomography and dual dye technique. Am J Ophthalmol 2013; 156:43-49.e2. [PMID: 23628352 DOI: 10.1016/j.ajo.2013.02.015] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/06/2012] [Revised: 02/21/2013] [Accepted: 02/22/2013] [Indexed: 11/18/2022]
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PURPOSE To study the utility of hybrid single photon emission computed tomography / computed tomography (SPECT/CT) scan and dual-dye technique in identification of the sentinel lymph node (SLN) in patients with an advanced malignant eyelid tumor. DESIGN Nonrandomized prospective interventional study. METHODS setting: A tertiary eye care center. study population: Patients with an advanced malignant eyelid tumor without clinically involved regional lymph nodes. intervention: SLN biopsy was performed using dual-dye technique (a combination of radiotracer and vital blue dye) following localization by SPECT/CT. main outcome measures: Localization of SLN in the regional node basin by hybrid SPECT/CT scan; SLN identification rate using dual-dye technique; SLN positivity rate; false-negative rate; and complications, if any, of SLN biopsy. RESULTS Sixteen patients of biopsy-proven eyelid malignancy (7 squamous cell carcinomas [43.75%], 5 sebaceous cell carcinomas [31.25%], and 4 malignant melanomas [25%]) were included in the study. Preoperative localization of SLN was performed using SPECT/CT in 12 patients. SLN biopsy using dual-dye technique was performed in 16 patients. SPECT/CT accurately localized SLN in 11 out of 12 patients. The preauricular region was the most common site of SLN. SLN identification rates for dual-dye, radiotracer, and blue dye techniques were 100% (16/16 patients), 100% (16/16 patients), and 87.5% (14/16 patients), respectively. SLN showed metastasis in 2 patients (12.5%). On follow-up, 1 patient developed cervical lymph node metastasis, thus giving a false-negative rate of 7.14%. There were no complications associated with SLN biopsy. CONCLUSION Accurate preoperative localization of SLN in relation to adjacent anatomic structures using SPECT/CT aids in intraoperative identification of SLN. SLN biopsy should be considered in patients with eyelid tumors at significant risk for metastasis who have clinically negative nodal basins. Dual-dye technique is safe and feasible in advanced eyelid tumors. Blue dye technique can be used for SLN biopsy in settings where nuclear medicine facilities are not available, albeit with a lower SLN identification rate. Detection of metastasis in SLNs in ∼12% of cases emphasizes the utility of SLN biopsy in accurate staging and treatment of eyelid malignancies.
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- Seenu Vuthaluru
- Department of Surgical Disciplines, All India Institute of Medical Sciences, New Delhi, India
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Laway BA, Malik TS, Khan SH, Rather TA. Prevalence of abnormal gastric emptying in asymptomatic women with newly detected diabetes and its reversibility after glycemic control-a prospective case control study. J Diabetes Complications 2013; 27:78-81. [PMID: 22981149 DOI: 10.1016/j.jdiacomp.2012.08.001] [Citation(s) in RCA: 27] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/02/2012] [Revised: 08/03/2012] [Accepted: 08/07/2012] [Indexed: 12/01/2022]
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OBJECTIVE Effects of systemic hyperglycemia and normoglycemia on gastric emptying in people with type 2 diabetes are not clear. The aim of the study was to investigate the gastric emptying time in people with newly detected diabetes before and after control of diabetes compared with healthy controls. METHODS Gastric emptying to solid meal was studied in 30 asymptomatic women with newly detected diabetes before and after achieving euglycemia and compared with 20 healthy age, sex and weight matched controls using egg white labelled with Technetium 99m Sulfur Colloid. RESULTS Delayed gastric emptying was seen in 90% of women with diabetes and none in healthy controls. Lag phase was 83.1±11.8 min in cases compared to 37.2±4.0 in controls (p=0.05). Gastric emptying at 4h was 46.73%±4.84% in cases and 97.65%±0.59% in controls (p=0.05).T50 was 250±8.8 min in cases against 94.70±5.10 min in controls (p<0.05). After control of diabetes, lag phase normalized to 37.2±4.0 min against 35.2±4.6 min in controls. Similarly all other parameters also normalized after control of diabetes. CONCLUSIONS Delayed gastric emptying to solids was seen in 90% of women with type 2 diabetes at the time of hyperglycemia and normalized after control of diabetes.
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- Bashir Ahmad Laway
- Department of Endocrinology, Sher-I-Kashmir Institute of Medical Sciences, Soura Srinagar, India
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Bhalani VV, Hecht H, Sachs P, King M. Thoracic splenosis: noninvasive diagnosis using Technetium-99 sulfur colloid. Conn Med 2012; 76:585-587. [PMID: 23243759] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/01/2023]
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Splenosis is the autotransplantation of splenic tissue to abnormal sites, either the abdomen or thorax, following traumatic injury of the spleen. For splenic tissue to reach the thorax, there must be concomitant diaphragmatic injury. Thoracic splenosis is usually discovered incidentally on routine thoracic imaging as single or multiple, indeterminate pleural-based masses limited to the left hemithorax. Traditionally, diagnosis required invasive procedures and/or surgery to acquire tissue samples in order to rule out other causes of lung masses, ie, cancer. We report a case in which nuclear imaging was used to make the diagnosis of thoracic splenosis, thus preventing the need for invasive procedures and avoiding unnecessary patient apprehension.
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- Viraj V Bhalani
- Stamford Hospital, Department of Medicine, Stamford, CT 06902, USA
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Sawicki S, Kobierski J, Cytawa W, Wydra D. Sentinel lymph node detection with the use of SPECT-CT in endometrial cancer--analysis of two cases. Ginekol Pol 2012; 83:703-707. [PMID: 23342901] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/01/2023] Open
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On the basis of two cases we discuss the important issues regarding the sentinel lymph node detection biopsy (SLNB) in endometrial cancer with combined cervical administration of the radiocolloid and the subserosal blue dye injection. The first patient (endometrioid adenocarcinoma G2, invasion > 50% myometrium) had 4 SLNs detected. Three were both hot and blue (detected on SPECT-CT). The fourth, paraaortic SLN was blue only. None of the lymph nodes contained metatstases. The second patient (endometrioid adenocarcinoma G1, invasion > 50% myometrium) had 4 SLNs detected. Three were blue (but two of them had also very low radioactivity). The fourth SLN was hot only. Blue only node contained macrometastasis. In the past patients underwent cervical amputation. Diverse distribution of each tracer confirms the advantages of the combined tracers administration in SLNB. The radiotracer is the crucial component--uptake was present in 6 of 8 SLNs. Although the blue dye is more a complimentary method, its suberosal injection significantly increases the safety of the SLNB procedure. In the first case we have detected blue only SLN in paraaortic region which otherwise would be missed using the cervical approach only. More importantly in the second case the tracer uptake was very limited due to the previous surgery and the blue dye administration allowed correct SLNs detection (including the metastatic node). Presented clinical cases confirms that the combined cervical and subserosal tracers administration together with preoperative SPECT-CT constitute an optimal SLN detection method and correctly provides information about the regional lymph node status.
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- Sambor Sawicki
- Department of Gynecology, Oncologic Gynecology and Gynecologic Endocrinology, Medical University of Gdańsk, Poland.
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Langhans L, Vejborg TS, Vejborg I, Kroman N. [Marking of non-palpable changes in breast tissue]. Ugeskr Laeger 2012; 174:1891-1894. [PMID: 22909568] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/01/2023]
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The Danish national mammography screening programme leads to identification of an increased number of small non-palpable breast tumours, suitable for breast-conserving surgery. Accurate lesion localization is therefore important. The current standard is wire-guided localization and although effective it involves a risk of high rates of positive margin and re-operations. New methods are emerging and radioactive seed localization (RSL) seems promising with regards to re-operation rates and logistics. In RSL a small titanium seed containing radioactive iodine is used to mark the lesion.
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- Linnea Langhans
- Brystkirurgisk Klinik, Rigshospitalet, Afsnit 3104, 2100 København Ø, Denmark.
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Kong AL, Tereffe W, Hunt KK, Yi M, Kang T, Weatherspoon K, Mittendorf EA, Bedrosian I, Hwang RF, Babiera GV, Buchholz TA, Meric-Bernstam F. Impact of internal mammary lymph node drainage identified by preoperative lymphoscintigraphy on outcomes in patients with stage I to III breast cancer. Cancer 2012; 118:6287-96. [PMID: 22648744 DOI: 10.1002/cncr.27564] [Citation(s) in RCA: 29] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/15/2011] [Revised: 02/05/2012] [Accepted: 02/14/2012] [Indexed: 01/10/2023]
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BACKGROUND Involvement of internal mammary (IM) lymph nodes is associated with a poor prognosis for patients with breast cancer. This study examined the effect of drainage to IM nodes identified by lymphoscintigraphy on oncologic outcomes. METHODS A prospectively maintained breast cancer patient database at the University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center was used to identify patients with stage I to III breast cancer who underwent preoperative lymphoscintigraphy with peritumoral injection of colloid and intraoperative lymphatic mapping from 1996 to 2005. Medical records were reviewed of 1772 patients who had drainage to any lymph node basin on lymphoscintigraphy but who did not undergo IM nodal biopsy. Patients with IM drainage, with or without axillary drainage, were compared with patients without IM drainage. Local-regional recurrence, distant disease-free survival (DDFS), and overall survival were evaluated. RESULTS We identified IM drainage in 334 patients (18.8%). Patients with IM drainage were significantly younger, less likely to have upper outer quadrant tumors, and more likely to have smaller and medial tumors than patients without IM drainage. Rates of IM irradiation did not differ between the 2 groups. The median follow-up time was 7.4 years. On multivariate analysis, IM drainage was significantly associated with a worse DDFS (hazard ratio, 1.6; 95% confidence interval, 1.03-2.6; P = .04) but not local-regional recurrence or overall survival. CONCLUSIONS IM drainage on preoperative lymphoscintigraphy was found to be significantly associated with worse DDFS. Further study is needed to determine the role of lymphoscintigraphy in the personalization of breast cancer staging and therapy.
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MESH Headings
- Adult
- Aged
- Aged, 80 and over
- Axilla
- Breast Neoplasms/diagnostic imaging
- Breast Neoplasms/mortality
- Breast Neoplasms/pathology
- Carcinoma, Ductal, Breast/diagnostic imaging
- Carcinoma, Ductal, Breast/mortality
- Carcinoma, Ductal, Breast/pathology
- Carcinoma, Lobular/diagnostic imaging
- Carcinoma, Lobular/mortality
- Carcinoma, Lobular/pathology
- Drainage
- Female
- Follow-Up Studies
- Humans
- Lymph Nodes/diagnostic imaging
- Lymph Nodes/pathology
- Lymph Nodes/surgery
- Lymphatic Metastasis
- Lymphoscintigraphy
- Middle Aged
- Neoplasm Invasiveness
- Neoplasm Recurrence, Local/diagnostic imaging
- Neoplasm Recurrence, Local/mortality
- Neoplasm Recurrence, Local/pathology
- Neoplasm Staging
- Preoperative Care
- Prognosis
- Prospective Studies
- Retrospective Studies
- Sentinel Lymph Node Biopsy
- Survival Rate
- Technetium Tc 99m Sulfur Colloid
- Young Adult
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- Amanda L Kong
- Department of Surgical Oncology, The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, Texas 77030, USA
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Azadi J, Subhawong A, Durand DJ. F-18 FDG PET/CT and Tc-99m sulfur colloid SPECT imaging in the diagnosis and treatment of a case of dual solitary fibrous tumors of the retroperitoneum and pancreas. J Radiol Case Rep 2012; 6:32-7. [PMID: 22690289 DOI: 10.3941/jrcr.v6i3.904] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/01/2023] Open
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Although FDG PET is increasingly used for the staging of many types of sarcoma, little has been written regarding the FDG PET imaging characteristics of solitary fibrous tumor. We report a patient undergoing FDG PET/CT surveillance for squamous cell carcinoma of the tongue who was incidentally found to have two soft tissue masses in the retroperitoneum and pancreatic tail. Due to their low degree of FDG avidity, they were followed conservatively for approximately one year as they gradually increased in size. Technetium-99m sulfur colloid SPECT helped confirm that the pancreatic tail mass was not a splenule, after which both lesions were surgically resected and found to be extrathoracic solitary fibrous tumors without malignant features. These findings suggest that, as with other low-grade sarcomas, benign extrathoracic solitary fibrous tumors exhibit relatively little glycolytic metabolism in vivo.
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- Javad Azadi
- The Russell H. Morgan Department of Radiology and Radiological Science, The Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, Maryland, USA.
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Louissaint NA, Fuchs EJ, Bakshi RP, Nimmagadda S, Du Y, Macura KJ, King KE, Wahl R, Goldsmith AJ, Caffo B, Cao YJ, Anderson J, Hendrix CW. Distribution of cell-free and cell-associated HIV surrogates in the female genital tract after simulated vaginal intercourse. J Infect Dis 2012; 205:725-32. [PMID: 22279121 DOI: 10.1093/infdis/jir841] [Citation(s) in RCA: 27] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/14/2022] Open
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BACKGROUND Rational development of drugs to prevent human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) transmission benefits from an understanding HIV distribution in the female genital tract after intercourse. This study describes HIV distribution using surrogates of cell-free and cell-associated HIV and semen. METHODS Apheresis-derived, autologous, lymphocyte-rich cells radiolabeled with 3.7-MBq (100-μCi) indium 111 ((111)In)-oxine (cell-associated HIV surrogate) and 18.5-MBq (500-μCi) technetium 99m ((99m)Tc)-sulfur colloid (HIV-sized 100-nm particle, cell-free HIV surrogate) were resuspended in 3 mL of hydroxyethylcellulose gel (semen simulant) with gadoteridol and dosed via artificial phallus after simulated intercourse. Postdosing dual-isotope single photon emission computed tomography with computed tomography (SPECT/CT) and magnetic resonance (MR) images were acquired to determine the surrogates' distribution. Seven hours after dosing, vaginal biopsy and luminal samples were collected at discrete locations in 8 subjects. RESULTS SPECT/CT and MR analysis showed HIV and semen surrogate distribution with highest signal intensity in the vaginal pericervical area, without detectable signal in the uterus. One-third of the administered dose was retained in the female genital tract after 4 hours. Cell-free and cell-associated surrogate distribution coincided. CONCLUSIONS We demonstrate the feasibility of dual-isotope SPECT/CT and MR imaging to determine the distribution of HIV and semen surrogates after simulated intercourse without disrupting vaginal contents. Surrogate distribution suggests topical microbicides do not need to reach the uterus for efficacy.
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Chapman MJ, Besanko LK, Burgstad CM, Fraser RJ, Bellon M, O'Connor S, Russo A, Jones KL, Lange K, Nguyen NQ, Bartholomeusz F, Chatterton B, Horowitz M. Gastric emptying of a liquid nutrient meal in the critically ill: relationship between scintigraphic and carbon breath test measurement. Gut 2011; 60:1336-43. [PMID: 21450697 DOI: 10.1136/gut.2010.227934] [Citation(s) in RCA: 62] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/07/2023]
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OBJECTIVE It is assumed that delayed gastric emptying (GE) occurs frequently in critical illness; however, the prevalence of slow GE has not previously been assessed using scintigraphy. Furthermore, breath tests could potentially provide a convenient method of quantifying GE, but have not been validated in this setting. The aims of this study were to (i) determine the prevalence of delayed GE in unselected, critically ill patients and (ii) evaluate the relationships between GE as measured by scintigraphy and carbon breath test. DESIGN Prospective observational study. SETTING Mixed medical/surgical intensive care unit. PATIENTS 25 unselected, mechanically ventilated patients (age 66 years (49-72); and 14 healthy subjects (age 62 years (19-84)). INTERVENTIONS GE was measured using scintigraphy and (14)C-breath test. A test meal of 100 ml Ensure (standard liquid feed) labelled with (14)C octanoic acid and (99m)Technetium sulphur colloid was placed in the stomach via a nasogastric tube. MAIN OUTCOME MEASURES Gastric 'meal' retention (scintigraphy) at 60, 120, 180 and 240 min, breath test t(50) (BTt(50)), and GE coefficient were determined. RESULTS Of the 24 patients with scintigraphic data, GE was delayed at 120 min in 12 (50%). Breath tests correlated well with scintigraphy in both patients and healthy subjects (% retention at 120 min vs BTt(50); r(2)=0.57 healthy; r(2)=0.56 patients; p≤0.002 for both). CONCLUSIONS GE of liquid nutrient is delayed in approximately 50% of critically ill patients. Breath tests correlate well with scintigraphy and are a valid method of GE measurement in this group.
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- M J Chapman
- Department of Intensive Care Medicine, Royal Adelaide Hospital, South Australia, Australia.
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Prevot N, Tiffet O, Avet J, Quak E, Decousus M, Dubois F. Lymphoscintigraphy and SPECT/CT using 99mTc filtered sulphur colloid in chylothorax. Eur J Nucl Med Mol Imaging 2011; 38:1746. [PMID: 21468763 DOI: 10.1007/s00259-011-1793-1] [Citation(s) in RCA: 23] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/21/2011] [Accepted: 03/07/2011] [Indexed: 11/25/2022]
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- Nathalie Prevot
- Department of Nuclear Medecine, Hôpital Nord, CHU de St Etienne, St Etienne, France.
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Lumachi F, Norberto L, Zanella S, Marino F, Basso SMM, Basso U, Brunello A, Fassina A. Axillary node sampling in conjunction with sentinel node biopsy in patients with breast cancer. A prospective preliminary study. Anticancer Res 2011; 31:693-697. [PMID: 21378358] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/30/2023]
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In patients with breast cancer (BC), axillary lymph node sampling (ALNS) is a reliable procedure with low morbidity, alternative or complementary to sentinel lymph node biopsy (SLNB), which may improve the detection rate of axillary node metastases as compared to SLNB alone in staging the axilla. The aim of this study was to assess the usefulness of ALNS in conjunction with SLNB in improving the sensitivity of SLNB alone at frozen section examination. One hundred and twelve women (median age 56 years, range 29-71 years) with BC underwent SLNB using a combined radioisotope and isosulfan blue dye technique. Two groups of age- and tumor size-matched patients were prospectively randomized: Group A (SLNB alone, 55 women) and group B (SLNB plus ALNS, 57 women). Intraoperative examination showed SN involvement in 32 (28.6%) patients: group A = 14 (25.5%), group B = 18 (31.6%), whilst the final pathology showed axillary node involvement in 7 further cases (group A = 5, group B = 2). The sensitivity and accuracy were 73.7% vs. 90.0% (p = 0.23) and 90.9% vs. 94.7% (p = 0.49), group A vs. B, respectively. Multivariate analysis showed that age >65 years and body mass index independently correlated with the amount of axillary drainage in both groups, which was 47.5 ± 11.3 and 49.6 ± 12.2 ml (A vs. B, p = NS), respectively. In conclusion, in our preliminary study, ALNS in conjunction with SLNB is a low-risk procedure, useful to reduce the false-negative rate of SLNB and to improve the accuracy of intraoperative evaluation of the axillary nodes in patients with BC.
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- Franco Lumachi
- Department of Surgical & Gastroenterological Sciences, University of Padua, School of Medicine, Via Giustiniani 2, 35128 Padova, Italy.
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Vasques PHD, Pinheiro LGP, Silva JMDME, Torres-de-Melo JRDM, Pinheiro KBP, Rocha JIX. The impact of previous para-areolar incision in the upper outer quadrant of the breast on the localization of the sentinel lymph node in a canine model. Clinics (Sao Paulo) 2011; 66:1413-8. [PMID: 21915493 PMCID: PMC3161221 DOI: 10.1590/s1807-59322011000800018] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/11/2011] [Accepted: 04/24/2011] [Indexed: 02/06/2023] Open
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OBJECTIVES This paper discusses the influence of a para-areolar incision in the upper outer quadrant of the breast on the location of the sentinel lymph node in a canine model. METHODS The sentinel lymph node was marked with technetium-99, which was injected into the subareolar skin of the cranial breast. After the marker had migrated to the axilla, an arcuate para-areolar incision was performed 2 cm from the nipple in the upper outer quadrant. Patent blue dye was then injected above the upper border of the incision. At the marked site, an axillary incision was made, and the sentinel lymph node was identified by gamma probe and/or by direct visualization of the dye. The agreement between the two injection sites and the two sentinel lymph node identification methods was determined. Our sample group consisted of 40 cranial breasts of 23 adult females of the species Canis familiaris. The data were analyzed by using the McNemar test and by determining the kappa agreement coefficient. RESULT Our findings showed that in 95% of the breasts, the sentinel lymph node was identified by the injection of technetium-99 m into the subareolar region, and in 82% of the cases, the sentinel lymph node was identified by the injection of patent blue dye above the upper border of the incision. The methods agreed 82% of the time. CONCLUSIONS Previous para-areolar incisions in the upper outer quadrant did not interfere significantly with the biopsy when the dye was injected above the upper border of the incision.
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Krag DN, Anderson SJ, Julian TB, Brown AM, Harlow SP, Costantino JP, Ashikaga T, Weaver DL, Mamounas EP, Jalovec LM, Frazier TG, Noyes RD, Robidoux A, Scarth HM, Wolmark N. Sentinel-lymph-node resection compared with conventional axillary-lymph-node dissection in clinically node-negative patients with breast cancer: overall survival findings from the NSABP B-32 randomised phase 3 trial. Lancet Oncol 2010; 11:927-33. [PMID: 20863759 DOI: 10.1016/s1470-2045(10)70207-2] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1173] [Impact Index Per Article: 83.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/21/2022]
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BACKGROUND Sentinel-lymph-node (SLN) surgery was designed to minimise the side-effects of lymph-node surgery but still offer outcomes equivalent to axillary-lymph-node dissection (ALND). The aims of National Surgical Adjuvant Breast and Bowel Project (NSABP) trial B-32 were to establish whether SLN resection in patients with breast cancer achieves the same survival and regional control as ALND, but with fewer side-effects. METHODS NSABP B-32 was a randomised controlled phase 3 trial done at 80 centres in Canada and the USA between May 1, 1999, and Feb 29, 2004. Women with invasive breast cancer were randomly assigned to either SLN resection plus ALND (group 1) or to SLN resection alone with ALND only if the SLNs were positive (group 2). Random assignment was done at the NSABP Biostatistical Center (Pittsburgh, PA, USA) with a biased coin minimisation approach in an allocation ratio of 1:1. Stratification variables were age at entry (≤ 49 years, ≥ 50 years), clinical tumour size (≤ 2·0 cm, 2·1-4·0 cm, ≥ 4·1 cm), and surgical plan (lumpectomy, mastectomy). SLN resection was done with a blue dye and radioactive tracer. Outcome analyses were done in patients who were assessed as having pathologically negative sentinel nodes and for whom follow-up data were available. The primary endpoint was overall survival. Analyses were done on an intention-to-treat basis. All deaths, irrespective of cause, were included. The mean time on study for the SLN-negative patients with follow-up information was 95·6 months (range 70·1-126·7). This study is registered with ClinicalTrials.gov, number NCT00003830. FINDINGS 5611 women were randomly assigned to the treatment groups, 3989 had pathologically negative SLN. 309 deaths were reported in the 3986 SLN-negative patients with follow-up information: 140 of 1975 patients in group 1 and 169 of 2011 in group 2. Log-rank comparison of overall survival in groups 1 and 2 yielded an unadjusted hazard ratio (HR) of 1·20 (95% CI 0·96-1·50; p=0·12). 8-year Kaplan-Meier estimates for overall survival were 91·8% (95% CI 90·4-93·3) in group 1 and 90·3% (88·8-91·8) in group 2. Treatment comparisons for disease-free survival yielded an unadjusted HR of 1·05 (95% CI 0·90-1·22; p=0·54). 8-year Kaplan-Meier estimates for disease-free survival were 82·4% (80·5-84·4) in group 1 and 81·5% (79·6-83·4) in group 2. There were eight regional-node recurrences as first events in group 1 and 14 in group 2 (p=0·22). Patients are continuing follow-up for longer-term assessment of survival and regional control. The most common adverse events were allergic reactions, mostly related to the administration of the blue dye. INTERPRETATION Overall survival, disease-free survival, and regional control were statistically equivalent between groups. When the SLN is negative, SLN surgery alone with no further ALND is an appropriate, safe, and effective therapy for breast cancer patients with clinically negative lymph nodes. FUNDING US Public Health Service, National Cancer Institute, and Department of Health and Human Services.
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- David N Krag
- National Surgical Adjuvant Breast and Bowel Project (NSABP), Pittsburgh, PA, USA.
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Yuan Z, Luo Q, Chen L, Luo Q, Zhu R. The role of radionuclide lymphoscintigraphy in chyluria. Hell J Nucl Med 2010; 13:238-240. [PMID: 21193877] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/20/2010] [Accepted: 09/27/2010] [Indexed: 05/30/2023]
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The objective of this study was to study the characteristics of chyluria on radionuclide lymphoscintigraphy and evaluate the diagnostic value of radionuclide lymphoscintigraphy in chyluria. In this report radionuclide lymphoscintigraphy was performed in 41 cases of chyluria patients and the imaging results were retrospectively analyzed. Among 41 cases, 30 of them were caused by filariasis, 4 cases were secondary chyluria from abdomen surgery and 7 cases were caused by lymphangitis. Sixteen cases were proved as bilateral chyluria and 25 cases as unilateral chyluria by cystoscopy. The most common pattern of chyluria in radionuclide lymphoscintigraphy is that kidney or pelvis was imaged in the early phase of dynamic acquisition. In conclusion, radionuclide lymphoscintigraphy is a useful noninvasive method for detecting the origin site of chyluria, and for providing reliable information to perform safe operation.
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- Zhibin Yuan
- Nuclear Medicine Department, Shanghai 6th People's Hospital, Shanghai Jiao Tong University Yishan Road 600, Shanghai, 200233, PR China
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Mistrangelo M, Munoz F, Milanesi E. Sentinel lymph node biospy. Ann Surg Oncol 2010; 18:901; author reply 902. [PMID: 20717732 DOI: 10.1245/s10434-010-1277-8] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/17/2010] [Indexed: 11/18/2022]
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Soto-Insuga V, Alvarez González B, Rubio Gribble B, Ramos Amador JT. [Clinical case: sulphur colloid scintigraphy, a diagnostic tool to differentiate between an infarction and osteomyelitis in a patient with drepanocytic anaemia]. An Pediatr (Barc) 2010; 72:224-5. [PMID: 20138599 DOI: 10.1016/j.anpedi.2009.11.021] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/29/2008] [Revised: 09/25/2009] [Accepted: 11/06/2009] [Indexed: 11/28/2022] Open
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Stevens JE, Doran S, Russo A, O'Donovan D, Feinle-Bisset C, Rayner CK, Horowitz M, Jones KL. Effects of intravenous fructose on gastric emptying and antropyloroduodenal motility in healthy subjects. Am J Physiol Gastrointest Liver Physiol 2009; 297:G1274-80. [PMID: 19808656 DOI: 10.1152/ajpgi.00214.2009] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/07/2023]
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Gastric emptying (GE) of glucose is regulated closely, not only as a result of inhibitory feedback arising from the small intestine, but also because of the resulting hyperglycemia. Fructose is used widely in the diabetic diet and is known to empty from the stomach slightly faster than glucose but substantially slower than water. The aims of this study were to determine whether intravenous (iv) fructose affects GE and antropyloroduodenal motility and how any effects compare to those induced by iv glucose. Six healthy males (age: 26.7 +/- 3.8 yr) underwent concurrent measurements of GE of a solid meal (100 g ground beef labeled with 20 MBq (99m)Tc-sulfur colloid) and antropyloroduodenal motility on three separate days in randomized order during iv infusion of either fructose (0.5 g/kg), glucose (0.5 g/kg), or isotonic saline for 20 min. GE (scintigraphy), antropyloroduodenal motility (manometry), and blood glucose (glucometer) were measured for 120 min. There was a rise in blood glucose (P < 0.001) after iv glucose (peak 16.4 +/- 0.6 mmol/l) but not after fructose or saline. Intravenous glucose and fructose both slowed GE substantially (P < 0.005 for both), without any significant difference between them. Between t = 0 and 30 min, the number of antral pressure waves was less after both glucose and fructose (P < 0.002 for both) than saline, and there were more isolated pyloric pressure waves during iv glucose (P = 0.003) compared with fructose and saline (P = NS for both) infusions. In conclusion, iv fructose slows GE and modulates gastric motility in healthy subjects, and the magnitude of slowing of GE is comparable to that induced by iv glucose.
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- Julie E Stevens
- University of Adelaide, Royal Adelaide Hospital, SA, Australia
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Mathelin C, Croce S, Brasse D, Gairard B, Gharbi M, Andriamisandratsoa N, Bekaert V, Francis Z, Guyonnet JL, Huss D, Salvador S, Schaeffer R, Grucker D, Marin C, Bellocq JP. Methylene blue dye, an accurate dye for sentinel lymph node identification in early breast cancer. Anticancer Res 2009; 29:4119-4125. [PMID: 19846959] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/28/2023]
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PURPOSE The aim of this prospective study was to analyze the safety of methylene blue dye (MBD) and compare its efficacy with that of isotopic mapping for sentinel lymph node (SLN) identification in breast cancer. PATIENTS AND METHODS The SLN procedure, involving isotopic mapping and MBD (subareolar intraparenchymal injections of 2 mL, 10 mg/mL), was performed on 100 patients with early breast cancer. RESULTS The procedure was safe with a success rate of 99%; SLNs were, respectively, found in 65% by MBD, in 73% by lymphoscintigraphy and in 94% by gamma-probe. Out of 40 metastatic SLNs, 37 were "hot" and 32 stained. Digital examination allowed the detection of 2 additional metastatic LNs. CONCLUSION MBD is safe and combination mapping associated with digital examination is the superior method. Modification of the procedure, favouring injections of dilute MBD (4 mL, 1.25 mg/mL) increases MBD efficiency (90%) and maintains low rates of complications.
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- Carole Mathelin
- Unité de sénologie, 1 place de l'Hôpital, F-67091 Strasbourg Cedex, France.
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- Buddhist Dalin Tzu Chi General Hospital, Chia-Yi, Taiwan
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Wong SL, Young YD, Geisinger KR, Shen P, Stewart JH, Sangueza O, Pichardo-Geisinger R, Levine EA. Intraoperative imprint cytology for evaluation of sentinel lymph nodes from Merkel cell carcinoma. Am Surg 2009; 75:615-619. [PMID: 19655608] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/28/2023]
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Merkel cell carcinoma (MCC) is a rare, aggressive cutaneous malignancy. Intraoperative imprint cytology (IIC) can potentially avoid second operations for completion lymphadenectomy when nodal metastases are found during nodal staging with sentinel lymph node biopsy (SLN). This represents the first series of IIC for MCC we are aware of and our initial experience. Patients with biopsy-proven MCC underwent SLN (at the time of wide excision) using a double indicator technique with 99technetium sulfur colloid and isosulfan blue. SLN were identified and bisected and touch imprints of each half were made. One half was air-dried and stained with Diff-Quick and the other was fixed with 95 per cent alcohol and stained with hematoxylin and eosin (H&E). Paraffin-embedded sections were examined by H&E. Eighteen patients underwent successful SLN mapping procedures. IIC was negative in 84.2 per cent (16) cases. Three false-negatives occurred with IIC, but there were no false-positives, making the sensitivity 33 per cent and the specificity 100 per cent. Two of four patients with positive pathology-confirmed SLN also had positive IIC. SLN mapping has usefulness in patients with MCC. IIC is feasible and accurate in evaluating the SLN. IIC is a practical diagnostic tool when intraoperative analysis of SLN biopsy is desired for MCC.
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- S Lindsey Wong
- Department of General Surgery (Surgical Oncology Service), Wake Forest University School of Medicine, Winston-Salem, North Carolina 27157, USA
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Cheng Y, Wang BQ, Li SJ, Wen SX, Zhang CM, Zhang WC, Wu ZF, Wu LX. [Significance of sentinel lymph node detection for cN0 laryngeal carcinoma]. Zhonghua Zhong Liu Za Zhi 2009; 31:532-535. [PMID: 19950703] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/28/2023]
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OBJECTIVE The purpose of this study was to investigate the clinical value of radiolabeled tracer method, methylene blue method and combination of these two methods in detection of sentinel lymph node (SLN), and to evaluate the accuracy of SLN in predicting the cervical lymph nodes status in laryngeal carcinoma patients with clinically negative neck lymph nodes (cN0 ). METHODS Forty-one patients with cN0 laryngeal neoplasms underwent SLN detection using both of radiolabeled tracer and methylene blue. SLN imaging was performed with laryngoscope-guided injection of radioactive isotope 99Tc(m)-sulfur colloid (SC) into the laryngeal carcinoma before surgery, then all these patients underwent intraoperative lymphatic mapping with a handheld gamma-detecting probe. After mapping of SLN, methylene blue was subsequently injected at the same spots around the tumor in order to identify SLN during surgery. The results of SLN detection by isotope tracer, dye and combination of both methods were compared. RESULTS The SLN detection rates by radiolabeled tracer, methylene blue and combined method were 87.8%, 70.7% and 92.7%, respectively (P < 0.01). The number of detected SLN was significantly different between radiolabeled tracer method and combined method (P < 0.05), and also between blue dye method and combined method (P < 0.01). However, no statistically significant difference was found between methylene blue method and radiolabeled tracer method (P > 0.05). Nine patients were found to have lymph node metastasis by final pathological examination. The sensitivity, accuracy and negative predictive values of SLN detection by the combined method using radiolabeled tracer and methylene blue were 88.9%, 97.4% and 96.7%, respectively. CONCLUSION The combined method using radiolabeled tracer and methylene blue can improve the accuracy of sentinel lymph node detection. Furthermore, sentinel lymph node detection can accurately predict the cervical lymph node status in cN0 laryngeal carcinoma.
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- Yan Cheng
- Department of Nuclear Medicine, First Hospital of Shanxi Medical University, Taiyuan 030001, China
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Díez MJ, Canela T, Villas A, Gil M. [Contribution of (99m)Tc-mebrofenin scintigraphy to the diagnosis of ectopic liver. A case report]. Rev Esp Med Nucl 2009; 28:125-7. [PMID: 19558953 DOI: 10.1016/s0212-6982(09)71355-2] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/19/2022]
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We present the case of a woman with a parasplenic mass who underwent abdominal ultrasounds, computed tomography and magnetic resonance imaging. The liver scintigraphy with (99m)Tc-Mebrofenin confirmed the diagnosis of ectopic liver.
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- M J Díez
- Servicio de Medicina Nuclear ID, Institut de Diagnòstic per la Imatge, Hospital Universitari Arnau de Vilanova, Lleida, España.
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Li ZW, Hu GH, Lei CM, Zhong SX, Li B, Hong SL, Zhu J. [Localization of sentinel lymph node with radionuclide in clinically N0 laryngeal and hypopharyngeal cancers]. Zhonghua Er Bi Yan Hou Tou Jing Wai Ke Za Zhi 2009; 44:395-399. [PMID: 19567049] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/28/2023]
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OBJECTIVE To analyze the characteristic of the radioactive lymph node with metastatic disease and to explore the method of the localization of sentinel lymph node (SLN) with radionuclide in N0 clinically laryngeal and hypopharyngeal cancer. METHODS Fourty-five patients with T1-T4 and clinically N0 laryngeal and hypopharyngeal cancer were recruited. For each patient a peritumoral submucosal injection of 99mTc-labeled sulfur colloid (99mTc-SC) was performed and lymph node mapping was performed by lymphoscintigraphy two hours afterward. The SLN was localized by a handheld gamma probe intraoperatively 10-12 hours after the injection. All hot lymph nodes accumulating activity were harvested and initially termed sentinel nodes. Selective neck dissections were performed for all patients. The specimen of SLN was sent to the pathologist for the following analysis: formal paraffin embedded section, consecutive section and immunohistochemistry assay. The results was compared to the remaining lymphadenectomy specimen. Resection of the primary tumour depended on the location and the T classification. RESULTS SLNs were identified in 41 of 45 patients with 51 necks, SLNs had occult metastases in 13 cases, 15 necks with SLN-positive of these 13 cases, there was one false negative case, they were found in non-SLNs of neck specimens. Each neck side was considered a single case. SLN identification rate was 92.7%, sensitivity was 93.7%, false-negative rate was 6.3%, and accuracy was 98.0%. In 11 (73.3%) of these SLN-positive necks, the SLN with the highest counts contained tumor; harvesting the first-three nodes with the highest radioactive counts, which could all patients with occult metastatic disease. CONCLUSIONS Excision of the first-three SLNs with the highest radioactive counts can accurately judge the presence or absence of the cervical lymph nodes metastases in patients with the clinically N0 laryngeal and hypopharyngeal cancer.
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- Zhong-wan Li
- Department of Otorhinolaryngology, The First Affiliated Hospital, Chongqing Medical University, Chongqing 400016, China
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OBJECTIVE To report oncological cases (excluding those related to breast cancer) for which radioguided surgery has been used in combination with the Radioguided Occult Lesion Localization technique. INTRODUCTION Radioguided surgery enables a surgeon to identify lesions or tissues that have been preoperatively marked with radioactive substances. The Radioguided Occult Lesion Localization technique has been widely used to identify the sentinel lymph node and occult lesions in patients with breast cancer. However, few studies have reported the use of this technique for non-breast cancer pathologies. METHODOLOGY In all cases, injection of Technecium-99m sulfur colloid was performed, directly inside or near by the suspicious lesion, guided by ultrasound or computed tomography, up to 36 hours prior to the surgical procedure. Intraoperative lesion detection was carried out using a gamma-probe. RESULTS We report five oncology cases in which preoperative markings of the lesions were carried out using the Radioguided Occult Lesion Localization technique. The patients presented with the following: recurrence of renal cell carcinoma, cervical recurrence of papillary carcinoma of the thyroid, recurrence of retroperitoneal sarcoma, lesions of the popliteal fossa, and recurrence of rhabdomyosarcoma of a thigh. In each case, the lesions that were marked preoperatively were ultimately successfully excised. CONCLUSIONS Radioguided surgery has proven to be a safe and effective alternative for the management of oncology patients. The Radioguided Occult Lesion Localization technique can be useful in selected cases where suspect lesions may be difficult to identify intraoperatively, due to their dimensions or anatomical location. The procedure allows for more conservative excisions and reduces the surgery-related morbidity.
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Abu-Rustum NR, Khoury-Collado F, Pandit-Taskar N, Soslow RA, Dao F, Sonoda Y, Levine DA, Brown CL, Chi DS, Barakat RR, Gemignani ML. Sentinel lymph node mapping for grade 1 endometrial cancer: is it the answer to the surgical staging dilemma? Gynecol Oncol 2009; 113:163-9. [PMID: 19232699 PMCID: PMC3959736 DOI: 10.1016/j.ygyno.2009.01.003] [Citation(s) in RCA: 137] [Impact Index Per Article: 9.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/14/2008] [Revised: 01/11/2009] [Accepted: 01/13/2009] [Indexed: 11/17/2022]
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OBJECTIVE To describe the accuracy of SLN mapping in patients with a preoperative diagnosis of grade 1 endometrial cancer. METHODS A prospective, non-randomized study of women with a preoperative diagnosis of endometrial cancer and clinical stage I disease was conducted. A subset analysis of patients with a preoperative diagnosis of grade 1 endometrial endometrioid cancer was performed. All patients had preoperative lymphoscintigraphy with Tc99m on the day of or day before surgery followed by an intraoperative injection of 2 cm(3) of isosulfan or methylene blue dye deep into the cervix or both cervix and fundus. All patients underwent hysterectomy, bilateral salpingo-oophorectomy, and regional nodal dissection. Hot and/or blue nodes were labeled as SLNs and sent for histopathological analysis. RESULTS Forty-two patients with a preoperative diagnosis of grade 1 endometrial carcinoma treated from 3/06 to 8/08 were identified. Twenty-five (60%) had laparoscopic surgery; 17 (40%) were treated by laparotomy. Preoperative lymphoscintigraphy visualized SLNs in 30 patients (71%); intraoperative localization of the SLN was possible in 36 patients (86%). A median of 3 SLNs (range, 1-14) and 14.5 non-SLNs (range, 4-55) were examined. In all, 4/36 (11%) had positive SLNs-3 seen on H&E and 1 as cytokeratin-positive cells on IHC. All node-positive cases were picked up by the SLN; there were no false-negative cases. The sensitivity of the SLN procedure in the 36 patients who had an SLN identified was 100%. CONCLUSION Sentinel lymph node mapping using a cervical injection with combined Tc and blue dye is feasible and accurate in patients with grade 1 endometrial cancer and may be a reasonable option for this select group of patients. Regional lymphadenectomy remains the gold standard in many practices, particularly for the approximately 15% of cases with failed SLN mapping.
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- Nadeem R Abu-Rustum
- Gynecology Service, Department of Surgery, Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center, New York, NY 10065, USA.
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Firat O, Mutlukoca N, Makay O, Yilmaz F, Omur O, Kitapcioglu G, Yuzer Y. Portal hyperfusion or hepatic venous congestion: which one affects Kupffer cell function more? EXP CLIN TRANSPLANT 2009; 7:40-44. [PMID: 19364311] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/27/2023]
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OBJECTIVES Because of their effects on the liver parenchyma after surgery, portal hyperperfusion and hepatic venous congestion are challenging problems for hepatobiliary surgeons. However, the effects of those conditions on Kupffer cells have not been established. The aim of this study was to investigate the effects of vascular streams modified by portal hyperperfusion and hepatic venous congestion on Kupffer cell function. MATERIALS AND METHODS Thirty rats were allocated into 3 groups of 10 rats each and were subjected to right portal vein ligation to induce hyperperfusion in the left lobe of the liver (group 1), occlusion of the right hepatic vein to produce venous congestion (group 2), or sham operation (controls; group 3). After 72 hours, the right and left liver lobes of the subjects were submitted separately for scintigraphic and histopathologic evaluation, and the radiocolloid uptake per gram of liver tissue and the number of Kupffer cells per square millimeter were calculated. RESULTS The mean technetium-99m labeled sulfur colloid uptake values of the liver tissue per gram were 0.126 -/+ 0.038 for group 1, 0.106 -/+ 0.032 for group 2, and 0.110 -/+ 0.031 for group 3. Portal hyperperfusion significantly increased the technetium-99m labeled sulfur colloid uptake of the liver tissue per gram (P = .043). The mean number of Kupffer cells per square millimeter was calculated for each group as follows: 321 -/+ 094 x 10-6 for group 1, 369 -/+ 083 x 10-6 for group 2, and 355 -/+ 096 x 10-6 for group 3. Both vascular streams produced no significant effects on the number of Kupffer cells (P > .05). CONCLUSIONS In this experimental model, portal hyperperfusion affected Kupffer cell function more than did hepatic venous congestion.
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- Ozgur Firat
- Department General Surgery, Ege University Hospital, Izmir, Turkey.
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Fuster D, Duch J, Soriano A, García S, Setoain X, Bori G, Rubí S, Rodríguez D, Doménech B, Piera C, Mensa J, Pons F. [Potential use of bone marrow scintigraphy in suspected prosthetic hip infection evaluated with 99mTc-HMPAO-leukocytes]. Rev Esp Med Nucl 2008; 27:430-435. [PMID: 19094902] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/27/2023]
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AIM To evaluate the usefulness of (99m)Tc-Sulphur colloid when combined with leukocyte scintigraphy in suspected prosthetic hip infection, comparing the results with information from (99m)Tc-HMPAO-leukocyte scintigraphy alone. MATERIALS AND METHODS Seventy patients (42 women, 28 men; mean age 68 +/- 13 years) with painful hip prostheses and suspicion of infection were evaluated prospectively. All patients had bone scintigraphy, (99m)Tc-HMPAO-labelled white blood cell scintigraphy and (99m)Tc-Sulphur colloid bone marrow scintigraphy. ESR and CRP levels were measured in all patients. The final diagnosis was made with microbiological findings or by clinical follow up of at least 12 months. RESULTS Infections were diagnosed in 12 of the 70 patients (3 coagulase-negative Staphylococcus, 2 Staphylococcus aureus, 2 Staphylococcus epidermidis, 2 enterococcus and 3 polymicrobial agents). ESR and CRP values were higher in patients with infection than in patients without infection (51.8 +/- 29.4 vs. 25.4 +/- 16.4 and 2.8 +/- 2.2 vs. 1.1 +/- 1.3, respectively; p < 0.05). Bone scintigraphy did not show a characteristic pattern to differentiate infection from aseptic loosening. The pool phase of the bone scintigraphy was positive in only 3/12 patients with infection (25 %). Sensitivity and specificity of the leukocyte scintigraphy was 83 % and 57 %, respectively. When the results of the bone marrow scintigraphy were added, these values increased to 92 % and 98 %, respectively. CONCLUSION Performing bone marrow scintigraphy significantly improves results when compared with leukocyte scintigraphy alone in the diagnosis of infected hip prostheses. Bone scintigraphy did not help to differentiate aseptic loosening from infection in this series.
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- Servicio de Medicina Nuclear, Hospital Clínic, Barcelona, España.
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Lynch MA, Jackson J, Kim JA, Leeming RA. Optimal number of radioactive sentinel lymph nodes to remove for accurate axillary staging of breast cancer. Surgery 2008; 144:525-31; discussion 531-2. [PMID: 18847635 PMCID: PMC2574506 DOI: 10.1016/j.surg.2008.06.005] [Citation(s) in RCA: 22] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/25/2008] [Accepted: 06/12/2008] [Indexed: 10/21/2022]
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BACKGROUND Although sentinel lymph node (SLN) biopsy is the standard technique for staging the axilla of clinically node-negative breast cancer, the optimal number of radioactive SLNs to remove to ensure accuracy and minimize morbidity is still actively debated. The purpose of this study was to determine the minimum number of SLNs to excise to ensure accurate axillary staging of SLN-positive patients. METHODS A total of 126 patients with invasive breast cancer underwent SLN biopsy by periareolar injection of radiolabeled technetium sulfur colloid on the day of surgery. The sequence in which SLNs were removed and the corresponding ex vivo radioactive counts were recorded. SLNs were removed until radioactive counts in the axilla were less than 10% of the ex vivo counts of the hottest SLN. RESULTS A radioactive SLN was identified in every patient. The mean number of SLNs identified was 2.86 (range, 1-8). Clinicopathologic features associated with a positive SLN included a palpable tumor (P = .0035), increasing tumor size (P = .0039), increasing histologic grade (P = .0234), and angiolymphatic invasion (P < .001). The highest radioactive counts were found in the first node in 100 patients (79.4%), the second node in 15 (11.9%), and the third or later node in 11 patients (8.7%). Among the 38 patients with a positive SLN (30.2%), the hottest node was the first positive SLN in 27 patients (71.1%). The first positive SLN was the first node removed in 31 patients (81.6%) and after the second node in 37 patients (97.4%); it was removed in all patients by the third SLN. CONCLUSION These data support the trend of limiting SLN biopsy to 3 lymph nodes. Removing all SLNs with radioactive counts greater than 10% of the ex vivo counts of the hottest SLN did not increase accuracy.
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- Melanie A Lynch
- Division of Surgical Oncology, Department of Surgery, University Hospitals Case Medical Center, Cleveland, Ohio 44106, USA
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Medina-Franco H, Salgado-Nesme N, Zerón-Medina-Cuairán J. Sentinel lymph node biopsy after neoadjuvant systemic chemotherapy in patients with breast cancer: a prospective pilot trial. Rev Invest Clin 2008; 60:390-394. [PMID: 19227436] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/27/2023]
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INTRODUCTION The feasibility and accuracy of the sentinel lymph node biopsy for patients who have received neoadjuvant chemotherapy for the treatment of breast cancer is still controversial. MATERIAL AND METHODS Thirty-one consecutive patients with the diagnosis of invasive breast cancer who received neoadjuvant chemotherapy underwent sentinel lymph node biopsy and complete axillary lymph node dissection. RESULTS Sentinel lymph nodes were successfully identified in 26 (83.8%) patients. The node was positive for malignancy in nine (34.6%) patients. Two of the patients with a negative sentinel lymph node presented other positive nodes in the final axillary specimen (false negative rate of 18%). CONCLUSIONS The results obtained by our prospective clinical trial do not support the use of the sentinel lymph node biopsy as an accurate procedure to predict the axillary lymph node status.
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- Heriberto Medina-Franco
- Dirección de Cirugía, Sección de Cirugía Oncológica, Instituto Nacional de Ciencias Médicas y Nutrición Salvador Zubirán, DF México.
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Ruano R, Ramos M, García-Talavera JR, García Macías MC, Martín de Arriba A, González-Orús JM, Iglesias M, Serrano E. [Sentinel node biopsy in T2 breast cancers larger than 3 cm and clinically negative axilla compared with the T1-T2 <3 cm standard indication]. Rev Esp Med Nucl 2008; 27:176-182. [PMID: 18570859] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/26/2023]
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OBJECTIVE To present our experience in the application of sentinel node (SN) biopsy in patients with breast cancer T > 3 cm without clinical evidence of axillary metastasis. MATERIAL AND METHOD Retrospective study of 393 cases in the period 2001--2006, divided into group (A) 47 patients with 3-5 cm T2N0 tumours and group (B) 346 patients T < 3 cm, N0. We employed the combined technique with 99mTc-colloidal rhenium sulphide and isosulfan blue dye. Preoperative lymphoscintigraphy was performed and the SN was located intraoperatively with a gamma ray detection probe and the blue dye. Axillary lymph node dissection was completed only when the SN was positive for metastasis in the histopathology analysis or not located. RESULTS The SN detection rate for T2 > 3 cm was 94 % in the scintigraphy and 96 % with the probe, with no statistically significant differences between T < 3 cm (97 % and 98 %). In T2 > 3 cm, the final staging was 45 % pN0, 8 % pN1mi, 34 % pN1a, 11 % pN2a and 2 % pN3a. We found statistically significant differences (p < 0.05) when compared with palpable T < 3 cm and non-palpable cancer (62 % pN0 and 74 % pN0, respectively). In the follow-up of T2 > 3 cm (median 42.88 months) we did not find any axillary relapse which could be considered a false negative of the technique. CONCLUSION The detection of sentinel lymph nodes is feasible and safe in tumours larger than 3cm with clinically negative axilla. Axillary lymph node dissection can be avoided in 45 % of these patients and therefore, we consider that they should be included as a general indication in breast cancer SN detection.
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- R Ruano
- Servicio de Medicina Nuclear, Hospital Universitario de Salamanca, Salamanca, España.
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Mikosch P, Kohlfürst S, Gallowitsch HJ, Kresnik E, Lind P, Mehta AB, Hughes DA. Is there a role for scintigraphic imaging of bone manifestations in Gaucher disease? A review of the literature. Nuklearmedizin 2008; 47:239-247. [PMID: 19057797] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/27/2023]
Abstract
Gaucher disease is the most prevalent inherited, lysosomal storage disease and is caused by deficient activity of the enzyme beta-glucocerebrosidase. Bone and bone marrow alterations are frequent in the most prevalent non-neuronopathic form of Gaucher disease. Imaging of bone manifestations in Gaucher disease is performed by a variety of imaging methods, conventional X-ray and MRI as the most frequently and most important ones. However, different modalities of scintigraphic imaging have also been used. This article gives an overview on scintigraphic imaging with respect to bone manifestations in Gaucher disease discussing the advantages and limitations of scintigraphic imaging in comparison to other imaging methods.
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- P Mikosch
- Department of Nuclear Medicine and Endocrinology, PET Center, State Hospital Klagenfurt, St. Veiterstr. 47, 9020 Klagenfurt, Austria.
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Segev Y, Lavie O, Goldberg Y, Kaufman Y, Peerl G, Gips S, Eizenberg D, Auslander R. Pelvic splenosis mimicking an ovarian mass: a non-invasive approach. Isr Med Assoc J 2007; 9:819-820. [PMID: 18085043] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [MESH Headings] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/25/2023]
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- Yakir Segev
- Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Carmel Medical Center, Haifa, Israel.
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Current approaches to the repair of long-gap esophageal atresia (EA) favor esophageal anastomosis. This investigation provides a midterm follow-up of long-gap EA with a primary repair to determine whether this procedure affects symptom severity and whether symptom severity may predict worsening of dysmotility. Fifteen children at least 1-year post primary repair were divided into group 1 (long-gap) and group 2 (non-long-gap). The severity of their symptoms was graded using a questionnaire focused on their eating habits and gastroesophageal motor dysfunction symptoms. Esophageal transit time and gastric emptying were assessed by scintigraphy and used to grade esophagogastric dysmotility. At midterm follow-up the majority of patients in both groups were asymptomatic (66% in group 1 vs 77.7% in group 2; P > 0.05). Esophagogastric dysmotility grades for group 1 were more severe than for group 2 (median 2.5, range from 1 to 4 vs median 1, range from 1 to 2, respectively; P > 0.05). We found no relationship between the severity of the symptoms and the presence or severity of esophagogastric dysmotility. At midterm follow-up in patients with long-gap atresia that underwent primary repair, this study showed scintigraphic evidence of silent and serious esophagogastric dysmotility in symptom-free or minimally symptomatic children. It may therefore be unreliable to use symptoms in assessing the severity of esophagogastric dysmotility, since both groups showed similar clinical findings but different scintigraphic findings.
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- M F Lopes
- Department of Pediatric Surgery, Pediatric Hospital of Coimbra, 3000 Coimbra, Portugal.
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