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Nasrin Ghesani

Associate Professor of Radiology - Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai
Verified email at mountsinai.org
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Dominant uptake of fatty acid over glucose by prostate cells: a potential new diagnostic and therapeutic approach

Y Liu, LS Zuckier, NV Ghesani - Anticancer research, 2010 - ar.iiarjournals.org
Background: Prostate cancer is characterized by a low rate of glycolysis and glucose uptake.
We hypothesize that fatty acid is dominant over glucose in uptake by prostate cells. …

Physiology and pathophysiology of incidental findings detected on FDG-PET scintigraphy

Y Liu, NV Ghesani, LS Zuckier - Seminars in nuclear medicine, 2010 - Elsevier
A routine feature of positron emission tomography/computed tomography (PET/CT) imaging
is whole-body acquisition that results in many unexpected findings identified outside of the …

Adenomyomatosis of the Gallbladder: Another Cause for a “Hot” Gallbladder on 18F-FDG PET

PD Maldjian, N Ghesani, S Ahmed… - American Journal of …, 2007 - Am Roentgen Ray Soc
Discussion Adenomyomatosis of the gallbladder is defined as epithelial proliferation and
hypertrophy of the muscularis with outpouchings of the mucosa into or through the thickened …

[HTML][HTML] Increased cellular activity in thoracic lymph nodes in early human latent tuberculosis infection

N Ghesani, A Patrawalla, A Lardizabal… - American journal of …, 2014 - atsjournals.org
Tuberculosis (TB) causes an estimated 1.4 million deaths and 8.7 million cases of active
disease annually (1). These preventable outcomes are fueled by a large reservoir of latent TB …

The F+ 0 protocol for diuretic renography results in fewer interrupted studies due to voiding than the F-15 protocol

Y Liu, NV Ghesani, JH Skurnick… - Journal of Nuclear …, 2005 - Soc Nuclear Med
Timing of diuretic administration is not universally standardized in renography. Over the past
year, our practice has changed from F-15 administration of furosemide to an F+0 protocol. …

F-18 FDG positron emission tomography demonstrates resolution of non-Hodgkin's lymphoma of the parotid gland in a patient with Sjogren's syndrome: before and …

S Wei-Jen, G Nasrin, H Zhuang, A Abass… - Clinical nuclear …, 2002 - journals.lww.com
Salivary gland non-Hogdgkin's lymphoma (NHL) in patients with Sjogren's syndrome frequently
develops from rheumatoid factor B cells. The authors describe a patient with NHL of the …

Identifying MRONJ-affected bone with digital fusion of functional imaging (FI) and cone-beam computed tomography (CBCT): case reports and hypothesis

…, M Blitz-Goldstein, J Guerrero, N Ghesani… - Oral surgery, oral …, 2017 - Elsevier
Surgical debridement of medication-related osteonecrosis of the jaw (MRONJ) lesions is far
less predictable than lesion resection. Margins for surgical debridement are guided by …

PET-CT demonstration of extensive muscle metastases from breast cancer

Y Liu, N Ghesani, N Mirani, LS Zuckier - Clinical nuclear medicine, 2006 - journals.lww.com
Distant hematogenous spread of metastases to muscle is a distinctly uncommon manifestation
of malignancy. With respect to breast cancer, occasional reports of solitary muscle …

18F-FDG PET Evaluation of Sinonasal Papilloma

…, NM Mirani, Y Liu, NV Ghesani - American Journal of …, 2009 - Am Roentgen Ray Soc
OBJECTIVE. It has been suggested that 18 F-FDG uptake determined by PET can differentiate
squamous cell carcinoma from benign sinonasal papilloma. We wish to present our …

Asymptomatic SARS-CoV-2 infection: Incidental findings on FDG PET/CT

RB Martinez, M Ghesani, N Ghesani… - Journal of Medical Imaging …, 2021 - Elsevier
Rationale and Objectives Identify the incidental findings of Covid-19 pneumonitis on 18 F-FDG
PET/CT scan in asymptomatic oncologic patients. The goal was to detect clinically …