J Buon
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To evaluate the role of some nuclear medicine approaches such as (99m)Tc-MIBI scan and (131)I whole-body scintigraphy (WBS) in the monitoring of patients with differentiated thyroid cancer (DTC). ⋯ (99m)Tc-MIBI scan has been reported to be a highly sensitive technique for the detection of DTC metastases that have lost the capability to uptake (131)I; the combined (99m)Tc-MIBI scintigraphy and serum Tg estimation appear to be an alternative method of radioiodine imaging in cases with DTC and elevated Tg.
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Pleurodesis can relieve dyspnea in patients with malignant pleural effusions. We retrospectively compared the success rate of talc slurry instillation pleurodesis with thoracoscopic talc powder insufflation pleurodesis. ⋯ Pleurodesis with instillation of talc slurry and with insufflation of talc during thoracoscopy were equally successful in patients with massive malignant pleural effusions. However, thoracoscopic pleurodesis is accompanied with considerably more complications, rather as a result of the thoracoscopy itself and not as a consequence of pleurodesis.