Teaching Cases in Nuclear Medicine: Non-oncological Applications

This chapter is designed to clarify the role of Nuclear Medicine in the clinical decision-making process of non-oncological diseases. It presents a number of typical cases referring to one or a group of diseases. Being diverse in scope, the cases provide relevant information on the usefulness of nuclear medicine examinations in clinical practice. In particular, individual cases focus on common neurological, cardiological, skeletal and gastrointestinal disorders. Moreover, joint inflammation/infection, lymphatic disease and endocrinological disorders are reported.