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Gadoxetate disodium-enhanced MRI abdomen is the imaging of choice for evaluation of liver lesions. However, in patients with underlying liver dysfunction, uptake and excretion of the hepatobiliary contrast agent is impaired; standard 20-minute delay hepatobiliary phase imaging may be insufficient to characterize hepatic lesions of interest. Our study aims to evaluate the adequacy of standard 20-minute delayed phase hepatobiliary imaging after gadoxetate disodium administration in pediatric patients with liver dysfunction. A secondary objective is to assess the utility of hepatic function laboratory values as a screening tool to identify patients with impaired hepatobiliary excretion in whom hepatobiliary phase imaging at 20 minutes may be inadequate. Read More
Meeting name: SPR 2026 Annual Meeting , 2026
Authors: Uribe Jesus, Goodarzian Fariba
The purpose of this exhibit is explore pitfalls in our experience with SPECT-CT Iodine-123 (I-123) MIBG imaging in patients with neuroblastoma. SPECT-CT can more specifically localize areas of uptake over planar imaging and mitigate false-positive results with correlative anatomic information. We will review cases of false-positive MIBG uptake in nonmalignant sites, cases of false-negative MIBG uptake in neuroblastoma/neural crest tumors, and cases of secondary tumors/malignancies occurring in the setting of known neuroblastoma, with variable uptake on MIBG. Read More
Meeting name: SPR 2019 Annual Meeting & Postgraduate Course , 2019
Authors: Lai Lillian, Berkovich Rachel, Goodarzian Fariba
Keywords: MIBG, neuroblastoma, SPECT-CT
The goal of this educational exhibit is to explore the utility of interictal FDG PET brain imaging in the evaluation of intractable, drug-resistant cases of pediatric epilepsy and to clarify its role in pre-surgical seizure focus localization. We will also explore the salient pearls and pitfalls of FDG PET brain imaging. Read More
Meeting name: SPR 2018 Annual Meeting & Postgraduate Course , 2018
Authors: Nahl Daniel, Nelson Marvin, Berkovich Rachel, Goodarzian Fariba, Lai Lillian