Scintigraphy Selections

de Bakker E, Peremans K, Vermeire S, et al. Vet Comp Orthop Traumatol 2013;26:348-355. OBJECTIVE: To investigate the possibilities and limitations of planar bone scintigraphy and high resolution single photon emission computed tomography (HiSPECT) to diagnose flexor enthesopathy and to … Read More

Lautenschlaeger IE, Hartmann A, Sicken J, et al. Veterinary Radiology & Ultrasound 2013;54:666-673. Scintigraphy is currently the reference standard for diagnosing feline hyperthyroidism; however, computed tomography (CT) is more widely available in veterinary practice. The purposes of this prospective study … Read More

Volckaert V, Vandermeulen E, Saunders JH, et al. J Feline Med Surg 2012;14:889-894. A successful, euthyroid outcome after radioiodine therapy in hyperthyroid cats ranges from 83% to 95%. Thyroid volume has been reported as one of the factors influencing radioiodine … Read More

Broome MR. in Conference Proceedings. New York State Veterinary Conference 2012;2. Despite more than 30 years of investigation, and strong clinical suspicions of an environmental and/or dietary mechanism, the exact etiology of feline hyperthyroidism remains elusive. The pathophysiologic basis for … Read More

Peterson ME, Broome MR. in Conference Proceedings. ECVIM 2012. Thyroid scintigraphy provides valuable information regarding both thyroid anatomy and physiology and plays an integral role in the diagnosis, staging, and management of feline thyroid disease. In this study, we performed … Read More

Vancil JM, Henry CJ, Milner RJ, et al. Journal of the American Veterinary Medical Association 2012;240:1310-1315. Objective-To evaluate samarium Sm 153 lexidronam ((153)Sm-EDTMP) as a treatment option for dogs with bony tumors of the skull. Design-Retrospective case series. Animals-Dogs with … Read More

Peterson ME, Broome MR. in Conference Proceedings. American College of Veterinary Internal Medicine 2012;754. Thyroid scintigraphy provides valuable information regarding both thyroid anatomy and physiology and plays an integral role in the diagnosis, staging, and management of feline thyroid disease. … Read More

Schmidt DM, Scrivani PV, Dykes NL, et al. Am J Vet Res 2012;73:463-469. Objective-To compare estimation of glomerular filtration rate determined via conventional methods (ie, scintigraphy and plasma clearance of technetium Tc 99m pentetate) and dynamic single-slice computed tomography (CT). … Read More

Daniel G. in Conference Proceedings. American College of Veterinary Internal Medicine 2012;700-702. Scintigraphic studies are used in veterinary medicine to image thyroid, parathyroid, adrenal and pancreatic diseases. By far, the most common of these studies is thyroid scintigraphy. Thyroid scintigraphy … Read More

Dyson SUE, Nagy A, Murray R. Veterinary Radiology & Ultrasound 2011;52:596-604. Eight sports horses with unilateral (4) or bilateral (3) forelimb or unilateral hindlimb (1) lameness had subtle radiologic abnormalities of the subchondral bone of the sagittal groove of the … Read More