Scintigraphy Selections

Clifford R. Berry KNW, Edward B. Breitschwerdt, Jerome M. Feldman,. Veterinary Radiology & Ultrasound 1993;34:52-55. A 13-year-old neutered female Yorkshire terrier presented with a history of progressive episodic weakness and disorientation of 4 months duration. Physical and neurologic examinations were … Read More

Forrest LJ, Dodge RK, Page RL, et al. J Nucl Med 1992;33:1542-1547. Parameters that predict tumor aggressiveness or response to therapy are potentially useful in selecting the most appropriate treatment. In theory, the biologic aggressiveness of an untreated bone tumor … Read More

Boothe HW, Boothe DM, Komkov A, et al. J Am Vet Med Assoc 1992;201:134-141. Twenty-five animals (21 dogs and 4 cats) in which hepatobiliary scintigraphy (HBS) was performed between 1982 and 1989 were included in a retrospective study to determine … Read More

Squire KRE, Fessler JF, Cantwell HD, et al. Veterinary Radiology & Ultrasound 1992;33:109-113. Bilateral subchondral bone cysts of the femoral condyles were diagnosed by conventional radiography in a 14 month old Appaloosa colt. Surgical debridement was performed, and over the … Read More

Trout DR, Hornof WJ, Fisher PE. Veterinary Radiology & Ultrasound 1991;32:251-255. Soft tissue- and bone-phase scintigrams were acquired from 4 normal horses before and over a 14-day period after metacarpophalangeal, antebrachiocarpal, tarsocrural and tarsometatarsal joint blocks. Images were evaluated subjectively … Read More

Kintzer PP, Peterson ME. Semin Vet Med Surg (Small Anim) 1991;6:131-139.

Donald, Trout R, William, et al. Veterinary Radiology & Ultrasound 1991;32:140-144. Soft tissue phase scintigrams were acquired from 7 normal horses before and over a 17-day period after palmar digital, abaxial sesamoid, low palmar and high palmar nerve blocks. Bone … Read More

Papageorges M, Gavin PR, Barbee DD, et al. Veterinary Radiology & Ultrasound 1991;32:82-86. Caprine arthritis-encephalitis (CAE) is a lentivirus-induced disease of goats used as a model for the study of lentiviral infections. Tc-99m-MDP scintigraphy was investigated as a method to … Read More

Daniel GB, Bright R, Monnet E, et al. Veterinary Radiology & Ultrasound 1990;31:175-181. Per-rectal portal scintigraphy using tech-netium-99m pertechnetate (99mTcO4-) was performed in 8 normal dogs before and after surgical creation of a portacaval shunt. Shunt fractions were calculated by … Read More

Hahn KA, Hurd C, Cantwell HD. J Am Vet Med Assoc 1990;196:1483-1486. In this study, 25 dogs each with a histopathologically diagnosed appendicular or axial osteosarcoma were prospectively and consecutively examined by methylene diphosphate nuclear scintigraphy. Scannings that revealed scintigraphically … Read More