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Good Radiologists Are Like Car Salespeople- Make Them An Offer They Can’t Refuse!

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As I was on the phone with a colleague trying to convince the referrer of why I think a patient has Paget’s disease instead of metastases, I described the cortical thickening of the iliopectineal line and the lack of activity on the bone scan at the site and elsewhere throughout the body. And allow me to tell you why.

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REBEL Core Cast 107.0 – Vertebral Osteomyelitis

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REBEL Core Cast 107.0 – Vertebral Osteomyelitis Click here for Direct Download of the Podcast Definition Inflammation of the vertebrae due to a pyogenic, fungal or mycobacterial organism. The initiation of empiric antibiotics in hemodynamically stable, neurologically intact patients should be done on a case-by-case basis.

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AuntMinnie 2007: Gadolinium: A 'necessary factor' in the development of NSF?

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Anteroposterior and lateral Tc-99m HDP delayed bone scan shows extensive symmetric skin uptake in lower extremities and distal upper extremities. But Berlin cautioned that the lack of definitive answers in NSF may make informed consent a moot point. Uptake is also seen in calf muscles, Achilles tendon, and chest wall.

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The rise of theranostics: Part 4 -- Women's theranostics on the horizon

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With CAM-H2, we engineered the protein to bind to a different epitope on HER2 to other approved therapies, so the option of combining CAM-H2 with other therapies is definitely an opportunity." Both groups would undergo standard of care imaging, or CT and bone scan, or FDG PET/CT, or FES PET/CT.

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