Scintigraphy Selections

Kintzer PP, Peterson ME. Vet Clin North Am Small Anim Pract 1994;24:587-605. Nuclear medicine may have both diagnostic and therapeutic utility during the evaluation and management of thyroid disease. This article will focus on the use of radionuclide scintigraphy and … Read More

Marks SL, Koblik PD, Hornof WJ, et al. J Am Vet Med Assoc 1994;204:756-760. Thyroid gland scintigraphy was performed in 29 dogs with histologically confirmed thyroid tumors. Twenty dogs were female, and 9 were male. Median age was 10 years. … Read More

Forrest LJ, Thrall DE. Veterinary Radiology & Ultrasound 1994;35:124-130. The purpose of this study was to assess the usefulness of serial bone scintigraphy in the detection of skeletal and extraskeletal metastases in dogs with appendicular osteosarcoma. Twenty-six dogs with primary, … Read More

Berry CR, Ackerman N, Monce K. Veterinary Radiology & Ultrasound 1994;35:10-16. The clinical and imaging features of four dogs with Cushing’s syndrome and pulmonary mineralization are reviewed. Three dogs presented with a primary complaint of respiratory distress/dyspnea. Three dogs had … Read More

Nathan L. Dykes LDW, Brian A. Summers, Robert J. Wallace, Francis A. Kallfelz,. Veterinary Radiology & Ultrasound 1994;35:59-65. We performed a retrospective study of 100 dogs and 16 cats with planar brain scintigraphy and histopathologically established diagnoses from a total … Read More

Wisner ER, ThÈon AP, Vet M, et al. Veterinary Radiology & Ultrasound 1994;35:53-58. High-resolution ultrasonography was evaluated as an alternative to 99mTcO-4 scintigraphy for examining size and appearance of thyroid glands in hyperthyroid cats. Thyroid ultrasound examinations were performed on … Read More

Broome MR. Veterinary Radiology & Ultrasound 1993;34:363-365. A 13 YEAR OLD, neutered male Siamese cat was referred for 1311 therapy for hyperthyroidism. Two months prior to presentation the cat presented to its local veterinarian with a history of vomiting and … Read More

Long MT, Foreman JH, Wallig MA, et al.  Veterinary Radiology & Ultrasound 1993;34:289-294. A five year old American Saddlebred gelding was admitted to the University of Illinois Veterinary Medical Teaching Hospital with a history of multiple leg lameness, depression and … Read More

McLoughlin MA. J Am Anim Hosp Assoc 1993;29:227-234. BACKGROUND: Clinical findings indicative of hyperthyroidism are less common in cats with concurrent severe nonthyroidal illness than in cats without concurrent nonthyroidal illness. Nonthyroidal illness (NTI) can lower serum thyroid hormone concentrations … Read More

Berry CR, Wright KN, Breitschwerdt EB, et al. 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 normal at … Read More