131I SPECT/CT in the follow-up of differentiated thyroid carcinoma: incremental value versus planar imaging

…, D Sanna, S Nuvoli, G Madeddu - Journal of Nuclear …, 2009 - Soc Nuclear Med
Planar 131 I scintigraphy is routinely used to detect radioiodine-avid metastases of differentiated
thyroid carcinoma (DTC). However, the modality has limitations, such as low sensitivity …

[PDF][PDF] Bone mass loss and vitamin D metabolism impairment in HIV patients receiving highly active antiretroviral therapy

G Madeddu, A Spanu, P Solinas… - Quarterly Journal of …, 2004 - researchgate.net
Aim. Given the few controversial data about the effect of highly active antiretroviral therapy (HAART)
on bone mass in HIV patients, we investigated whether a relationship between …

Thyroid function in human immunodeficiency virus patients treated with highly active antiretroviral therapy (HAART): a longitudinal study

G Madeddu, A Spanu, F Chessa, GM Calia… - Clinical …, 2006 - Wiley Online Library
Objective Given that few and controversial data have been reported on thyroid function in
human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) patients on highly active antiretroviral therapy (HAART), …

Somatostatin receptor scintigraphy in liver metastasis detection from gastroenteropancreatic neuroendocrine tumors

…, G Madeddu, G Delle Fave, G Madeddu - Journal of Nuclear …, 2003 - Soc Nuclear Med
In patients with gastroenteropancreatic (GEP) neuroendocrine tumors, we investigated the
usefulness of somatostatin receptor scintigraphy (SRS) in the detection of liver metastasis, …

[HTML][HTML] LPS and HIV gp120 modulate monocyte/macrophage CYP27B1 and CYP24A1 expression leading to vitamin D consumption and hypovitaminosis D in HIV …

…, M Malaguarnera, G Madeddu… - Eur Rev Med …, 2013 - europeanreview.org
AIM: Vitamin D deficiency is very common among HIV-infected subjects. We cross-sectionally
evaluated the prevalence and risk factors for hypovitaminosis D in 91 HIV-infected Italian …

The usefulness of neck pinhole SPECT as a complementary tool to planar scintigraphy in primary and secondary hyperparathyroidism

…, N Pisu, F Chessa, S Nuvoli, G Madeddu - Journal of Nuclear …, 2004 - Soc Nuclear Med
Pinhole SPECT (P-SPECT) has proven to be a high-resolution and sensitive method in both
experimental and clinical studies. In this study, we investigated whether P-SPECT combined …

[HTML][HTML] Neck lymph node metastasis detection in patients with differentiated thyroid carcinoma (DTC) in long-term follow-up: a 131I-SPECT/CT study

…, A Marongiu, I Gelo, L Mele, B Piras, G Madeddu - BMC cancer, 2020 - Springer
Background The identification of neck lymph node (LN) metastases represents a very important
issue in the management of patients with differentiated thyroid carcinoma (DTC). To this …

Comparison of two neural network classifiers in the differential diagnosis of essential tremor and Parkinson's disease by 123I-FP-CIT brain SPECT

…, A Spanu, KS Paulus, O Schillaci, G Madeddu - European journal of …, 2010 - Springer
Purpose To contribute to the differentiation of Parkinson’s disease (PD) and essential
tremor (ET), we compared two different artificial neural network classifiers using 123 I-FP-CIT …

Role of diagnostic 131I SPECT/CT in long-term follow-up of patients with papillary thyroid microcarcinoma

…, I Gelo, L Mele, B Piras, G Madeddu - Journal of Nuclear …, 2018 - Soc Nuclear Med
Papillary thyroid microcarcinoma (PTMC) usually has a favorable prognosis but can also be
aggressive, with neck and distant metastases. We evaluated the diagnostic role of 131 I …

[HTML][HTML] The Diagnostic Usefulness of 131I-SPECT/CT at Both Radioiodine Ablation and during Long-Term Follow-Up in Patients Thyroidectomized for Differentiated …

…, I Gelo, L Mele, A De Vito, M Rondini, G Madeddu - Diagnostics, 2021 - mdpi.com
131 I Single-photon emission computerized tomography/computerized tomography (SPECT/CT)
in the management of patients thyroidectomized for differentiated thyroid carcinoma (…