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Renal medullary carcinoma is a rare and highly aggressive tumor seen almost exclusively in young individuals of African descent with sickle cell disease. Here, we describe a case of a 29-year-old man, who did not have sickle cell disease, with pathologically confirmed renal medullary carcinoma using dual-time FDG PET/CT.The majority of glomus tumors are localized to cutaneous sites and are benign. However, extracutaneous malignant glomus tumors have been reported and are aggressive. Here, we report a case of a 45-year-old man who presented severe dysphagia, diagnosed with malignant glomus tumor of the esophagus. F-FDG PET/CT played a decisive role in several phases of the patient management offering previously unknown accuracy. It was first performed in the initial staging of local tumor extent before surgery. A year and a half after, F-FDG PET/CT helped to detect recurrence and, finally, was performed for response evaluation of several systemic therapies.Only a few studies and images of Tc-besilesomab scintigraphy are documented in the literature. We present a Tc-besilesomab image consistent with soft tissue infection of the lower limbs in a febrile 67-year-old man.Pancreatic disease can be associated with polyarthritis and panniculitis in a small number of patients, and this triad constitutes PPP syndrome. Early diagnosis is critical as it has high morbidity and mortality. Panniculitis can occur in fat present anywhere in the body. Involvement of fat in bone marrow is relatively uncommon, and radiologic imaging shows osteolytic lesions involving long bones. Here we present a case of acute pancreatitis, referred to our department for evaluation of severe joint pain and multiple bone pain. Tc-MDP scan with SPECT/CT has been done, which showed medullary expansion with heterogenous tracer uptake, that is, moth-eaten appearance.A 34-year-old woman, after being treated for cervical cancer, presented with severe pain in the inguinal and the upper abdominal region with restriction in range of motion of the trunk 71 days after radiation therapy and 19 days after receiving adjuvant gemcitabine and cisplatin chemotherapy. The F-FDG PET/CT showed complete response to cancer treatment, but also revealed a localized inflammatory process that was delimited by radiation fields rather than anatomical structures, suggesting a radiation recall phenomenon.Endogenous Clostridium septicum endophthalmitis is a rare and fulminant ocular infection, usually encountered in immunocompromised or diabetic patients. It is also highly associated with both gastrointestinal and hematologic malignancies. We describe herein the detection of an adenocarcinoma of the cecum on PET/CT with F-FDG in a patient with an active endogenous C. septicum endophthalmitis of the right eye. FDG PET/CT should be considered for all patients with endogenous endophthalmitis to exclude an occult malignancy, especially colorectal cancer.Using real-time SPECT/US fusion imaging, the localization of an uptake defect in DMSA scan could be identified unambiguously after being uncertain in ultrasound alone. Thereby, a localized functional loss, due to history of pyelonephritis, without scarring, but reduced cortical thickness could be verified. DMSA-SPECT/US primarily demonstrates its utility in depiction of renal pathologies and may be a descriptive tool in equivocal constellation of findings.In the present case, we report the first experience of a patient with high-grade glioma who underwent dual F-FAZA PET/CT imaging for intratumoral hypoxia assessment, before treatment, and for therapy monitoring in the suspicious of recurrence, as part of a clinical research protocol. In addition, despite the diagnosis of glioblastoma, the patient at 3 years from diagnosis was alive and underwent C-methionine simultaneous PET/MRI for disease monitoring after treatment, showing stability of disease. The multitracer capability of PET in assessing different and complementary metabolic features along with the use of a last-generation scanner as PET/MRI in brain oncology are here enlighten.We describe the extrastriatal accumulation of dopamine transporter imaging agent Tc-TRODAT in the peri-infarct area in a 75-year-old man referred for dopamine transporter SPECT imaging with a suspicion of idiopathic Parkinson disease.Primary central nervous system lymphoma is an extranodal lymphoma originating in the brain, spinal cord, and leptomeninges, which rarely spreads outside the nervous system. Neurolymphomatosis is the term used to describe lymphomatous involvement of the cranial nerves (except optic nerve) and peripheral nerve roots or plexus. We report a case of a 23-year-old man presented with progressive weakness of all 4 limbs. F-FDG PET/CT revealed FDG-avid thickening along the multiple cranial nerve roots, spinal nerve roots, and brain parenchymal lesion. Core biopsy from the peripheral nerve root demonstrated the lymphomatous involvement.DOTA-D-Phe-Tyr-octreotide labeled with Ga (Ga-DOTATOC) is the commonly used PET tracer for imaging meningioma because of its high affinity to somatostatin receptor subtype 2 (SSTR2) and an established imaging modality for planning radiation and radionuclide therapy. However, SSTR2 is not an exclusive marker for meningioma, and not all meningiomas express high levels of SSTR2. The SSTR2 expression has been reported in other intracranial tumors, for example, glioma, pituitary adenoma, medullablastoma, primitive neuroectodermal tumors, and hemangioblastoma leading to a significant risk of misinterpretation of PET/CT findings. We present 2 cases with similar Ga-DOTATOC uptakes in 2 distinct etiologies, for example, cerebral lymphoma and meningioma.A 72-year-old man, who is known with a case of metastatic carcinoma of the breast, was referred for F-PMSA 1007 PET/CT with clinical suspicion of synchronous prostate cancer. F-PSMA 1007 PET/CT scan detected no abnormal tracer concentrating lesion in the prostate gland; however, abnormal tracer concentration was noted in soft tissue lesions in left breast, metastatic lymph nodes, and skeletal lesions. Compared with F-FDG PET/CT, more bone lesions were detected on F-PSMA 1007 imaging. The findings of our case open the possibility of imaging metastatic breast cancer with F-PSMA 1007 in men.Ga-FAPI PET/CT was performed in a 56-year-old cirrhotic patient with multiple liver nodules, which were suspected of hepatocellular carcinoma by contrast-enhanced magnetic resonance but were not visualized by F-FDG PET/CT. Increased Ga-FAPI liver uptake was observed in this cirrhotic patient. However, the nodules had no pathological Ga-FAPI uptake and were clearly visualized due to the low activity compared with surrounding liver parenchyma. The Ga-FAPI PET/CT features, suggestive of benign nodules, have been later confirmed by histopathological examination. This case suggested that Ga-FAPI PET/CT may be useful in the differentiation between benign nodules and hepatocellular carcinoma in the patient with liver cirrhosis.We describe a case of a 5-year-old boy with a history of intermittent melena underwent TcO4 scintigraphy. On dynamic images, no abnormal activity was noted. After voiding and also in the lateral view, the focus of activity was noted in the superior and anterior aspect of the urinary bladder, compatible with a Meckel's diverticulum, which was confirmed pathologically as well.Late recurrence of prostate cancer after remission with prior radical prostatectomy is uncommon. This is a unique case of biochemical recurrence after being in remission for 12 years. The patient presented with swelling of the right lower extremity with pelvic MRI demonstrating an arterially enhancing filling defect in the right common iliac. An F-fluciclovine PET/CT showed corresponding increased intravascular radiotracer activity. Targeted biopsy of the intravascular lesion showed poorly differentiated carcinoma, suggestive of prostate origin. Although MRI evaluation is the mainstay for pelvic evaluation, characterization with F-fluciclovine PET/CT imaging adds high whole-body specificity and diagnostic accuracy.A 78-year-old woman was referred to the gynecologic outpatient department because she was suspected of having ovarian cancer based on an imaging study performed during a general medical examination. Further examination using F-FDG PET/CT revealed a bulky mass lesion with low FDG avidity, as well as surprisingly strong bilateral breast radiotracer uptake despite the patient's age. Thus, an estrogen-producing tumor was suspected. Bilateral salpingo-oophorectomy was performed, and surgical pathology diagnosed the tumor as clear cell carcinoma of the ovary.BACKGROUND Propofol is a common sedative-hypnotic drug traditionally used for inducing and maintaining general anesthesia. Recent studies have drawn attention to the nonanesthetic effects of propofol, but the potential mechanism by which propofol suppresses non-small-cell lung cancer (NSCLC) progression has not been fully elucidated. METHODS For the in vitro experiments, we used propofol (0, 2, 5, and 10 µg/mL) to treat A549 cells for 1, 4, and 12 hours and Cell Counting Kit-8 (CCK-8) to detect proliferation. Apoptosis was measured with flow cytometry. We also transfected A549 cells with an microribonucleic acid-21 (miR-21) mimic or negative control ribonucleic acid (RNA) duplex and phosphatase and tensin homolog, deleted on chromosome 10 (PTEN) small interfering ribonucleic acid (siRNA) or negative control. PTEN, phosphorylated protein kinase B (pAKT), and protein kinase B (AKT) expression were detected using Western blotting, whereas miR-21 expression was examined by real-time polymerase chain reaction (RT-= -109.47 [-167.03 to -51.91], P ≤ .0001) and promoted apoptosis (MD [95% CI] = 38.53 [11.69-65.36], P = .0093). CONCLUSIONS Our study indicated that propofol inhibited A549 cell growth, accelerated apoptosis via the miR-21/PTEN/AKT pathway in vitro, suppressed NSCLC tumor cell growth, and promoted apoptosis in vivo. Our findings provide new implications for propofol in cancer therapy and indicate that propofol is extremely advantageous in surgical treatment.BACKGROUND Annual and/or semiannual evaluations of pain medicine clinical faculty are mandatory for multiple organizations in the United States. We evaluated the validity and psychometric reliability of a modified version of de Oliveira Filho et al clinical supervision scale for this purpose. METHODS Six years of weekly evaluations of pain medicine clinical faculty by resident physicians and pain medicine fellows were studied. A 1-4 rating (4 = "Always") was assigned to each of 9 items (eg, "The faculty discussed with me the management of patients before starting a procedure or new therapy and accepted my suggestions, when appropriate"). RESULTS Cronbach α of the 9 items equaled .975 (95% confidence interval [CI], 0.974-0.976). A G coefficient of 0.90 would be expected with 18 raters; the N = 12 six-month periods had mean 18.8 ± 5.9 (standard deviation [SD]) unique raters in each period (median = 20).Concurrent validity was shown by Kendall τb = 0.45 (P less then .0001) pairwise by combination of ratee and eport higher supervision scores when they had the opportunity to perform more interventional pain procedures. CONCLUSIONS Evaluations of pain medicine clinical faculty are required. As found when used for evaluating operating room anesthesiologists, a supervision scale has excellent internal consistency, achievable reliability using 1-year periods of data, concurrent validity with other ratings, and the ability to differentiate among ratees. However, to be reliable, routinely collected supervision scores must be adjusted for rater leniency.
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