PubMed Health⌕ Search

SEARCH · PubMed Health

Results for “RADIOISOTOPE SCANNING”

Explore indexed PubMed citations for clinical trials, systematic reviews and public health research. Read source abstracts and follow each citation to its original PubMed record.

Quote a phrase for an exact phrase match. Source license links do not imply unrestricted reuse.

At least 37 records · Page 2Linked to original sources
PubMed1993

Bile duct leakage after laparoscopic cholecystectomy diagnosed by radioisotopic scanning.

Laparoscopic cholecystectomy is fast becoming the procedure of choice for removal of the gallbladder. It offers advantages over traditional cholecystectomy with shorter hospital stays, less postoperative pain, and lowered hospital costs. Laparoscopic cholecystectomy has been shown to be a safe procedure when performed by experienced surgeons, but a higher incidence of injury to the bile duct has been noted. Nuclear scintigraphy offers a noninvasive method for the diagnosis of traumatic injury to the bile duct. A case is presented in which a patient developed a major bile duct leak after undergoing an apparent successful laparoscopic cholecystectomy. The complication was promptly diagnosed through the use of nuclear scintigraphy. Radioisotopic scanning should be considered when evaluating patients who manifest abdominal pain after laparoscopic cholecystectomy.

Adult↗
PubMed1989

The use of radioisotope scans in the evaluation of primary lymphoma of bone.

Primary lymphoma of bone is a rare lesion comprising less than 5% of all malignant primary bone tumors. Because of this rarity, the diagnosis of this lesion based on clinical findings and standard radiographic evaluations is extremely difficult and may not be entertained until after a biopsy has been performed. We retrospectively reviewed the cases of 22 consecutive patients with a diagnosis of primary lymphoma of bone (appendicular and axial skeleton) who along with standard radiographic evaluations had a technetium 99 bone scan performed as part of the preoperative staging process. A characteristic pattern demonstrating an increased uptake of intense tracer concentration peripherally and a relatively cold central area was seen consistently in all cases. This uptake pattern is then reversed with use of a gallium 67 scan. Because of the ambiguity of plain radiographs in the evaluation of adult bone lesions, radioisotope bone scans should be used as a diagnostic aid in an attempt to obtain as much information as possible about the biologic behavior of the bony lesion prior to any surgical intervention.

Adolescent↗