Open Access. Powered by Scholars. Published by Universities.®

Digital Commons Network

Open Access. Powered by Scholars. Published by Universities.®

Medicine and Health Sciences

Henry Ford Health

1989

Articles 1 - 3 of 3

Full-Text Articles in Entire DC Network

Diagnostic And Therapeutic Potential Of New Radiopharmaceutical Agents In Medullary Thyroid Carcinoma, Luigi Troncone, Vittoria Rufini, Giovina De Rosa, Amerigo Testa Sep 1989

Diagnostic And Therapeutic Potential Of New Radiopharmaceutical Agents In Medullary Thyroid Carcinoma, Luigi Troncone, Vittoria Rufini, Giovina De Rosa, Amerigo Testa

Henry Ford Hospital Medical Journal

Recently developed radiopharmaceuticals have been proposed for imaging medullary thyroid carcinoma (MTC) with some having therapeutic potential. This study compares the imaging results obtained with radioiodinated meta-iodo-benzylguanidine (MIBG), 99mTc (V) DMSA, and 131I F(ab')2 anti-carcinoembryonic antigen (anti-CEA) in a group of MTC patients. In 23 patients 131I MIBG imaging showed a high specificity (no false-positive results) but a less satisfactory sensitivity (50%). In 12 patients 99mTc (V) DMSA revealed a better sensitivity (77%) but a lower specificity (three false-positive results). Positive results were obtained in two of three patients studied with 131I F(ab')2 anti-CEA. These data suggest that the highly …


Myasthenia Gravis, Stanton B. Elias Jun 1989

Myasthenia Gravis, Stanton B. Elias

Henry Ford Hospital Medical Journal

No abstract provided.


Staging Carcinoma Of The Prostate, Joseph C. Cerny Mar 1989

Staging Carcinoma Of The Prostate, Joseph C. Cerny

Henry Ford Hospital Medical Journal

No abstract provided.