objective(s): to review the findings of the patients with sjögren’s syndrome (ss) having technetium-99m-pertechnetate (99mtc-pertechnetate) and gallium-67 citrate (ga-67) salivary gland scintigraphy in the past eight years.methods: the patients with ss, who were referred to our department for salivary gland scintigraphy during january 2008-december 2015 were studied using both 99mtc-pertechneta...

OBJECTIVES To review the findings of the patients with Sjögren's syndrome (SS) having technetium99-m-pertechnetate (99mTc-pertechnetate) and gallium67- citrate (Ga-67) salivary gland scintigraphy in the past eight years. METHODS The patients with SS, who were referred to our department for salivary gland scintigraphy during January -2008December 2015 were studied using both 99mTc-pertechnetat...

Objective(s): To review the findings of the patients with Sjögren’s syndrome (SS) having technetium-99m-pertechnetate (99mTc-pertechnetate) and gallium-67 citrate (Ga-67) salivary gland scintigraphy in the past eight years.Methods: The patients with SS, who were referred to our department for salivary gland scintigraphy during January 2008-December 2015 were studied using both 99mTc-pertechneta...

OBJECTIVES This study is to assess the prognostic value of (99m)Tc-pertechnetate thyroid scintigraphy for predicting the outcomes of fixed low dose of radioiodine therapy (RIT) in a cohort of Chinese Graves' disease (GD) patients. MATERIALS AND METHODS This is a retrospective study of GD patients who received RIT with a single dose of radioiodine (5 mCi). All the patients received (99m)Tc-per...

Tc-99m pertechnetate scintigraphy is a standard procedure for diagnosis of Meckel's diverticulum. It usually presents as a static abnormality in the midabdomen. We report a 17-year-old patient with severe lower gasterointestinal bleeding and anemia. On Tc-99m pertechnetate scintigraphy, focal abnormal activity was noted in the abdomen which was moving in the abdominal cavity. The patient underw...

UNLABELLED 99mTc-pertechnetate scintigraphy plays an essential role in the management of a variety of thyroid and parathyroid disorders. The authors report an unusual case of mediastinal tracer distribution of 99mTc-pertechnetate and 99mTc-MIBI in relation to an oesophageal conduit following oesophago-gastrectomy and reconstructive surgery on thyroid scintigraphy. This is a rare but important c...

UNLABELLED Our objective was to evaluate the role of (99m)Tc-pertechnetate scintigraphy on microvascular autologous transplantation of the submandibular gland in patients with severe keratoconjunctivitis sicca (KCS). METHODS (99m)Tc-Pertechnetate scintigraphy was performed on 106 patients with severe KCS. The patients were examined before surgery and at 1 wk and 3 mo afterward using a standar...

Technetium-99m pertechnetate scintigraphy in three patients with pathologically proven peripheral nerve tumors (six in total) demonstrated its ability to assess accurately the size, location, and the extent of all lesions. Pertechnetate localized only in areas of abnormal nerve involvement and all lesions were better seen in delayed images than the earlier ones. Pertechnetate imaging appears to...

A 37-year-old male with a persistent increased parathyroid hormone level, after subtotal thyroidectomy and parathyroidectomy, was referred for scintigraphic localization of a possible ectopic parathyroid adenoma. Tc-99m pertechnetate and Tc-99m MIBI scintigraphy were performed on separate days. There was marked uptake of both tracers in the mediastinum, which at surgery was confirmed to be an e...

Background: Local ablative treatments play an important role for patients who cannot be treated surgically. Radiofrequency ablation is a well-established alternative to surgical treatment of thyroid nodules, however it also has disadvantages. Microwave ablation (MWA) is a new minimally invasive treatment promising several improvements. The aim of this retrospective study was to evaluate the eff...