Nuclear Medicine, 2nd Edition: Case Review Series - Paperback

This new volume in the popular CASE REVIEW series is the ideal text to prepare for certification and CAQ exams and ensure an up-to-date mastery of the field. Approximately 200 case studies challenge the reader's understanding to the radiologic interpretation and diagnosis for nuclear medicine. Each case study is followed by 3 or 4 questions that mimic the format of the certification exams. Answers and rationales are also provided. Three different difficulty levels test fundamental, intermediate, and advanced skills. The result is a focused and effective way for readers to hone their knowledge.

• Features approximately 200 randomly organized cases which address topics such as scintigraphy, SPECT, and PET imaging · PET single pulmonary nodule · primary brain tumor · bullseye · and Alzheimer's.
• Provides 400 images for a realistic simulation of the challenges faced on the exams and in practice.
• Organizes the questions and images on one side of the page, answers for the questions along with rationales, references and cross references on the flip side.
• Cross Referenced to Thrall: Nuclear Medicine: The Requisites

Table of Contents
Opening Round
1: Skeletal system: Janus – two-headed Roman god
2: Skeletal system: Stress fractures
3: Skeletal system: Paget’s Disease
4: Skeletal system: Rib fractures and sternotomy
5: Skeletal system: Pedal osteomyelitis - three phase positive
6: Skeletal system: Abnormal breast uptake
7: Skeletal system: Neuroblastoma
8: Skeletal system: Extra-renal pelvis and mobile solitary right kidney
9: Skeletal system: Lymphedema
10: Skeletal system: Bone-abnormalities of renal position
11: Skeletal system: Metastatic prostate cancer
12: Skeletal system: Breast cancer
13: Skeletal system: Fibrous Dysplasia
14: Skeletal system: Radiopharmaceutical infiltration, scatter, and lymph node uptake
15: Skeletal system: Sacral insufficiency fracture
16: Skeletal system: Multiple insufficiency fractures
17: Cardiovascular system: LAD ischemia
18: Cardiovascular system: Apical infarct
19: Cardiovascular system: Dual isotope study - mild inferior ischemia
20: Cardiovascular system: Breast attenuation, wall thickening
21: Cardiovascular system: Emergency room chest pain
22: Cardiovascular: Planar thallium with increased lung activity
23: Cardiovascular system: Cardiomyopathy on RVG/MUGA
24: Pulmonary system: High probability for pulmonary embolus
25: Pulmonary system: Hot spots on lung scan
26: Pulmonary system: V/Q – Stripe sign, emphysema
27: Pulmonary system: Hampton’s hump-Intermediate probability
28: Infection and inflammation: Sarcoidosis
29: Infection and inflammation: Intra-abdominal abscess
30: Oncology: Bone/Gallium - Stage IV Hodgkin’s
31: Oncology: Ga-67 - non-Hodgkins lymphoma pre- and post-therapy
32: Oncology: FDG PET - Single pulmonary nodule
33: Primary brain tumor
34: Oncology – Scintimammography
35: Hepatobiliary system: Cholescintigraphy – Normal study
36: Hepatobiliary system: Acute cholecystitis
37: Hepatobiliary system: Morphine-augmented cholescintigraphy
38: Hepatobiliary system: Biliary Leak
39: Hepatobiliary system: Cavernous hemangioma of the liver
40: Gastrointestinal system: Tc-99m RBC colonic bleeds
41: Gastrointestinal system: Meckel’s diverticulum
42: Gastrointestinal system: Diabetic gastroparesis
43: Gastrointestinal system: "Milk" study – gastroesophageal reflux
44: Central nervous system: Brain death
45: Central nervous system: Cerebral infarct
46: Radionuclide cystography
47: Diuretic renography – unilateral obstruction
48: Renal radiopharmaceuticals
49: Genitourinary system: Diuretic renography-nonobstructed hydronephrosis
50: Genitourinary system: Transplant kidney urinary leak
51: Genitourinary system: Non-viable kidney post-transplantation
52: Genitourinary system: Renal transplant with acute tubular necrosis
53: Genitourinary system: Testicular torsion
54: Endocrine system: Cold thyroid nodule
55: Endocrine system: Hyperthyroidism – thyroiditis
56: Endocrine system: Graves’ disease
57: Endocrine system: I-131 star artifact
58: Endocrine system: Hyperparathyroidism
59: Endocrine system: Parathyroid adenoma

Fair Game
60: Skeletal system: L-5 pars articularis defect
61: Bone: Tibial osteomyelitis - three-phase positive bone scan
62: Skeletal system: Hepatoblastoma
63: Skeletal system: Sickle cell disease
64: Skeletal system: Osteosarcoma
65: Skeletal system: muscle injury
66: Skeletal system: Pleural uptake
67: Skeletal system: Hot kidneys, radiation nephritis an