technetium-tc-99m-sulfur-colloid and Wounds-and-Injuries

Each year approximately 52 million Americans are injured, of which 11 million require hospitalization and 110,000 die. This has an associated health care cost of 3 billion dollars. Hepatobiliary injuries have always constituted a significant area of involvement. They have become more easily detectable since the advent of technetium-99m analogs of iminodiacetic acid (IDA). Biliary leakage secondary to other causes, such as inflammation, neoplasm, and iatrogenic factors are also well demonstrated in a safe, simple, and rapid manner with radionuclide imaging. The relatively low patient radiation dose that is associated with these procedures permits follow-up studies when necessary.

Topics: Acute Disease; Aged; Bile Ducts; Child, Preschool; Cholecystitis; Evaluation Studies as Topic; Female; Gallbladder; Humans; Imino Acids; Liver; Male; Middle Aged; Radionuclide Imaging; Sulfur; Technetium; Technetium Tc 99m Sulfur Colloid; Time Factors; Tomography, X-Ray Computed; Ultrasonography; Wounds and Injuries

Lymphoscintigraphy plays a vital role in sentinel lymph node (SLN) identification in oncologic breast surgery. The effectiveness of SLN localization and the degree of patient pain were compared between filtered

Topics: Breast Neoplasms; Dextrans; Female; Humans; Lymphoscintigraphy; Mannans; Middle Aged; Pain; Retrospective Studies; Sentinel Lymph Node Biopsy; Technetium Tc 99m Pentetate; Technetium Tc 99m Sulfur Colloid; Wounds and Injuries

Topics: Humans; Liver; Radionuclide Imaging; Spleen; Technetium Tc 99m Sulfur Colloid; Wounds and Injuries

Renal injuries are classified as minor, major, and critical/catastrophic for purposes of management. The radionuclide renal scintigram is a safe, simple, and extremely sensitive means of establishing the presence of an injury and monitoring kidney function during conservative management, which is utilized in the vast majority of cases. The information that may be obtained from radionuclide imaging is the state of overall and regional blood transit, overall and regional parenchymal function, and urinary extravasation.

Topics: Adolescent; Arteriovenous Fistula; Female; Humans; Kidney; Organotechnetium Compounds; Pentetic Acid; Radionuclide Imaging; Succimer; Sugar Acids; Sulfur; Technetium; Technetium Tc 99m Dimercaptosuccinic Acid; Technetium Tc 99m Pentetate; Technetium Tc 99m Sulfur Colloid; Wounds and Injuries

Three patients had chest radiographs suggesting pathology associated with the right hemidiaphragm. The patients' histories included trauma in one case, recently diagnosed leukemia in a second, and Hodgkin's disease in the third. In all three cases, the Tc-99m-sulfur colloid liver scan provided a noninvasive identification of the nature of the diaphragmatic densities seen on the chest radiographs, thus affecting patient management.

Topics: Adolescent; Diagnosis, Differential; Diaphragm; Female; Hodgkin Disease; Humans; Leukemia; Liver; Male; Middle Aged; Radiography; Radionuclide Imaging; Sulfur; Technetium; Technetium Tc 99m Sulfur Colloid; Wounds and Injuries