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Objective To investigate the incremental value of 99Tcm-MIBI SPECT/CT imaging in the preoperative diagnosis of PHPT.Methods Forty-one patients (13 males,28 females,age range:14-82 (50.0± 13.2) years)with PHPT were retrospectively enrolled.99Tcm-MIBI dual-phase planar scan,SPECT/CT imaging,CT and neck ultrasound were performed before surgery.All patients had pathological results.McNemarx2 test was used to compare the detection rates of the four imaging methods.ROI method was applied to calculate the uptake ratio (T/NT) and Pearson correlation analysis was used to evaluate correlation between T/NT and serum intact PTH,Ca,the lesion volume measured after parathyroidectomy.Results A total of 42 parathyroid lesions were confirmed by pathology.There were 39 patients with parathyroid adenoma (2 with double adenomas,and 37 with single adenoma containing 2 ectopic adenomas) and 1 patient with parathyroid carcinoma.The detection rate of planar scan,SPECT/CT imaging,CT and neck ultrasound were 78.0％ (32/41),92.7％ (38/41),73.2％ (30/41) and 70.7％ (29/41) respectively.Detection rate of SPECT/CT imaging was significantly higher than that of planar scan,CT or ultrasonography (x2 =4.17,4.90,5.82,all P＜0.01).However there were no remarkable differences between the detection rate of planar scan and that of CT or ultrasonography (x2=0.08,0.36,both P＞0.05).Detection rates of CT and ultrasonography were not significantly different either (x2 =1.90,P＞0.05).T/NT in delayed planar imaging were significantly correlated with PTH,Ca and the lesion volume measured after parathyroidectomy (r =0.56,0.54,0.56,all P＜0.01).Conclusions Compared with 99Tcm-MIBI dual-phase planar scan,CT and ultrasonography,SPECT/CT imaging could be of important clinical value for preoperative localization of PHPT because of its higher detection rate and accurate anatomical localization ability.
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Nuclide renal dynamic imaging was performed on 88 (110 times) transplanted kidney. Two kinds of renal scintigraphic characteristics were identified in recipients with supravesical obstruction of the graft. First, the regular type was characterized by radioactivity defect area in kidney parenchyma during early uptake period followed by ureteropelvic retention. Second, the tubular type was typified by cortical retention and attenuation in collecting system during the whole test period with a special sign of “hollow kidney”. Non-obstructive dilated calyces showed similar signs as the regular type. Acute rejection reaction and tubule necrosis demonstrated obstructive time-activity curves. However, the radioactivity retention appeared in cortex. It was suggested that dilated calyces and obstructive renogram might not be reliable evidence for upper urinary tract obstruction. The signs of radioactivity attenuation in kidney parenchyma during early uptake period followed by ureteropelvic retention may be more valuable for the evaluation. As for tubular obstruction, specified “hollow kidney” was the characteristic sign which is helpful for the diagnosis.
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To explore the possibility to employ 99mTc-MIBI to monitor biological response of tumor cells after irradiation and to observe the relation between the radiation doses and the uptake levels of 99mTc-MIBI in tumor cells, the cells were irradiated with a single dose of 2 Gy, 10 Gy and 20 Gy respectively. The uptake of 99mTc-MIBI in each dosage group was determined before and 24, 48, 72 h after irradiation respectively. Apoptosis index (AI), plating efficiency (PE) of tumor cells was simultaneously determined. There was a positive correlation between uptake levels of 99mTc-MIBI and AI(r=－0.91, P<0.05). A negative correlation was noted between the uptake levels and PE (r=－0.86, P<0.05). It is suggested that 99mTc-MIBI may be used as a tracer to monitor the change of viability state of tumor cells after being irradiated with different doses.
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Nuclide renal dynamic imaging was performed on 88 (110 times) transplanted kidney. Two kinds of renal scintigraphic characteristics were identified in recipients with supravesical obstruction of the graft. First, the regular type was characterized by radioactivity defect area in kidney parenchyma during early uptake period followed by ureteropelvic retention. Second, the tubular type was typified by cortical retention and attenuation in collecting system during the whole test period with a special sign of “hollow kidney”. Non-obstructive dilated calyces showed similar signs as the regular type. Acute rejection reaction and tubule necrosis demonstrated obstructive time-activity curves. However, the radioactivity retention appeared in cortex. It was suggested that dilated calyces and obstructive renogram might not be reliable evidence for upper urinary tract obstruction. The signs of radioactivity attenuation in kidney parenchyma during early uptake period followed by ureteropelvic retention may be more valuable for the evaluation. As for tubular obstruction, specified “hollow kidney” was the characteristic sign which is helpful for the diagnosis.
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To explore the possibility to employ 99mTc-MIBI to monitor biological response of tumor cells after irradiation and to observe the relation between the radiation doses and the uptake levels of 99mTc-MIBI in tumor cells, the cells were irradiated with a single dose of 2 Gy, 10 Gy and 20 Gy respectively. The uptake of 99mTc-MIBI in each dosage group was determined before and 24, 48, 72 h after irradiation respectively. Apoptosis index (AI), plating efficiency (PE) of tumor cells was simultaneously determined. There was a positive correlation between uptake levels of 99mTc-MIBI and AI(r=－0.91, P<0.05). A negative correlation was noted between the uptake levels and PE (r=－0.86, P<0.05). It is suggested that 99mTc-MIBI may be used as a tracer to monitor the change of viability state of tumor cells after being irradiated with different doses.