Scintigraphy Selections

Morrison J, Jergens A, Deitz K, et al. in Conference Proceedings (Abstract). American College of Veterinary Internal Medicine 2010;744-745. Hyperthyroidism is a common endocrine disorder in middle aged to older cats. Therapy with I-131 is considered to be curative for … Read More

Morrison J, Jergens A, Deitz K, et al.  in Conference Proceedings (Abstract). American College of Veterinary Internal Medicine 2010;745. Hyperthyroidism is one of the most common endocrine disorders in middle aged to older cats. Renal disease may be masked by … Read More

Griffin JFt, Young BD, Fosgate GT, et al. Vet Radiol Ultrasound 2010;51:338-343. We have observed focal skeletal muscle uptake of 99mTechnetium-hydroxymethylene diphosphonate (Tc-HDP), which could mimic a tibial lesion, in horses following peroneal nerve blocks. To characterize this observation further, … Read More

van Bruggen LW, Hazewinkel HA, Wolschrijn CF, et al. Vet Radiol Ultrasound 2010;51:344-348. Few reports have been published regarding the use of scintigraphy in the diagnosis of elbow joint lameness in dogs. Some authors have speculated about the potential use … Read More

Vaughan B, Whitcomb MB, Puchalski SM, et al. Vet Radiol Ultrasound 2010;51:305-310. Thromboses of the cranial tibial vein (Horse 1) and brachial, median, and cranial circumflex humeral arteries (Horse 2) were identified as causes of unilateral lameness in two Thoroughbred … Read More

Bruehschwein A, Foltin I, Flatz K, et al. Vet Radiol Ultrasound 2010;51:116-121. Computed tomography angiography, sonography, scintigraphy, and portography can be used to evaluate the portal vasculature to evaluate for a portosystemic shunt (PSS). Time-of-flight magnetic resonance angiography (TOF-MRA) and … Read More

Blois SL, Abrams-Ogg AC, Mitchell C, et al. J Feline Med Surg 2010;12:156-160. A 12-year old, castrated male domestic shorthair cat presented with a 2-year history of poor hair coat, seborrhea, generalized pruritus and otitis externa. Low circulating concentrations of … Read More

STIEGER-VANEGAS SM, KIPPENES-SKOGMO H, NILSSON E. Veterinary Radiology & Ultrasound 2009;50:509-512. An enostosis-like lesion was diagnosed in the left femur of a Swedish Warmblood horse that had a left hindlimb lameness of 3 weeks duration. With scintigraphy using technetium 99m-hydroxymethylene … Read More

Tolbert K, Brown HM, Rakich PM, et al. J Feline Med Surg 2009;11:717-719. A 5-year-old spayed female cat was evaluated for hyperthyroidism based on an elevated free thyroxine (T(4)) measurement and bilaterally enlarged symmetric subcutaneous masses in the area of … Read More

DANIELA GORGAS PL, JOHANN LANG, MARCUS G. DOHERR, GOTTLIEB UELTSCHI, PATRICK KIRCHER,. Veterinary Radiology & Ultrasound 2009;50:208-214. Nuclear bone scintigraphy is commonly used in the diagnosis of sacroiliac disease in horses. The aim of the present retrospective study was to … Read More