OBJECTIVE To determine the results of scan-directed unilateral neck exploration for primary hyperparathyroidism. DESIGN Retrospective study. SETTING Regional hospital, Hong Kong. PATIENTS Patients who underwent parathyroid surgery for primary hyperparathyroidism between January 2000 and December 2007 were included. MAIN OUTCOME MEASURES The demographic, imaging, biochemical, and patholo...

Introduction: We aimed to investigate the effect of right bundle branch block (RBBB) on perfusion and functional parameters in dipyridamole stress/rest Tc99m-MIBI gated myocardial perfusion SPECT (GSPECT) which may be helpful in interpretation of myocardial perfusion imaging. Methods: We studied 73 patients with low pre-test likelihood of coronary artery disease in two groups: 38 patients with ...

A 46 year-old male presented with persistently high level of serum parathyroid hormone (PTH), despite successful resection of an oxyphilic cell parathyroid adenoma of the left lower gland. Renal function and serum calcium were normal, leading to vitamin D deficiency being considered. Tc99m-sestamibi parathyroid scintigraphy showed no capitation, but a cervical ultrasound demonstrated an increas...

The control of more than 20 degrees of freedom in real-time is one challenge of humanoid robotics. The control architecture of an autonomous humanoid robot often consists of two parts, namely a real-time part that has direct access to the motors or RC servos, and a non-real-time part, that controls the higher-level behaviors and sensory information processing such as vision and touch. As a resu...

BACKGROUND Secondary hyperparathyroidism is a frequent complication of chronic renal failure. Patients resistant to pharmacotherapy are candidates for parathyroidectomy. Invasiveness of surgical treatment can be minimized by precise preoperative localization of parathyroid glands. Imaging modalities routinely used for this purpose are ultrasonography and MIBI-Tc99m scintigraphy. CASE REPORT O...

BACKGROUND/AIM To determine the incidence of abnormal Technetium Tc 99m Dimercaptosuccinic Acid (Tc99m DMSA) renal scintigraphy findings in the children with urinary tract infection (UTI), and to evaluate the difference between the children with UTI and vesico-ureteral reflux (VUR), and the children with UTI without VUR. METHODS Tc99m DMSA renal scintigraphy was performed in 170 children with...