Department of Veterans Affairs, Nuclear Medicine Service
Radiology
Lorraine M. Fig, MB CHB
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Lorraine is an expert in the field of Radiology. Lorraine M. Fig, MB CHB is also published. She has 62 publications published. The lastest publication: "Altered radiopharmaceutical distribution in myeloma: bone tracer in the heart and heart tracer in the bone.'
Publications
- Parathyroid adenoma localization with 99mTc-sestamibi SPECT/CT: a meta-analysis.
- Endocrine Scintigraphy with Hybrid SPECT/CT.
- Characterization of changes in total body composition for head and neck cancer patients undergoing chemoradiotherapy using dual-energy X-ray absorptiometry (DEXA).
- Preablation 131-I Scans With SPECT/CT in Postoperative Thyroid Cancer Patients: What Is the Impact on Staging?
- Adrenal cortical imaging with I-131 NP-59 SPECT-CT.
- Diffuse skeletal muscle F-18 fluorodeoxyglucose uptake in advanced primary muscle non-Hodgkin's lymphoma.
- Spectrum of 18F-FDG PET/CT findings in oncology-related recurrent laryngeal nerve palsy.
- Altered central micro-opioid receptor binding after psychological trauma.
- Adrenal gland scintigraphy.
- Corticolimbic blood flow during nontraumatic emotional processing in posttraumatic stress disorder.
- Corticolimbic blood flow in posttraumatic stress disorder during script-driven imagery.
- Intense bilateral pectoralis major muscle activity on Tc-99m MDP scintigraphy: the push-up sign.
- An ICANL site visit: what can I expect?
- mu-Opioid receptors and limbic responses to aversive emotional stimuli.
- Uptake of Tc-99m MDP in soft tissue calcific deposits due to the tumor lysis syndrome.
- Scintigraphic detection of sinusitis.
- Adrenal localization in the adrenocorticotropic hormone-independent Cushing syndrome.
- The role of scintigraphy in the evaluation of fever of unknown origin.
- Technetium-99m-red blood cell scintigraphy in the localization of nonenteric hemorrhage.
- Quantification of aspiration: methodological and clinical perspectives.
- Positron emission tomography detects evidence of viability in rest technetium-99m sestamibi defects.
- Melorheostosis bone scintigraphy and F-18 fluorodeoxyglucose positron emission tomography.
- Alteration of corticothalamic perfusion ratios during a PTSD flashback.
- Procedure guideline for hepatobiliary scintigraphy. Society of Nuclear Medicine.
- Immunolymphoscintigraphy in breast cancer: evaluation using 131I-labeled monoclonal antibody B72.3.
- The effect of emotional content on visual recognition memory: a PET activation study.
- Altered radiopharmaceutical distribution in myeloma: bone tracer in the heart and heart tracer in the bone.
- Brain activation in PTSD in response to trauma-related stimuli.
- Medial frontal cortex involvement in PTSD symptoms: a SPECT study.
- Intracavitary therapy of craniopharyngiomas.
- Artifacts, anatomical and physiological variants, and unrelated diseases that might cause false-positive whole-body 131-I scans in patients with thyroid cancer.
- Limbic activation and psychophysiologic responses to aversive visual stimuli. Interaction with cognitive task.
- Imaging of human infection with (131)I-labeled recombinant human interleukin-8.
- Functional scintigraphy of the adrenal gland.
- 11C-methionine PET/CT in 99mTc-sestamibi-negative hyperparathyroidism in patients with renal failure on chronic haemodialysis.
- Radioguided surgery of parathyroid adenomas and recurrent thyroid cancer using the "low sestamibi dose" protocol.
- Radio-guided surgery for non-131I-avid thyroid cancer.
- Contemporary adrenal scintigraphy.
- PET in the diagnostic evaluation of adrenal tumors.
- Controversies in diagnostic approaches to the indeterminate follicular thyroid nodule.
- Controversies on minimally invasive procedures for radio-guided surgery of parathyroid tumours.
- Distribution of [32P]-chromic phosphate colloid in cystic brain tumors.
- Imaging, dosimetry, and radioimmunotherapy with iodine 131-labeled anti-CD37 antibody in B-cell lymphoma.
- Bone mineral density of the axial skeleton in acromegaly.
- Radiolabelled semisolid test meal clearance in the evaluation of esophageal involvement in scleroderma and Sjogren''s syndrome.
- Common bile duct obstruction in cystic fibrosis: utility of hepatobiliary scintigraphy.
- General principles and perspectives of cancer therapy with radiopharmaceuticals.
- Morphine-augmented hepatobiliary scintigraphy in the severely ill: caution is in order.
- Contributions of nuclear endocrinology to the diagnosis of adrenal tumors.
- Utility of emission tomography in evaluation of mandibular bone grafts.
- Adrenal cortical adenoma causing Cushing's syndrome: correct localization by functional scintigraphy despite nonlocalizing morphological imaging studies.
- Unusual complications of antithyroid drug therapy: four case reports and review of literature.
- Management of pheochromocytoma.
- Radiochemical diagnosis of adrenal disease.
- Clinical features, diagnosis, and localization of carcinoid tumors and their management.
- Labetalol reduces iodine-131 MIBG uptake by pheochromocytoma and normal tissues.
- Quantification of bone mineralization by dual photon absorptiometry in osteopetrosis.
- Alterations of iodine-131 MIBG biodistribution in an anephric patient: comparison to normal and impaired renal function.
- Metastatic prostate carcinoma mimicking Paget's disease on bone imaging.
- Exercise-induced hyperphagia in the hamster is associated with elevated plasma somatostatin-like immunoreactivity.
- Echocardiographic confirmation of mitral valve prolapse: a new finding on radionuclide ventriculography--a case report.
Schools
University of Cape Town Faculty of Health Sciences
Groote Schuur Hospital
University Mich Hosps
Doctors Specialties
- Nuclear Medicine
- Radiology
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Education
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University of Michigan Hospitals and Health Centers -
University of Cape Town Faculty of Medicine
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University of Michigan Hospitals and Health Centers
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