Delayed gastric emptying in patients with caustic ingestionBhagwant Rai Mittal
Department of Nuclear Medicine, Postgraduate Institute of Medical Education and Research, Chandigarh, India
Nucl Med Commun 29:782-5. 2008
..Patients with caustic ingestion may develop esophageal and/or gastric cicatrization...
- The role of (18)F-FDG PET/CT in initial staging of patients with locally advanced breast carcinoma with an emphasis on M staging
Bagwant Rai Mittal
Department of Nuclear Medicine and General Surgery, Postgraduate Institute of Medical Education and Research, 160 012 Chandigarh, India
Hell J Nucl Med 14:135-9. 2011
..In conclusion, our study suggests that more extra axillary lymph nodal and distant metastases can be identified by (18)F-FDG PET/CT as compared to a group of clinical, X-rays, ultrasound and bone scan examinations together...
- 18F-FDG PET-CT in evaluation of postoperative colorectal cancer patients with rising CEA level
Bhagwant Rai Mittal
Department of Nuclear Medicine and PET, Postgraduate Institute of Medical Education and Research, Chandigarh, India
Nucl Med Commun 32:789-93. 2011
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- (18)F-FDG PET/CT in a rare case of diffuse large B cell lymphoma presenting as deep vein thrombosis with bilateral breast involvement and subcutaneous nodules
Kuruva Manohar
Department of Nuclear Medicine, Postgraduate Institute of Medical Education and Research, Chandigarh 160 012, India
Hell J Nucl Med 13:298-9. 2010
..In conclusion, our case reports that (18)F-FDG PET/CT scan identified rare sites of lymphomatous involvement, supported staging and showed response to chemotherapy...
- Negative predictive value of gallium-67 SPET/CT in a case of Hodgkin's lymphoma with bulky mediastinal disease
Chidambaram Natrajan Harisankar
Department of Nuclear Medicine, Postgraduate Institute of Medical Education and Research, Chandigarh 160 012, India
Hell J Nucl Med 12:64-5. 2009
..This case thus suggests that (67)Ga- C SPET/CT can differentiate fibrosed from functionally active enlarged lymph nodes, avoiding invasive biopsies and providing a viable alternative, when PET/CT is not available...
- Imaging with (18)F-FDG PET/CT of a primitive primary neuroectodermal tumor of the chest wall, in an adult
Koramadai Karuppuswamy Kamaleshwaran
Department of Nuclear Medicine and PET, PGIMER, Chandigarh 160 012, India
Hell J Nucl Med 13:287-8. 2010
..In conclusion, active glucose metabolism of PNET of the chest wall on (18)F-FDG PET/CT was valuable in the preoperative evaluation and treatment monitoring of a patient with this very seldom tumor...
- Hepatobiliary scintigraphy in management of bile leaks in patients with blunt abdominal trauma
Bhagwant R Mittal
Department of Nuclear Medicine, Postgraduate Institute of Medical Education and Research, Chandigarh, India
ANZ J Surg 78:597-600. 2008
..Hepatobiliary scintigraphy (HBS) is a useful diagnostic tool in detecting the presence and site of bile leaks...
- Meckel's diverticulum in infants and children; technetium-99m pertechnetate scintigraphy and clinical findings
Bhagwant Rai Mittal
Department of Nuclear Medicine, Post Graduate Institute of Medical Education and Research, Chandigarh 160 012, India
Hell J Nucl Med 11:26-9. 2008
..The scintiscan was true positive in 84.2%. Our findings were in agreement with those of other authors. In conclusion, in pediatric patients (99m)Tc-pertechnetate scintigraphy is by 84.2% true positive for gastric mucosa, indicating MD...
- Can fluorodeoxyglucose positron emission tomography/computed tomography avoid negative iliac crest biopsies in evaluation of marrow involvement by lymphoma at time of initial staging?
Bhagwant Rai Mittal
Department of Nuclear Medicine, Postgraduate Institute of Medical Education and Research, Chandigarh, India
Leuk Lymphoma 52:2111-6. 2011
..In addition, FDG PET/CT had a very high negative predictive value approaching 100% in HL and aggressive NHL, which might help in avoiding negative ILBMBs...
- Ventricular ejection fraction in patients with dilated cardiomyopathy calculated by gated blood pool SPET processing software: correlation with multigated acquisition and first pass radionuclide ventriculography
Bhagwant Rai Mittal
Department of Nuclear Medicine, Postgraduate Institute of Medical Education and Research, Chandigarh 160 012, India
Hell J Nucl Med 14:234-8. 2011
..Given the practical difficulties with FPRNV like good bolus administration, quantitative blood pool SPET (QBPS) can be used to calculate RVEF. Similarly MUGA and GBPS can be used to calculate LVEF...
- Lung scintigraphy in the diagnosis and follow-up of pulmonary thromboembolism in children with nephrotic syndrome
Bhagwant Rai Mittal
Department of Nuclear Medicine, Postgraduate Institute of Medical Education and Research, Chandigarh 160012, India
Clin Imaging 29:313-6. 2005
..The patients were treated with streptokinase, and the study was repeated. Marked improvement was seen in lung perfusion, thereby highlighting the importance of lung perfusion scan in the follow-up of such patients...
- Pertechnetate SPECT-CT in corrosive gastric injury
Hejjaji Venkataramarao Sunil
Department of Nuclear Medicine, Postgraduate Institute of Medical Education and Research, Chandigarh 160012, India
Indian J Gastroenterol 29:244-6. 2010
..Fusion imaging (SPECT-CT) provided valuable information regarding viability of gastric mucosa, and it helped guide appropriate management...
- Ectopic kidneys as a source of misinterpretation on bone scintigraphy
Anish Bhattacharya
Department of Nuclear Medicine, Postgraduate Institute of Medical Education and Research, Chandigarh, India
Clin Nucl Med 30:503-5. 2005
- (18)F-FDG PET/CT in bilateral primary adrenal T-cell lymphoma
Sampath Santhosh
Department of Nuclear Medicine and PET, PGIMER, Chandigarh 160 012, India
Hell J Nucl Med 14:166-7. 2011
..A pathological diagnosis of non-Hodgkin lymphoma of peripheral T-cell type was made. The present case indicates that primary adrenal lymphoma should be included in the differential diagnosis of bilateral adrenal masses...
- Single photon emission computed tomography/computed tomography of the skull in malignant otitis externa
Dhritiman Chakraborty
Department of Nuclear Medicine, PGIMER, Chandigarh, India
Am J Otolaryngol 33:128-9. 2012
..The authors present a patient with bilateral malignant otitis externa where the extent of skull base involvement was determined on 3-phase bone scintigraphy with single photon emission computed tomography/computed tomography...
- Reliability of left ventricular ejection fraction calculated with gated myocardial perfusion single photon emission computed tomography in patients with extensive perfusion defect
Chidambaram Natrajan Balasubramanian Harisankar
Department of Nuclear Medicine, Postgraduate Institute of Medical Education and Research, Chandigarh, India
Nucl Med Commun 32:503-7. 2011
..Computer algorithm-based LV ejection fraction (EF) calculated from resting g-MPS has been found to be reliable in patients with normal perfusion. However, its role in patients with extensive perfusion defects is not clear...
- A (99m)Tc-DTPA ventilation study in monitoring the effect of budesonide in asthmatic children
Raghava Kashyap
Department of Nuclear Medicine, Postgraduate Institute of Medical Education and Research, 160012 Chandigarh, India
Hell J Nucl Med 14:121-5. 2011
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- Tc-99m MDP scintigraphy in a case of idiopathic calcinosis cutis
Anish Bhattacharya
Department of Nuclear Medicine, Postgraduate Institute of Medical Education and Research, Chandigarh 160-012, India
Clin Nucl Med 30:431-2. 2005
- Renal cell carcinoma presenting as isolated thyroid metastasis 13 years after radical nephrectomy, detected on F-18 FDG PET/CT
Kuruva Manohar
Department of Nuclear Medicine and PET, Postgraduate Institute of Medical Education and Research, Chandigarh, India
Clin Nucl Med 35:818-9. 2010
..F-18 FDG PET/CT provided valuable information regarding thyroid being the only site of metastatic involvement, which lead to further appropriate management...
- Urinary bladder carcinoma associated with Paget's disease of skull: Imaging findings on Tc99m-MDP bone scintigraphy, F18-Fluoride PET/CT and F18-FDG PET/CT
Dhritiman Chakraborty
Department of Nuclear Medicine and PET, Postgraduate Institute of Medical Education and Research, Chandigarh, India
Indian J Nucl Med 26:42-3. 2011
..CT images showed thickening of skull bones...
- FDG-PET findings in fronto-temporal dementia: A case report and review of literature
Chidambaram Natrajan Balasubramanian Harisankar
Department of Nuclear Medicine and PET, Postgraduate Institute of Medical Education and Research, Chandigarh, India
Indian J Nucl Med 26:96-8. 2011
..Though temporo-parietal hypometabolism is sensitive in diagnosis of AD, it is less specific. The importance of evaluating the cingulate and anterior temporal cortices for arriving at a diagnosis of FTLD is stressed...
- Diagnosis of mandibular osteomyelitis in probable coexisting tumor recurrence: role of Tc-99m ciprofloxacin imaging
Baljinder Singh
Department of Nuclear Medicine, Postgraduate Institute of Medical Education and Research, Chandigarh, India
Clin Nucl Med 33:525-7. 2008
..A follow-up Tc-99m ciprofloxacin scan after debridement and 8 weeks of antibiotic treatment showed no focus of tracer concentration in the region of the mandible...
- Utility of high fat and low carbohydrate diet in suppressing myocardial FDG uptake
Chidambaram Natrajan Balasubramanian Harisankar
Department of Nuclear Medicine and PET, Postgraduate Institute of Medical Education and Research, Chandigarh, 160 012, India
J Nucl Cardiol 18:926-36. 2011
..Prolonged fasting for suppressing myocardial FDG uptake is inconsistent. We evaluated the feasibility to consistently suppress myocardial FDG uptake with a low carbohydrate high fat protein permitted (LCHFPP) diet...
- F-18 fluoride uptake in calcified extraosseous metastases from ovarian papillary serous adenocarcinoma
Kanhaiyalal Agrawal
From the Departments of Nuclear Medicine and Obstetrics and Gynaecology, Postgraduate Institute of Medical Education and Research, Chandigarh, India
Clin Nucl Med 37:e22-3. 2012
..The authors present a case of recurrent ovarian PSAC showing uptake of both F-18 fluoride and F-18 fluorodeoxyglycose in multiple soft tissue metastases...
- Spectrum of single photon emission computed tomography/computed tomography findings in patients with parathyroid adenomas
Dhritiman Chakraborty
Department of Nuclear Medicine, Postgraduate Institute of Medical Education and Research, Chandigarh, India
Indian J Nucl Med 26:52-5. 2011
..Addition of CT with SPECT improves the sensitivity. This pictorial assay demonstrates various SPECT/CT patterns observed in parathyroid scintigraphy...
- Scintigraphic demonstration of ectopic thyroid tissue in a thyroglossal duct cyst in the presence of a normal thyroid
Sampath Santhosh
From the Department of Nuclear Medicine and PET, Postgraduate Institute of Medical Education and Research, Chandigarh, India
Clin Nucl Med 36:1142-3. 2011
..We report a case of TGDC in which presence of the thyroid tissue was observed in the presence of a normal-functioning thyroid...
- Tc99m-ECD brain SPECT in patients with Moyamoya disease: A reflection of cerebral perfusion status at tissue level in the disease process
Raghava Kashyap
Department of Nuclear Medicine, Postgraduate Institute of Medical Education and Research, Chandigarh, India
Indian J Nucl Med 26:82-5. 2011
..Computed tomography (CT) and magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) play a major role in diagnosis...
- Role of Tc99m sulfur colloid scintigraphy in differentiating non-cirrhotic portal fibrosis from cirrhosis liver
Dhritiman Chakraborty
Department of Nuclear Medicine, Postgraduate Institute of Medical Education and Research, Chandigarh, India
Indian J Nucl Med 25:139-42. 2010
..The purpose of this study was to assess the scintigraphic appearances of Tc99m sulfur colloid liver scan in differentiating liver cirrhosis from NCPF...
- Comparison of left ventricular functional parameters measured by gated single photon emission tomography and by two-dimensional echocardiography
Baljinder Singh
Department of Nuclear Medicine, Postgraduate Institute of Medical Education and Research PGIMER, Chandigarh 160012, India
Hell J Nucl Med 9:94-8. 2006
..05) was observed for LVM between the two techniques. In conclusion, although we observed a good correlation for LV volumes and LVM between the GSPET and the ECHOC techniques, yet these two techniques cannot be used interchangeably...
- Urinothorax demonstrated on 99mTc ethylene dicysteine renal scintigraphy
Anish Bhattacharya
Department of Nuclear Medicine, Postgraduate Institute of Medical Education and Research, Chandigarh 160012, India
Nephrol Dial Transplant 22:1782-3. 2007
- Exercise myocardial perfusion imaging to evaluate inducible ischaemia in children with Kawasaki disease
Raghava Kashyap
Department of Nuclear Medicine, Postgraduate Institute of Medical Education and Research, Chandigarh, India
Nucl Med Commun 32:137-41. 2011
..The objective of our study was to assess the feasibility and results of exercise myocardial perfusion scintigraphy in children with Kawasaki disease...
- F-18 fluorodeoxy glucose positron emission tomography/computed tomography findings in a rare case of penile leiomyosarcoma
Kuruva Manohar
Department of Nuclear Medicine and PET, Postgraduate Institute of Medical Education and Research, Chandigarh, India
J Clin Imaging Sci 1:58. 2011
..We report a rare case of penile leiomyosarcoma illustrating F-18 Fluorodeoxy glucose (FDG) positron emission tomography/computed tomography (PET/CT) features and histopathology correlation...
- Tc99m-MDP bone scintigraphy in Engelmann-Camurati disease
Chidambaram Natrajan Balasubramanian Harisankar
Department of Nuclear Medicine, Postgraduate Institute of Medical Education and Research, Chandigarh, India
Indian J Nucl Med 26:44-5. 2011
..We report a 20-year-old female with scintigraphic findings characteristic of ECD. She was treated with corticosteroids and showed marked clinical improvement...
- Segmental and total oesophageal transit time in patients with corrosive-induced oesophageal stricture
Rakesh Kochhar
Department of Gastroenterology, Postgraduate Institute of Medical Education and Research, Chandigarh, India
Nucl Med Commun 28:920-3. 2007
..However, even after adequate dilatation, some patients may continue to have dysphagia. An associated oesophageal motor dysfunction in such patients may contribute to the persistence of dysphagia...
- Polycystic Kidney Disease: Renal Cyst Infection Detected on F-18 FDG PET/CT
Kanhaiyalal Agrawal
From the Departments of Nuclear Medicine and Urology, Postgraduate Institute of Medical Education and Research, Chandigarh, India
Clin Nucl Med 36:1122-3. 2011
..The authors present an image that shows F-18 FDG concentration in multiple infected cysts in a patient with polycystic kidney disease, with resolution after adequate antibiotic treatment...
- Potential diagnostic role of renal scintigraphy in the management of patients with high anorectal malformation
Chidambaram Natrajan Balasubramanian Harisankar
Department of Nuclear Medicine, Postgraduate Institute of Medical Education and Research, Chandigarh, India
Hell J Nucl Med 12:260-5. 2009
..Proper evaluation by diuretic renography and cortical scintigraphy can lead to early identification of potentially treatable conditions hence reducing the likelihood of developing severe renal damage...
- Cervical paraganglioma mimicking a parathyroid adenoma on Tc-99m sestamibi scintigraphy
Anish Bhattacharya
Department of Nuclear Medicine, Postgraduate Institute of Medical Education and Research, Chandigarh, India
Clin Nucl Med 31:234-6. 2006
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- Traumatic biliopleural communication detected by hepatobiliary scintigraphy
Anish Bhattacharya
Department of Nuclear Medicine, Postgraduate Institute of Medical Education and Research, Chandigarh, India
Clin Nucl Med 31:170-1. 2006
- Utility of hybrid SPECT-CT in the detection of unsuspected single lytic vertebral metastases in renal cell carcinoma
Cnb Harisankar
Department of Nuclear Medicine, Postgraduate Institute of Medical Education and Research, Chandigarh, India
Indian J Nucl Med 25:32-3. 2010
..Authors describe the incremental value of hybrid SPECT-CT in upstaging disease and changing the management strategy of a case of renal cell carcinoma...
- Three-phase skeletal scintigraphy in pachydermoperiostosis
Sampath Santhosh
From the Departments of Nuclear Medicine and Endocrinology, Postgraduate Institute of Medical Education and Research, Chandigarh, India and Departments of Radiodiagnosis and General Medicine, Government Medical College and Hospital, Chandigarh, India
Clin Nucl Med 36:e199-201. 2011
..We report a patient with pachydermoperiostosis in whom 3 phase skeletal scintigraphy played a significant role in establishing the diagnosis...
- Crossed cerebellar diaschisis on F-18 FDG PET/CT
Kanhaiya Lal Agrawal
Department of Nuclear Medicine and PET, Postgraduate Institute of Medical Education and Research, Chandigarh, India
Indian J Nucl Med 26:102-3. 2011
..The finding of diminished glucose metabolism in the contralateral cerebellum represents CCD...
- Bilateral retinoblastoma presenting as metastases to forearm bones four years after the initial treatment
Manohar Kuruva
Department of Nuclear Medicine, Postgraduate Institute of Medical Education and Research, Chandigarh, India
Indian J Nucl Med 26:115-6. 2011
..However, metastases to forearm bones are very rare. Here we present a case of bilateral retinoblastoma with metastases to right forearm bones four years after the initial treatment...
- Usefulness of F-18 FDG PET/CT as one-stop-shop imaging modality for diagnosis of occult primary and estimation of disease burden in patients with intraocular masses
Kuruva Manohar
Department of Nuclear Medicine and PET, Postgraduate Institute of Medical Education and Research, Chandigarh, India
Clin Nucl Med 37:200-3. 2012
..We present 2 cases of intraocular metastases from lung carcinoma where F-18 FDG PET/CT was useful as one-stop-shop imaging modality in detection of the primary and in assessment of total disease burden...
- Tc-99m MDP uptake in a soft tissue hematoma of the chest wall
Anish Bhattacharya
Department of Nuclear Medicine, Postgraduate Institute of Medical Education and Research, Chandigarh, India
Clin Nucl Med 29:454-5. 2004
- Utility of Iodine-131 hybrid SPECT-CT fusion imaging before high-dose radioiodine therapy in papillary thyroid carcinoma
Anish Bhattacharya
Department of Nuclear Medicine, PGIMER, Chandigarh, India
Indian J Nucl Med 25:29-31. 2010
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- Role of myocardial perfusion scintigraphy post invasive coronary angiography in patients with Myocardial Infarction
Cnb Harisankar
Department of Nuclear Medicine, Postgraduate Institute of Medical Education and Research, Chandigarh 160 012, India
Indian J Nucl Med 25:53-6. 2010
..The decision of revascularization can be effectively taken after myocardial perfusion scintigraphy (MPS)...
- Utility of dynamic perfusion PET using ¹³N-ammonia in diagnosis of asymptomatic recurrence of fibrosarcoma
Chidambaram Natrajan Balasubramanian Harisankar
Department of Nuclear Medicine and PET, Postgraduate Institute of Medical Education and Research, Chandigarh, India
Clin Nucl Med 36:150-1. 2011
..Despite very faint FDG avidity, ammonia perfusion imaging showed hypervascularity and allowed identification of the asymptomatic early recurrence...
- Delayed Uptake of Tc-99m Ethylene Dicysteine in a Post-Transplant Lymphocele Demonstrated on Dynamic Renal Scintigraphy and SPECT/CT
Raja Senthil
From the Departments of Nuclear Medicine, and Renal Transplant Surgery, Postgraduate Institute of Medical Education and Research, Chandigarh, India
Clin Nucl Med 36:370-2. 2011
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- Methylene diphosphonate uptake in a case of vertebral hemangioma: demonstration with hybrid SPECT/CT
Amit Bhoil
Department of Nuclear Medicine, Postgraduate Institute of Medical Education and Research, Chandigarh, India
Clin Nucl Med 36:e65-6. 2011
..SPECT/CT localized the uptake to vertebral body and transverse process with CT findings suggestive of hemangioma. Further, MRI also confirmed hemangioma in the same location...
- An interesting case of polyostotic fibrous dysplasia: The "pirate sign" evaluated with Tc-99m methylene diphosphonate single-photon emission computed tomography/computerized tomography
Chidambaram Natarajan Balasubramanian Harisankar
Department of Nuclear Medicine, Postgraduate Institute of Medical Education and Research, Chandigarh, India
Indian J Nucl Med 26:40-1. 2011
..The utility of single-photon emission computed tomography/computerized tomography in the evaluation of the extent of skull base involvement is highlighted...
- Association of angiotensin converting enzyme and angiotensin type 2 receptor gene polymorphisms with renal damage in posterior urethral valves
Kannan Laksmi Narasimhan
Department of Pediatric Surgery, Post Graduate Medical Institute PGIMER, Chandigarh 160012, India
J Pediatr Urol 6:560-6. 2010
..ACE I/D genotypes were determined by the polymerase chain reaction using allele specific primers...
