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Rev. esp. med. nucl. imagen mol. (Ed. impr.) ; 39(6): 347-352, nov.-dic. 2020. ilus, tab
Article in Spanish | IBECS | ID: ibc-202216

ABSTRACT

OBJETIVO: La infección de las prótesis vasculares es una complicación temible por su alta morbimortalidad, en la que el diagnóstico precoz es imprescindible. Evaluamos la utilidad de la gammagrafía con leucocitos marcados con 99mTc-HMPAO y SPECT/TC (GLM-SPECT/TC) en el diagnóstico de esta patología. MATERIALES Y MÉTODOS: Analizamos retrospectivamente 30 GLM-SPECT/TC realizadas en pacientes con sospecha de infección de prótesis vasculares. Se consideró como resultado positivo la captación del radiofármaco en el área protésica con una intensidad superior a la del hígado o la médula ósea de raquis y pelvis. RESULTADOS: El diagnóstico final de infección, basado en los criterios de Fitzgerald, se estableció en 10pacientes, siendo la gammagrafía positiva en 11. No se obtuvieron falsos negativos. Los valores de sensibilidad y especificidad fueron 100% y 95%, respectivamente, con un VPP del 91% y un VPN del 100%. Veinticinco pacientes contaban también con un TC previo a la gammagrafía, que en 9 de los casos fue positivo (4FP). Los resultados de sensibilidad y especificidad del TC fueron del 62,5% y del 76%, con un VPP del 55,6% y un VPN del 81,3%. El diagnóstico de infección conllevó la exéresis del material protésico en 8 casos (todos ellos con confirmación microbiológica), mientras que los 2 restantes fueron tratados únicamente con antibioterapia debido a un alto riesgo quirúrgico. CONCLUSIONES: La GLM-SPECT/TC es una prueba de gran utilidad que presenta una alta precisión diagnóstica en la sospecha de infección de prótesis vasculares


AIM: Vascular graft infection is a rare complication with a high morbidity and mortality. Early diagnosis is essential to establish an adequate treatment. We assess the accuracy of 99mTc-WBC scintigraphy with SPECT/CT in the diagnosis of vascular graft infection. MATERIALS AND METHODS: We retrospectively analyzed thirty 99mTc-WBC scintigraphies with SPECT/CT performed in thirty patients with suspicion of vascular prosthesis infection. Studies were considered positive for graft infection if the intensity of activity involving the graft was greater than the liver or bone marrow activity (spine and pelvis). RESULTS: Final diagnosis of infection was established in 10 patients, based on Fitzgerald criteria. Scintigraphy was positive in 11 patients. No false negatives were obtained. The values of sensitivity and specificity were 100% and 95%, respectively, with a PPV of 91% and a NPV of 100%. Twenty five patients had a CT performed prior to scintigraphy, in 9 cases the result was positive and in the remaining 16 was negative. CT sensitivity and specificity obtained in our study were 62.5% and 76% respectively, with a PPV of 55.6% and a NPV of 81.3%. Diagnosis of infection led to prosthesis exeresis in 8 cases (all of them had a positive microbiological study of the extracted material), while the remaining 2 patients were treated with antibiotic therapy alone due to high surgical risk. CONCLUSION: Our results suggest a high accuracy for 99mTc-WBC scintigraphy with SPECT/CT in the assessment of clinically suspected arterial graft infection


Subject(s)
Humans , Male , Female , Adult , Middle Aged , Aged , Aged, 80 and over , Tomography, Emission-Computed, Single-Photon , Prosthesis-Related Infections/diagnostic imaging , Blood Vessel Prosthesis/microbiology , Radionuclide Imaging/methods , Leukocytes , Retrospective Studies
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Article in English, Spanish | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-32616455

ABSTRACT

AIM: Vascular graft infection is a rare complication with a high morbidity and mortality. Early diagnosis is essential to establish an adequate treatment. We assess the accuracy of 99mTc-WBC scintigraphy with SPECT/CT in the diagnosis of vascular graft infection. MATERIALS AND METHODS: We retrospectively analyzed thirty 99mTc-WBC scintigraphies with SPECT/CT performed in thirty patients with suspicion of vascular prosthesis infection. Studies were considered positive for graft infection if the intensity of activity involving the graft was greater than the liver or bone marrow activity (spine and pelvis). RESULTS: Final diagnosis of infection was established in 10 patients, based on Fitzgerald criteria. Scintigraphy was positive in 11 patients. No false negatives were obtained. The values of sensitivity and specificity were 100% and 95%, respectively, with a PPV of 91% and a NPV of 100%. Twenty five patients had a CT performed prior to scintigraphy, in 9 cases the result was positive and in the remaining 16 was negative. CT sensitivity and specificity obtained in our study were 62.5% and 76% respectively, with a PPV of 55.6% and a NPV of 81.3%. Diagnosis of infection led to prosthesis exeresis in 8 cases (all of them had a positive microbiological study of the extracted material), while the remaining 2 patients were treated with antibiotic therapy alone due to high surgical risk. CONCLUSION: Our results suggest a high accuracy for 99mTc-WBC scintigraphy with SPECT/CT in the assessment of clinically suspected arterial graft infection.


Subject(s)
Blood Vessel Prosthesis/adverse effects , Leukocytes , Prosthesis-Related Infections/diagnostic imaging , Radionuclide Imaging/methods , Radiopharmaceuticals , Single Photon Emission Computed Tomography Computed Tomography/methods , Technetium Tc 99m Exametazime , Vascular Grafting , Vasculitis/diagnostic imaging , Adult , Aged , Aged, 80 and over , Anti-Bacterial Agents/therapeutic use , Blood Vessel Prosthesis/microbiology , Device Removal , False Negative Reactions , False Positive Reactions , Female , Humans , Image Processing, Computer-Assisted , Male , Middle Aged , Prosthesis-Related Infections/microbiology , Retrospective Studies , Sensitivity and Specificity , Tomography, X-Ray Computed , Vasculitis/microbiology
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Rev. esp. med. nucl. imagen mol. (Ed. impr.) ; 32(6): 390-393, nov.-dic. 2013. tab, ilus
Article in Spanish | IBECS | ID: ibc-116456

ABSTRACT

La metayodobencilguanidina radiomarcada es un análogo de la norepinefrina que se utiliza en la localización de tumores que expresan transportadores de dicha neurohormona, especialmente los derivados de la cresta neural y de origen neuroendocrino, y en el tratamiento de sus metástasis cuando estas no son quirúrgicas. En la literatura revisada se encuentran mejorías sintomáticas, asociadas a un descenso de los niveles hormonales, en un porcentaje no despreciable de casos tras el tratamiento con 131I-MIBG. Sin embargo, la remisión tumoral completa se ha descrito en muy pocas ocasiones y casi nunca en presencia de metástasis óseas. Presentamos un caso de feocromocitoma maligno que tras el tratamiento con 131I-MIBG (600 mCi) alcanzó una respuesta hormonal y metabólica completa a pesar de la existencia de metástasis óseas (AU)


Radiolabeled metaiodobenzylguanidine is an analogue of norepinephrine used to localize tumors that express the neurohormone transporters, specifically those derived from the neural crest having a neuroendocrine origin. It is also used to treat non-surgical metastases derived from them. A review of the literature revealed symptomatic improvements associated to a decrease in hormone levels in a significant percentage of patients after 131I-MIBG treatment. However, complete tumor remission has been described only in very few cases and hardly ever when bone metastases exist. We present a case of a patient diagnosed of malignant pheochromocytoma who achieved complete hormonal and metabolic response after 131I-MIBG treatment (600 mCi) in spite of the presence of bone metastases (AU)


Subject(s)
Humans , Male , Adult , 3-Iodobenzylguanidine/therapeutic use , Pheochromocytoma/complications , Pheochromocytoma , Radionuclide Imaging/instrumentation , Radionuclide Imaging/methods , Magnetic Resonance Imaging/instrumentation , Magnetic Resonance Imaging/methods , Tomography, Emission-Computed/instrumentation , Tomography, Emission-Computed/methods , Tomography, Emission-Computed , Nuclear Medicine/methods , Nuclear Medicine/standards
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Rev Esp Med Nucl Imagen Mol ; 32(6): 390-3, 2013.
Article in Spanish | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-23562188

ABSTRACT

Radiolabeled metaiodobenzylguanidine is an analogue of norepinephrine used to localize tumors that express the neurohormone transporters, specifically those derived from the neural crest having a neuroendocrine origin. It is also used to treat non-surgical metastases derived from them. A review of the literature revealed symptomatic improvements associated to a decrease in hormone levels in a significant percentage of patients after (131)I-MIBG treatment. However, complete tumor remission has been described only in very few cases and hardly ever when bone metastases exist. We present a case of a patient diagnosed of malignant pheochromocytoma who achieved complete hormonal and metabolic response after (131)I-MIBG treatment (600 mCi) in spite of the presence of bone metastases.


Subject(s)
3-Iodobenzylguanidine/therapeutic use , Adrenal Gland Neoplasms/drug therapy , Antineoplastic Agents/therapeutic use , Pheochromocytoma/drug therapy , Adrenal Gland Neoplasms/metabolism , Adrenal Gland Neoplasms/pathology , Bone Neoplasms/secondary , Humans , Male , Neurotransmitter Agents/biosynthesis , Pheochromocytoma/metabolism , Pheochromocytoma/secondary , Remission Induction , Young Adult
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Rev. esp. med. nucl. (Ed. impr.) ; 30(5): 311-313, sept.-oct. 2011.
Article in Spanish | IBECS | ID: ibc-90617

ABSTRACT

La esplenosis intratorácica es una entidad generalmente asintomática que se diagnostica de forma incidental tras la realización de una radiografía, TAC o RM por otro motivo. La realización de una gammagrafía con hematíes desnaturalizados marcados con 99mTc permite el diagnóstico no invasivo de esta entidad y evita técnicas de diagnóstico más agresivas. Dado que este tejido esplénico puede ser parcial o totalmente funcionante, y por tanto tener cierta función inmunológica beneficiosa para el paciente (suficiente para brindar protección frente a la sepsis postesplenectomía), el manejo de esta entidad debe ser conservador. La técnica radioisotópica de gammagrafía con hematíes desnaturalizados marcados con 99mTc es la que presenta mayor especificidad para la demostración de tejido esplénico. La presencia de nódulos pulmonares subpleurales, asociados o no a nódulos intraabdominales, junto con la existencia de antecedentes de esplenectomía parcial o total, traumática o no, deben hacer sospechar la presencia de una esplenosis intratorácica(AU)


Intrathoracic splenosis is a generally asymptomatic entity incidentally diagnosed after the completion of an Rx, CT scan or MRI for another reason. The performance of scintigraphy with 99mTc-labelled heat-denatured erythrocytes allows the noninvasive diagnosis of this entity and avoids more aggressive diagnostic techniques such as FNAP or thoracotomy. Because this splenic tissue may be partially or fully functioning and therefore may have some beneficial immune function for the patient, the management of this entity should be conservative. Radioisotopic scintigraphy with 99mTc labelled heat-denatured erythrocytes is the technique with the greatest specificity in the demonstration of splenic tissue. The presence of subpleural pulmonary nodules, associated or not with intra-abdominal nodules, together with the existence of previous partial or total splenectomy, traumatic or not, with or without associated rupture of the diaphragm, should raise suspicion of the presence of intrathoracic splenosis(AU)


Subject(s)
Humans , Male , Middle Aged , Splenosis/diagnosis , Technetium Tc 99m Exametazime , Splenosis/complications , Splenosis , Erythrocytes , Sensitivity and Specificity
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Rev Esp Med Nucl ; 30(5): 311-3, 2011.
Article in Spanish | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-21334770

ABSTRACT

Intrathoracic splenosis is a generally asymptomatic entity incidentally diagnosed after the completion of an Rx, CT scan or MRI for another reason. The performance of scintigraphy with (99m)Tc-labelled heat-denatured erythrocytes allows the noninvasive diagnosis of this entity and avoids more aggressive diagnostic techniques such as FNAP or thoracotomy. Because this splenic tissue may be partially or fully functioning and therefore may have some beneficial immune function for the patient, the management of this entity should be conservative. Radioisotopic scintigraphy with (99m)Tc labelled heat-denatured erythrocytes is the technique with the greatest specificity in the demonstration of splenic tissue. The presence of subpleural pulmonary nodules, associated or not with intra-abdominal nodules, together with the existence of previous partial or total splenectomy, traumatic or not, with or without associated rupture of the diaphragm, should raise suspicion of the presence of intrathoracic splenosis.


Subject(s)
Diaphragm/injuries , Splenic Rupture/complications , Splenosis/diagnostic imaging , Thorax/diagnostic imaging , Accidents, Traffic , Aged , Asymptomatic Diseases , Erythrocytes , Humans , Incidental Findings , Male , Radionuclide Imaging , Rupture/complications , Splenosis/etiology , Technetium , Time Factors
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Rev. esp. med. nucl. (Ed. impr.) ; 30(1): 24-28, ene.-feb. 2011. tab, ilus
Article in Spanish | IBECS | ID: ibc-84788

ABSTRACT

El cáncer diferenciado de tiroides es una enfermedad con muy buen pronóstico si se trata adecuadamente. El tratamiento ablativo con 131I frecuentemente se asocia al tratamiento quirúrgico en estos pacientes ya que mejora la supervivencia, y el rastreo corporal total con 131I es una de las modalidades de diagnóstico de elección en el seguimiento de esta enfermedad. Tras tratamiento ablativo del tejido tiroideo, cualquier depósito del radiotrazador en una localización no fisiológica representa habitualmente la presencia de metástasis. Así pues, será fundamental el reconocimiento de cualquier posible falso positivo con el fin de evitar la radiación innecesaria debida a tratamientos inadecuados. Presentamos un caso clínico de captación torácica por bronquiectasias que puede malinterpretarse como metástasis pulmonar(AU)


Differentiated thyroid cancer is a disease having a very good prognosis when treated adequately. Ablation treatment with 131I is frequently adjunct to surgery in these patients since it improves survival. Radioiodine whole-body scan is one of the imaging modality of choice in the follow-up of patients with this kind of pathology. After ablation treatment of the thyroid gland, any radioiodine accumulation in a non-physiological location usually means the presence of functioning metastasis. Recognition of potential false-positives is essential to avoid unnecessary exposure to further radiation from repeated therapeutic doses of radioactive iodine. We report a case of uptake in the chest due to bronchiectasis, potentially masquerading as pulmonary metastasis(AU)


Subject(s)
Humans , Female , Middle Aged , 3-Iodobenzylguanidine , Iodine Radioisotopes , Thyroid Neoplasms , Carcinoma/complications , Carcinoma/diagnosis , Thyroglobulin/administration & dosage , Thyroglobulin , Bronchiectasis/complications , Bronchiectasis/diagnosis , Radiography, Thoracic , Thyroid Gland/pathology , Thyroid Gland , Carcinoma , Bronchiectasis , Goiter, Nodular/complications , Goiter, Nodular/surgery
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Rev Esp Med Nucl ; 30(1): 24-8, 2011.
Article in Spanish | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-20863596

ABSTRACT

Differentiated thyroid cancer is a disease having a very good prognosis when treated adequately. Ablation treatment with (131)I is frequently adjunct to surgery in these patients since it improves survival. Radioiodine whole-body scan is one of the imaging modality of choice in the follow-up of patients with this kind of pathology. After ablation treatment of the thyroid gland, any radioiodine accumulation in a non-physiological location usually means the presence of functioning metastasis. Recognition of potential false-positives is essential to avoid unnecessary exposure to further radiation from repeated therapeutic doses of radioactive iodine. We report a case of uptake in the chest due to bronchiectasis, potentially masquerading as pulmonary metastasis.


Subject(s)
Bronchiectasis/diagnostic imaging , Carcinoma/diagnostic imaging , Iodine Radioisotopes/pharmacokinetics , Lung/diagnostic imaging , Radiopharmaceuticals/pharmacokinetics , Thyroid Neoplasms/diagnostic imaging , Whole Body Imaging , Aged , Anti-Bacterial Agents/therapeutic use , Biomarkers, Tumor , Bronchiectasis/etiology , Bronchitis/complications , Bronchitis/drug therapy , Carcinoma/blood , Carcinoma/radiotherapy , Carcinoma/secondary , Carcinoma/surgery , Combined Modality Therapy , Diagnosis, Differential , False Positive Reactions , Female , Humans , Iodine Radioisotopes/therapeutic use , Lung Neoplasms/diagnosis , Lung Neoplasms/secondary , Radionuclide Imaging , Radiopharmaceuticals/therapeutic use , Thyroglobulin/blood , Thyroid Neoplasms/blood , Thyroid Neoplasms/radiotherapy , Thyroid Neoplasms/secondary , Thyroid Neoplasms/surgery , Thyroidectomy
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Rev Esp Med Nucl ; 19(5): 356-60, 2000 Sep.
Article in Spanish | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-11062112

ABSTRACT

This paper aims to present the usefulness of the different diagnosis imaging methods (anatomical and functional) in the characterization of bone injury. Any data, however insignificant, is justified and should be specified. In this case, the discrepancy between the vascular and pool phases in the bone scintigraphy with 99mTc-MDP reveals revealed a lesion with an intense reaction secondary to the "foreign body effect", which is not necessarily malignant.


Subject(s)
Femoral Neoplasms/diagnostic imaging , Osteoma, Osteoid/diagnostic imaging , Radiopharmaceuticals , Technetium Tc 99m Medronate/analogs & derivatives , Adolescent , Diagnosis, Differential , Foreign-Body Reaction/diagnostic imaging , Humans , Magnetic Resonance Imaging , Radionuclide Imaging
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Rev. esp. med. nucl. (Ed. impr.) ; 19(5): 356-360, sept. 2000.
Article in Es | IBECS | ID: ibc-5810

ABSTRACT

El objetivo es presentar la utilidad de los distintos métodos de diagnóstico por imagen (anatómicos y funcionales), en la caracterización de una lesión ósea.Cualquier dato, por insignificante que este sea, tiene su justificación y debe ser especificado. En este caso, la discrepancia en la gammagrafía ósea con 99mTc-MDP, entre las fases vascular y 'pool', revela a una lesión con intensa reacción secundaria al efecto de 'cuerpo extraño', que necesariamente no tiene que ser maligna (AU)


Subject(s)
Adolescent , Humans , Technetium Tc 99m Medronate , Radiopharmaceuticals , Osteoma, Osteoid , Diagnosis, Differential , Magnetic Resonance Imaging , Foreign-Body Reaction , Femoral Neoplasms
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Endocrinol. nutr. (Ed. impr.) ; 47(5): 129-132, mayo 2000.
Article in Es | IBECS | ID: ibc-4035

ABSTRACT

El tratamiento definitivo del hiperparatiroidismo es quirúrgico y es frecuente que se realicen previamente una o varias técnicas de localización. El propósito de este estudio fue revisar los casos de hiperparatiroidismo primario intervenidos en nuestro centro desde 1991; analizar sus características clínicas, analíticas y los resultados de la cirugía y valorar la utilidad de diferentes técnicas de localización preoperatoria. Se estudió a 45 pacientes, recogiéndose datos clínicos, bioquímicos (calcio total, fósforo, fosfatasa alcalina, calciuria y fosfaturia de 24 h) y hormonales (PTH intacta). En todos ellos, se realizaron preoperatoriamente una o varias técnicas de localización (ecografía, gammagrafía de sustracción con 201TI-99Tc y/o gammagrafía con 99mTc sestamibi). El estudio de fiabilidad se realizó mediante comparación con los hallazgos quirúrgicos comprobados anatomopatológicamente. Se evaluaron la sensibilidad, la especificidad y el valor predictivo positivo. El 55,5 por ciento de los pacientes tenían antecedentes de litiasis renoureteral, siendo el resto de las manifestaciones clínicas menos frecuentes. En el 93,3 por ciento pudo demostrarse adenoma, en el resto el diagnóstico fue de hiperplasia. La tasa de éxitos tras la primera cirugía fue del 84,4 por ciento. Como complicaciones, el 20 por ciento de los pacientes presentó hipocalcemia sintomática transitoria y el 4,4 por ciento hipoparatiroidismo definitivo. La prueba de localización más fiable fue la gammagrafía con 99mTc sestamibi, con una sensibilidad del 79,2 por ciento, una especificidad del 96 por ciento y un valor predictivo positivo del 95 por ciento. Esta prueba detectó el 100 por ciento de los adenomas con peso superior a 1 g. En conclusión, la cirugía del hiperparatiroidismo primario es un tratamiento efectivo y seguro. La fiabilidad de la gammagrafía de paratiroides con 99mTc sestamibi es superior a la de otras técnicas de localización, lo que hace que pueda considerarse como primera opción en la valoración preoperatoria de estos pacientes (AU)


Subject(s)
Female , Male , Humans , Hyperparathyroidism/surgery , Preoperative Care/methods , Parathyroidectomy/methods , Urinary Calculi/complications , Postoperative Complications/epidemiology , Technetium Tc 99m Sestamibi
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