Scintigraphy Selections

Schermerhorn T, Center SA, Dykes NL, et al. J Vet Intern Med 1996;10:219-230. Hepatoportal microvascular dysplasia (MVD), a congenital disorder of the hepatic vasculature, is described in a kindred of Cairn Terrier dogs. Cairn Terrier dogs (n = 165) were … Read More

Bahr A, Daniel GB, DeNovo R, et al. Veterinary Radiology & Ultrasound 1996;37:214-220. A nuclear medicine procedure that has been used for quantification of hepatocyte function in man is applied and validated in the dog. This procedure employs deconvolutional analysis … Read More

Matthews HK, Toal RL. Veterinary Radiology & Ultrasound 1996;37:163-173. Radiography has a limited role in the evaluation of the kidneys in foals and adult horses. Ultrasonography is the current method of choice for structural evaluation of the kidneys in horses … Read More

DANIEL GB, Avenell JS, Young K, et al. Veterinary Radiology & Ultrasound 1996;37:146-149. This report describes the detection of subclinical soft tissue metastasis of an appendicular osteosarcoma in a dog using bone scintigraphy. A 7-year-old spayed female Rottweiler was presented … Read More

Forrest LJ, Baty CJ, Metcalf MR, et al. Veterinary Radiology & Ultrasound 1996;37:141-145. Hyperthyroidism was diagnosed in 80 cats with thyroid scintigraphy using technetium pertechnetate. These cats were subsequently treated with radioiodine using a modified fixed dose method based on … Read More

Guptill L, Scott-Moncrieff CR, Janovitz EB, et al. J Am Vet Med Assoc 1995;207:1055-1058. Summary: Seven cats with thyroid carcinomas that had previously undergone surgical removal of neoplastic tissue were treated with 30 mCi of radioactive iodine (I-131). Six of … Read More

Berry CR, Kuperus JH, Malone D. Veterinary Radiology & Ultrasound 1995;36:57-63. Five mixed-breed dogs underwent splenic sequestration scintigraphy following intravenous injection of 647.5 to 740 MBq (17.5201320 mCi) of 99mTechnetium labeled autologous red blood cells (RBCs) that had been chemically … Read More

Harms CA, Hoskinson JJ, Bruyette DS, et al. Veterinary Radiology & Ultrasound 1994;35:473-478. Thyroid scintigraphy using sodium 99mTechnetium pertechnetate (99TcO4-) was performed in normal and radiothyroidectomized cockatiels (Nymphicus hollandicus). 131I scintigraphy was performed in the course of ablating the thyroid … Read More

Nap AM, Pollak YW, van den Brom WE, et al. J Vet Intern Med 1994;8:302-303. Thyroidal 99mTcO4- (pertechnetate) uptake percentages were determined in unanesthetized euthyroid (n = 13) and hyperthyroid (n = 18) cats. Maximal uptakes were observed 60 minutes … Read More

Engelbert TA, Jr LPT, Malone D, et al. Veterinary Radiology & Ultrasound 1994;35:319-324. Endoscopic tracheal lavage cytology was evaluated before and 24 hours after standing transendoscopic laser surgery of the upper airway in 18 horses (9 patients undergoing Neodymium:yttrium aluminum … Read More