1452 Introduction: 131I-MIBG therapy has been used as the first line therapy in pheochromocytoma
Background: Pheochromocytoma is a tumor arising from the adrenal medulla. Extra …

A sentinel event is any unexpected event that results in death or serious physical or psychologic
injury to a patient unrelated to a patient’s illness. Establishing and determining cause-…

Establishing a cause-and-effect relationship for an adverse event is one of the key steps in
preventing them and involves multiple people, resources, and steps, thus requiring a root …

We present a case that caused a diagnostic dilemma on a bone scan. We also review the
broad spectrum of nonmalignant findings that can impact the interpretation of a bone scan and …

1706 Introduction: Respiratory motion presents significant challenges for accurate PET/CT
imaging. The motion can artificially introduce apparent increase of lesion size, reduction of …

Hiatal hernias mostly present at extremes of age groups in children and advanced age groups
can rarely lead to pulmonary complaints like shortness of breath and pleuritic chest pain. …

1133 Introduction: Root cause analysis: A comparison of three spills NaI-131 , Lu-177
DoTaTate and liquid Y-90 Jitesh Dhingra, David Brandon, Bruce Barron, and Raghuveer Halkar …

Pulmonary Embolism is a life threatening emergency presenting to the emergency department.
Recognizing one and treating in a timely manner can change the outcome and prognosis …

Bone scan continues to be the second greatest-volume nuclear imaging procedure, offering
the advantage of total body examination, low cost, and high sensitivity not only for metastatic …

Huge cervical and retrosternal goiters can cause acute respiratory compromise by leading to
tracheal compression and airway compromise. Substernal goiters may be asymptomatic or …