Journal of nuclear medicine : official publication, Society of Nuclear Medicine
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Comparative Study
Evaluation of lung ventilation and alveolar permeability in cirrhosis.
This study sought to evaluate lung ventilation and alveolar permeability (AP) in patients with cirrhosis of the liver. ⋯ Although lung ventilation is normal in most patients with cirrhosis of the liver (16 [55%] of 29 in the present study), the disease can predispose patients to AP damage; however, the degree of damage is not related to cirrhotic severity.
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Case Reports
Transient cranial neuropathy in prostatic cancer with bone metastases after rhenium-186-HEDP treatment.
Rhenium-186 (tin) hydroxyethylidene diphosphonate (186Re-HEDP), a bone-seeking radiopharmaceutical, has been successfully used in the treatment of patients with painful bone metastases. Toxicity is usually limited to reversible thrombocytopenia. ⋯ Both patients developed transient cranial neuropathy shortly after treatment with 186Re-HEDP. Transient neuropathy of cranial nerves needs to be distinguished from neurological abnormalities caused by disease progression.