[HTML][HTML] COVID-19 vaccine related hypermetabolic lymph nodes on PET/CT: implications of inflammatory findings in cancer imaging

…, M Toteda, A Lanzillotta, S Cardei, R Tavolaro… - Oncology …, 2023 - ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
We observed several patients presenting 2-[18 F] FDG uptake in the reactive axillary lymph
node at PET/CT imaging, ipsilateral to the site of the COVID-19 vaccine injection. Analog …

[PDF][PDF] SPECT improves accuracy of somatostatin receptor scintigraphy in abdominal carcinoid tumors

…, F Scopinaro, S Angeletti, R Tavolaro… - Journal of Nuclear …, 1996 - Soc Nuclear Med
TABLE I Patient Data When compared with the 24-and 48-hr scans, the number of lesions
detected on the 4-hr planar images were identical. The two patients with negative radiological …

Acute oral trimetazidine administration increases resting technetium 99m sestamibi uptake in hibernating myocardium

M Ciavolella, C Greco, R Tavolaro, G Tanzilli… - Journal of Nuclear …, 1998 - Elsevier
Background. Trimetazidine is an antiischemic drug protecting the myocardium from ischemic
damage through the preservation of mitochondrial oxidative metabolism, without any …

Radiopharmaceuticals

F Calabria, M Leporace, R Tavolaro… - … Diagnostic Imaging: A …, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
The discovery of artificial radioactivity triggered the birth of nuclear medicine: a peculiar
medical specialty able to depict pathophysiological processes in the human body by using …

Myocardial scintigraphy with 99mTc-sestamibi in children with Kawasaki disease

O Schillaci, M Banci, F Scopinaro, R Tavolaro… - …, 1995 - journals.sagepub.com
Kawasaki disease (KD) is a systemic vasculitis syndrome of early childhood. It involves
particularly the coronary arteries and may cause aneurysms and thrombotic occlusions. …

Technetium-99m sestamibi myocardial tomography based on dipyridamole echocardiography testing in hypertensive patients with chest pain

O Schillaci, C Moroni, F Scopinaro, R Tavolaro… - European journal of …, 1997 - Springer
The non-invasive diagnosis of coronary artery disease in hypertensives with chest pain is
an important clinical concern because all exercise-dependent tests display limited feasibility …

Immunoscintigraphy of atherosclerotic uncomplicated lesions in vivo with a monoclonal antibody against D-dimers of insoluble fibrin

M Ciavolella, R Tavolaro, M Taurino, M Di Loreto… - Atherosclerosis, 1999 - Elsevier
To test the effectiveness of a new F(ab′) 2 monoclonal antibody against human fragment D-dimer
of cross-linked fibrin in the detection of uncomplicated atherosclerotic lesions of the …

Immunoscintigraphy of venous thrombi: clinical effectiveness of a new antifibrin D-dimer monoclonal antibody

M Ciavolella, R Tavolaro, M Di Loreto, F La Torre… - …, 1999 - journals.sagepub.com
Safety and thrombus imaging capabilities of the 99m Tc-labeled form of a new F(ab') 2
monoclonal antibody (MoAb) against fragment D dimers from cross-linked human fibrin, …

99mTc-Sestamibi Breast Scintigraphy

…, G De Vincentis, M Ierardi, R Tavolaro - Tumori …, 1997 - journals.sagepub.com
X-ray mammography (Mx) is well established as the basic breast examination technique;
however, the rate of negative biopsies is very high, due to the low specificity of the procedure'. …

Tc-99m tetrofosmin accumulation in lung cancer and its metastases

O Schillaci, R Danieli, R Tavolaro… - Clinical nuclear …, 1997 - journals.lww.com
Tc-99m tetrofosmin is a new myocardial-perfusion imaging agent that also has been used in
the detection of various tumors. In this case, Tc-99m tetrofosmin imaging was performed in a …