[Scintigraphic procedures in internal medicine--indications, limits, possibilities]

A Drzezga; A Stahl; H Wieder; G Meisetschläger; M Souvatzoglou; K Scheidhauer; M Schwaiger

doi:10.1055/s-2005-922084

[Scintigraphic procedures in internal medicine--indications, limits, possibilities]

Dtsch Med Wochenschr. 2005 Dec 9;130(49):2833-42; quiz 2843-6. doi: 10.1055/s-2005-922084.

[Article in German]

Authors

A Drzezga¹, A Stahl, H Wieder, G Meisetschläger, M Souvatzoglou, K Scheidhauer, M Schwaiger

Affiliation

¹ Nuklearmedizinische Klinik und Poliklinik, Klinikum rechts der Isar, Technische Universität, München. a.drzezga@lrz.tum.de

PMID: 16317612
DOI: 10.1055/s-2005-922084

Abstract

Scintigraphy continues to play an important diagnostic role in internal medicine. Many diagnostic questions can only be answered with scintigraphic methods. The application of specific radiopharmaceutical tracers offers the unique possibility to visualize ongoing functional changes, associated with diseases concerning internal medicine. The diagnostic potential of modern scintigraphic procedures such as PET for internal medicine is not yet sufficiently used and will continue to grow with hybrid systems, such as PET-CT and SPECT-CT.

Publication types

Case Reports
Review

MeSH terms

Adolescent
Bone Neoplasms / diagnostic imaging
Bone Neoplasms / secondary
Digestive System / diagnostic imaging
Heart / diagnostic imaging
Hematopoietic System / diagnostic imaging
Hodgkin Disease / diagnostic imaging*
Humans
Internal Medicine / methods*
Kidney / diagnostic imaging
Lung / diagnostic imaging
Lymph Nodes / diagnostic imaging
Lymph Nodes / pathology
Male
Osteitis / diagnostic imaging
Positron-Emission Tomography
Pulmonary Embolism / diagnostic imaging
Thyroid Diseases / diagnostic imaging
Thyroid Gland / diagnostic imaging
Tomography, Emission-Computed, Single-Photon