Physician

Radiology

Dwight M. Achong, MD works in the field of Radiology. He studied medicine at Howard University College of Medicine. Dwight M. Achong, MD is a published doctor. He published 38 publications, including: 'The painful accessory navicular bone: scintigraphic and radiographic correlation.'

Publications

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• Serendipitous Discovery of Non-Sestamibi-Avid Squamous Cell Lung Cancer Invading the Heart During Myocardial Perfusion Imaging.
• Pericholecystic rim sign on PET/CT secondary to locally invasive gallbladder carcinoma.
• Hepatic superscan on PET/CT due to Richter's transformation of chronic lymphocytic leukemia.
• Change in I-123 uptake by a hyperfunctioning thyroid nodule in a patient with multinodular goiter and subclinical hyperthyroidism.
• Bladder outlet obstruction secondary to obstructed Foley catheter discovered on PET/CT.
• Increased uptake in a vertebral bone island seen only on SPECT.
• Early morphine administration to expedite gallbladder visualization during cholescintigraphy for acute cholecystitis.
• Abnormal MAG3 renal scintigraphy resulting from dehydration.
• SPECT demonstrating lymphatic drainage from truncal melanoma to para-aortic lymph nodes.
• I-123 uptake by mediastinal goiter after recombinant human thyroid-stimulating hormone administration.
• In-111 leukocyte accumulation in aberrant bone marrow after spinal fusion mimicking paraspinal infection.
• Hypoperfusion of inferior frontal brain regions in abstinent alcoholics: a pilot SPECT study.
• Normal gallbladder ejection fraction after morphine augmentation.
• Hypoperfusion of the cerebellum and aging effects on cerebral cortex blood flow in abstinent alcoholics: a SPECT study.
• The painful accessory navicular bone: scintigraphic and radiographic correlation.
• Gallbladder nonvisualization with pericholecystic rim sign: morphine-augmentation optimizes diagnosis of acute cholecystitis.
• Septic pulmonary emboli from pulmonic valvular endocarditis demonstrated by serial ventilation-perfusion lung imaging.
• The "batwing" thyroid gland. A case of thyroid carcinoma.
• Mesenteric lymphadenitis depicted by indium 111-labeled white blood cell imaging.
• A reversed sequence of gallbladder and small bowel visualization during cholescintigraphy. Its relationship to chronic cholecystitis.
• Ventilation-perfusion mismatch caused by extrinsic compression of the pulmonary artery. Correlative imaging.
• Hepatic hemangioma in cirrhotics with portal hypertension: evaluation with Tc-99m red blood cell SPECT.
• Gallium-avid painless thyroiditis in a patient with AIDS.
• The computer-generated bone marrow subtraction image: a valuable adjunct to combined In-111 WBC/Tc-99m in sulfur colloid scintigraphy for musculoskeletal infection.
• Periprosthetic Clostridium difficile hip abscess imaged with In-111 WBCs.
• Tc-99m sestamibi uptake by parathyroid carcinoma. False-positive localization of parathyroid adenoma.
• Diffusely discordant In-111 WBC/Tc-99m SC bone marrow uptake. A possible chemotherapeutic effect.
• Quantitation of differential renal function with Tc-99m MDP.
• The cystic duct sign during morphine-augmented cholescintigraphy.
• Skeletal angiomatosis limited to the hand: radiographic and scintigraphic correlation.
• Bone scintigraphy for evaluation of pelvic pain.
• Demonstration of increased bone metabolism in melorheostosis by multiphase bone scanning.
• Gallbladder visualization during post-therapy iodine-131 imaging of thyroid carcinoma.
• False-negative morphine-augmented cholescintigraphy: a case of subacute gallbladder perforation.
• Incidence and significance of enterogastric reflux during morphine-augmented cholescintigraphy.
• Duodenal perforation by a biliary endoprosthesis: evaluation by hepatobiliary scintigraphy.
• Early gallbladder visualization during Tc-99m RBC scintigraphy.

Schools

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• Howard University

• George Washington University Med Center

• Providence Hospital

Doctors Specialties

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• Internal Medicine
• Nuclear Medicine
• Radiology

Accepted Insurances

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Education

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• George Washington University
• Howard University College of Medicine

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