nomously functioning thyroid nodule 505 InTROduCTIOn Diagnostic procedures for thyroid disorder include bio chemical evaluation: measurement of serum thyrotropin (TSH), free thyroid hormone (free thyroxine [FT4], free triiodothyronine [FT3]) and thyroid antibody levels, as well as imaging including ultrasonography (USG) and thyroid scan. In some cases fine needle aspiration bio psy (FNAB) shoul...

Over 100,000 implantable cardiac pacemakers are currently being used to rehabilitate patients with heart block. The chemical batteries powering these pacemakers usually fail within a few years. A variety of nuclear batteries with the potential of providing long-lived (10-20 years) pacemaker power, are under development. This paper reviews the status of this development. Nuclear powered pacemake...

Nuclear medicine would be greatly aided if compounds were available to promote the excretion of unwanted radioisotopes from biological systems. Such preparations would make possible greater use of long-lived radionuclides in medicine and would reduce some of the environmental hazards associated with nuclear energy. The biochemistry of radioisotope excretion is complicated because there are so m...

We report a case of recurrent Streptococcus Pneumoniae meningoencephalitis with a transethmoidal meningoencephalocele (TEME) but without cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) leakage.A 35-year-old man was admitted with S. pneumoniae meningitis. He had suffered from four episodes of recurrent pneumococcal meningitis during the previous 4 years. A computed tomography scan of the paranasal sinus showed the TE...

Introduction: Gastric drainage disorder is one of the complications of gastric pull-up and esophagectomy after surgery which might lead to esophageal cancer and benign strictures. The aim of this study was to determine the role of pyloromyotomy on gastric drainage. Materials and Methods: In this prospective randomized controlled clinical trial study, we studied 51 patients in two matched groups...

The authors carried out experimental and clinical studies of left ventricular volume measurement using equilibrium-gated blood pool scan. Using phantoms, we experimentally obtained a regression equation between radioisotope levels and camera counts. From this equation, we deduced a regression equation between camera counts and volumes, which was then used for calculation of left ventricular vol...

UNLABELLED One hundred and seventy three children, including 93 with biliary atresia, received liver grafts at Addenbrooke's Hospital between 1983 and 1993. Of these, only seven developed cyanosis due to intrapulmonary shunting as a complication of their liver disease, and all seven of these had the biliary atresia/polysplenia syndrome. Intrapulmonary shunting was confirmed by a radioisotope sc...