Case#4

Case 4 A 48 years old lady referred for chest discomfort evaluation. She is diabetic & on oral hypoglycemic from last 8 years. She underwent Myocardial Perfusion Imaging with Tc-99m MIBI using dipyridamole as pharmacological stress, with two days stress-rest protocol, in January 2009. Images are shown in figure 1. Fig 1: Stress induced ischemia of anterior and inferior walls. Her coronary angiography...

Case#3

Case 3 A four months old baby boy with history of repeated vomiting. Fig: Images demonstrate multiple episodes of gastroesophageal reflux Discussion: The definition of gastroesophageal reflux (GER) is the passage of gastric contents into the esophagus. Many episodes of gastroesophageal reflux occur in healthy infants and children and are considered “physiologic”. Such episodes are brief...

Case#2

Case No: 2 A 57-year old lady with history of raised serum calcium and markedly raised PTH was referred to the Nuclear medicine department for Parathyroid scintigraphy. Clinically diagnosed as Primary Hyperparathyroidism (PHPT) she was sent for detection and localization of possible parathyroid adenoma(s). Both planar (Figure 1) and SPECT-CT (Figure 2) images were acquired after intravenous administration...

Case#1

CASE REPORT 1 : A 65 year old gentleman was diagnosed with locally advanced papillary thyroid carcinoma. He had total thyroidectomy with left modified neck dissection, partial pharyngeal and tracheal resection. He underwent subsequent ablative Radioactive Iodine I-131 therapy as well as EBRT to the neck. (more…)