Nuclear Medicine in the Management of Inflammatory and Infectious Diseases

ISBN-13: 9783642078712 / Angielski / Miękka / 2010 / 192 str.

Alberto Signore; Mauro Liberatore; Francesco Scopinaro

Opis

As chairman of the European Association of Nuclear Medi- cine (EANM) 2001 annual meeting, I tried to reach two goals: a "universal nuclear medicine" congress where all people could speak and learn using the same language, and a full exploration of the possibility of making a diagnosis through global imaging. I am personally convinced that nuclear med- icine techniques in the detection of infection and inflamma- tion are essential, and in the near future their role and clinical impact will be impressive. As stated during the meeting, this topic will be one of the major and expanding fields of interest for nuclear medicine. During the post-congress meetings organized in Capri by Alberto Signore and Mauro Liberatore for each topic, there was a leading expert for the clinical, radiological and nuclear medicine aspects. This interaction was crucial for the quality of the discussion and the definition of flow charts that will be useful for all the medical community. These meetings, where for each topic there is full coverage of all the aspects of imaging, are, in my opinion, the most fruitful and useful for the progression and diffusion of nu- clear medicine procedures. May 2002 Prof. Marco Salvatore Chairman of the EANM Congress 2001 Some 35 years ago, a French singer sold millions of records with a song, trying to tell the world "Capri c'est fini" - Capri is over.

Spis treści

Inflammatory Bowel Diseases.- 1 The Gastroenterologist’s Update on Inflammatory Bowel Diseases.- 2 Inflammatory Bowel Diseases: The Radiologist’s Point of View.- 3 Inflammatory Bowel Diseases: The Use of Radiolabelled Cytokines for In Vivo Evaluation of Inflammatory Activity.- 4 Radiolabelled White Blood Cells in Inflammatory Bowel Diseases.- 5 The Use of Radiolabeled Monoclonal Antibodies in Inflammatory Bowel Diseases.- 6 First Round Table Discussion.- Orthopaedic Infections.- 7 Orthopaedic Infections: The Orthopaedic Surgeon’s Update on Prosthesis Infection.- 8 Orthopaedic Infections: The Infectious Disease Specialist’s Point of View.- 9 Painful Joint Prostheses: The Role of Nuclear Medicine.- 10 The Nuclear Medicine Point of View in Orthopaedic Infections: Imaging with Tc-99m-Ciprofloxacin, Infecton.- 11 Second Round Table Discussion.- Fever of Unknown Origin and Endocarditis.- 12 Fever of Unknown Origin and Endocarditis.- 13 Fever of Unknown Origin and Endocarditis: The Nuclear Medicine Point of View.- 14 Nuclear Medicine for the Delineation of Endocarditis.- 15 Third Round Table Discussion.- Vascular Prosthesis Infections.- 16 Vascular Prosthesis Infections: The Vascular Surgeon’s Update.- 17 Infection of Vascular Prostheses: The Radiologist’s Point of View.- 18 Nuclear Medicine Techniques in the Diagnosis of Vascular Prosthesis Infections: An Introduction.- 19 Imaging Vascular Prosthesis Infections: The Nuclear Medicine Point of View.- 20 99mTc-HMPAO-Labelled Leukocyte Scan and CT in the Diagnosis of Vascular Graft Infection.- 21 Fourth Round Table Discussion.- Rheumatoid Arthritis.- 22 The Rheumatologist’s Update on Rheumatic Diseases.- 23 99mTc-Labelled Human Immunoglobulin Scintigraphy in Rheumatoid Arthritis.- 24 Rheumatoid Arthritis: The Use of Somatostatin Analogs. When and How?.- 25 Fifth Round Table Discussion.- Neurological Infections.- 26 White Blood Cell Scintigraphy in Neurosurgery Infections: The Neurosurgeon’s Point of View.- 27 Infections of the Central Nervous System: The Neuroradiologist’s Point of View.- 28 On the Role of Nuclear Medicine Imaging for Routine Assessment of Infectious Brain Pathology: A Questionnaire.- 29 Sixth Round Table Discussion.