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K Bashir

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Detection of medullary carcinoma of thyroid, with liver metastasis, using 99mTc DMSA(V) scintigraphy.

A sixty year old female referred for thyroid and liver scintigraphy had a clinical history of progressive swelling in the neck with hepatomegaly. A large cold area was detected in the right thyroid lobe using 99mTc pertechnetate and in the right lobe of liver using 99mTc phytate. Subsequent whole body scan with 99mTC DMSA(V) showed avid tracer uptake in right lobe of thyroid and liver. Aspiration cytology of thyroid and liver showed medullary carcinoma of thyroid with its metastasis in liver. Histopathology following thyroidectomy confirmed the diagnosis. Thus 99mTc pentavalent DMSA contributes specificity to diagnose medullary carcinoma of thyroid and metastatic lesions.

Carcinoma, Medullary↗
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[The use of the induced test of nitroblue tetrazolium reduction for the diagnosis of fungal bronchial asthma].

The NBT reduction test was used to assess the neutrophilic activities in 49 patients with bronchial asthma. 12 healthy donors were examined for control. The NBT test values were lower in health than in asthma: 8.8 +/- +0.97 vs. 12.8 +/- 0.7%, respectively, p < 0.05. Addition of a specific fungal allergen resulted in a twofold increase of the count of formasan-positive cells. A lower, but still a significant increase of the count of active granulocytes was induced in the asthmatics by home dust allergen (17.7 +/- 0.91%). The results of induced NBT test and of the reaction of antigen-specific injury of the granulocytes were in excellent correlation (r = 0.65, p < 0.05). There was no correlation of this test data with those of indirect Shelley's test or skin tests. This fact indicates the contribution of both the immediate and delayed mechanisms to the pathogenesis of fungal bronchial asthma.

Allergens↗