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Fig. 3.1 Anterior (left) and posterior (right) planar scintigraphy of a child with papillary thyroid carcinoma performed 72 h after treatment with 3.0 GBq 131I-sodium iodide. Uptake in the left…

Tumour stage Description 1 Localized tumour with complete gross excision, with or without microscopic residual disease; representative ipsilateral lymph nodes negative for tumour microscopically. Nodes attached to and removed with…

Stage I Involvement of a single lymphatic site (I) or a single extralymphatic organ (IE) Stage II Involvement of two or more lymph node regions (II) or localized involvement of…

Fig. 10.1 Female, 3 months. MAG3 diuretic renography (protocol F+2). No washout even after micturition. Typical ascending pattern of the right renographic curve. Obstruction of the right pyelo-ureteral junction Furosemide…

Infratentorial tumors Astrocytoma Medulloblastoma Ependymoma Brainstem glioma Supratentorial tumors Intraparenchymal Astrocytoma Ependymoma Ganglioglioma/ganglioglioma Desmoplastic neuroepithelial tumor (DIG) Primitive neuroectodermal tumor (PNET) Rhabdoid tumors Atypical teratoid/rhabdoid tumors Sellar/suprasellar Craniopharyngioma Astrocytoma Rathke…

Fig. 7.1 Thyroid ectopy Fig. 7.2 Thyroid agenesis On the other side, 123I can be of more difficult availability and of higher costs. It is trapped and organified by the…

Fig. 17.1 Three-year-old boy with hepatoblastoma. (a) Maximum-intensity projection image and (b) axial images (from left to right: CT, FDG PET, fused FDG PET/CT) show irregular, heterogeneous, and markedly elevated…

Fig. 9.1 A 16-year-old boy with Crohn’s disease. The maximum-intensity-projection 18F-FDG-PET image shows a diffuse and intense radiopharmaceutical uptake in the large bowel Fig. 9.2 The same patient in Fig….

Fig. 11.1 Pediatric CNS tumors according to histology 11.2.2 Clinical Presentation 11.2.2.1 Initial Signs and Symptoms Initial signs and symptoms depend on the primary site of the neoplasm in relation…

Fig. 6.1 Male, 9 years, anomalous origin of the left coronary artery. MIBI myocardial perfusion scintigraphy. Reversible hypoperfusion in the anterior wall of the left ventricle 6.2.6 Transposition of the…