Dr. Larry Wilf
Nuclear Medicine
Orange Park, FL
36 years experience male
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Nuclear Medicine
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A 48-year-old member asked:
Dr. Larry Wilfanswered
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No: Nuclear scans will have no impact on the severity or your disease.
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A 31-year-old member asked:
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Physiology: A ct scan is a static picture of anatomy. A pet/ct scan also shows you how metabolically active the " anatomy" is ...
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A 35-year-old male asked:
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Very unlikely: You need to talk with your own md about this . It would take a lot of scans ..
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A 61-year-old female asked:
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No: The scan uses a different " drug" ( i123) to image the thyroid vs the "drug that is used to treat the thyroid ( i131) .
The drugs have different ... Read More
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A 25-year-old male asked:
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A granuloma: I assume from what you are saying that they was a density or "spot " on her lung during the ct portion of the pet/ct scan that did not lite-up on the ... Read More
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A 49-year-old female asked:
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Depends: If you haven't had a previous pet/ct , the scan is most likely to establish a baseline for your therapy response.
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A 50-year-old female asked:
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Degenerative changes: I assume the image you saw was white on black, which means that the white areas are where there is "uptake" of the radiopharmaceutical. If that is tru... Read More
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A 46-year-old female asked:
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Unusual: There are several ways to tell if its esophagitis.
First , look at esophagus with endoscopy ?
Second, could try anti-acid oral medication and see if... Read More
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A 58-year-old male asked:
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IT could: There is a certain scan pattern that is "typical " of rsd but not all patient's scans will demonstrate this pattern.
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A 33-year-old female asked:
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No problem: The pet scan will not create any problems/complications
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A 31-year-old member asked:
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Always a risk: Your body/thyroid will recieve a tiny quantity of radiation exposure.
Thats the risk.
Have your md explain why he/she wants the test.
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A female asked:
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Age 40 but...: Thats if you have no strong family for heart disease , high blood pressure, diabetes, breast or colon cancer, non-smoker, normal bowel habits, no non-... Read More
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A 32-year-old female asked:
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Not normally: U may feel some spasm like contractions in your right abdomen , maybe a little nausea..But since injection/infusion is slow...
You should feel next t... Read More
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A 27-year-old female asked:
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NO: It is an inflammation of the bronchial tree, the airway tubes in your chest and lungs.
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A 43-year-old member asked:
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It depends: Pet/ct scan are very valuable in surveillance of certain types of cancers, but not all cancers.
You should be able to google your type of cancer and ... Read More
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A 62-year-old female asked:
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Depends: For primary liver cancer , i would recommend ct or mr .
For metastatic disease , especially a GI cancer, i would start with pet/ct.
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A 25-year-old male asked:
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Angiogram: Angiogram because depending on size of avm , may be able to treat at the same time.
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A 28-year-old male asked:
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CT is good but: Diagnosis on ct takes specific anatomical changes which can be identified at earlier stages by bone scan and mri. Mri is probably best as you can see ... Read More
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A 55-year-old female asked:
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No: Cyst by definition are benign fluid collections.
Cystic masses , if cancerous , would probably "lite-up" . But my need an MRI for further evaluation... Read More
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A 35-year-old member asked:
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No: I assume your doctor is scanning you to establish a baseline for future comparisons.
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A 58-year-old female asked:
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Technically no: Technically no. But i would still consider getting one ( if you can afford one , or if your insurance will consent ) for piece of mind. Remember a pet... Read More
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A 55-year-old female asked:
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It depends: It could be a reactive/benign lymph node from an infection...Or it could be a malignant/metastatic lymph node.
I need more information about you and ... Read More
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A 55-year-old female asked:
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Maybe: There are several reasons your md may want to order a pet/ct scan. Most likely he is looking to see if there are other carcinoids or things to worry a... Read More
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A 55-year-old female asked:
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Depends: As a radiologist we kive by the alara rule( as little radiation as reasonable / needed/required ) . With all radiation, we try to minimize a patient'... Read More
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A 27-year-old female asked:
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No: Tc99 uses a different "uptake" mechanism to image the thyroid.
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A 52-year-old male asked:
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Ask surgeon: A hot or cold nodule refers to the nuclear medicine itself. The surgeon send the removed tissue/thyroid to a pathologist who looks for a mass ( adenom... Read More
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A 39-year-old member asked:
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Not routinely: Normally the brain is not included unless specifically indicated. Also , when you scan the brain you use a slightly different imaging technique ( a lo... Read More
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A 51-year-old female asked:
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MRI cervical spine : Mri cervical spine next to exclude referred pain from a cervical disc pressing on one of your nerves, .
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A 32-year-old female asked:
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Not sure: "sludge" is a non-specific term. Usually refers to viscous/thick junk , gravity dependent in the gall-bladder.
Have you had an ultasound, that wou... Read More
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A 45-year-old member asked:
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Infection: Clinical presentation of the patient and a confirmatory biopsy would be necessary if there was a question as to the diagnosis.
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A 44-year-old member asked:
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Takes about 30 min: You breath thru a tube for a couple of minutes and they take some pictures.
You get a shot , and they take some more pictures....
Not a hard test.
... Read More
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A 66-year-old male asked:
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Can"t tell: Not enough clinical information.
When was colonic resection? Any other areas of cancer ? What other therapies have you had ? Etc.?
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A 58-year-old female asked:
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Could be: Does it feel better if you take an anti-inflammatory medicine ( aspirin, motrin, tylenol (acetaminophen) ) for a week or more?
Could get an MRI to ... Read More
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It could: Gallbladder sludge is a mixture of bile, mucous and tiny bits of cholesterol-based and calcium-based particles. Without sludge, bile naturally passes... Read More
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A 32-year-old female asked:
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Not sure: Most likely want to compare images and the radiologic impressions to make sure they " match" , i.e., nothing is left out of the report
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A 44-year-old female asked:
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Your MD: Your nuclear bone scan, from what you said, was most likey performed to evaluate for osteomyelitis / infection in your bone. It was oredred because yo... Read More
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A 29-year-old member asked:
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Metabolic info/data: A ct scan is an anatomic , static exam of the anatomy. It is just a picture of your anatomic family.
A pet/ct scan shows the same anatomy , but tells... Read More
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A 44-year-old member asked:
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Nuclear, MRI scans: Hida is a nuclear medicine scan which looks at the functioning of your biliary system and and mrcp is an mr study that shows the anatomy of your bilia... Read More
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A 47-year-old male asked:
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Varies: There is a blod test that will determine your tsh. Tsh level increases over time the longer you are off your medications.
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A 42-year-old member asked:
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I'd wait a day: Pet scans use radioactive fluorine. It has a halflife of about 2 hours and is effectively "dead"...Non-radioactive in 10 half-lives...
Or 20 hours.
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A 30-year-old member asked:
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No: You could see secondary signs , such as obstruction ( an airfluid level in the esophagus) , lymphadenopathy ( enlarged lymph nodes ) , etc.
But not t... Read More
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A 35-year-old female asked:
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No symptoms: Early liver metastases have no specific symptoms .
Rate of growth of clm is variable , particularly if in the process of traetment. Pet/ct is most ... Read More
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Yes: Hh ( hiatal hernia) can be sen on the ct portion of the exam , sometimes. Most hhs slide .... Come and go based on patient positioning , eating, etc. ... Read More
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A 32-year-old female asked:
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How do you feel?: If you are having indigestion related to fatty food intolerance , pain or other symptoms , surgery may be indicated.
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CCK helps: Cck tells your doctor how well your gallbladder contracts when stimulated. Cck is normally secreted by your body when you eat "fatty" foods and tells ... Read More
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A 52-year-old female asked:
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Poor preparation: Most likely answer is that you may not may fasted long enough the first time
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Different tests: Cisternography is used to determine if there is normal pressure hydrocephalus. It looks at the flow of CSF fluid.
Pet scans are for looking at th... Read More
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A 51-year-old female asked:
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Yes, FDG PET/CT scan: A pet scan looks at the whole body for anatomic and metabolic potential metastases.
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Not necessarily: A gamma camera ( nuclear medicine mdp) bone scan will not answer ? Need to actually see the bone anatomy in addition to lack of metabolic activity to ... Read More
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A 22-year-old male asked:
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No: Only side effeect is a needle at the injection site.
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Mar 30, 2015
Dr. Wilf is an amazing doctor! #nationaldoctorsday2015 #virtualflower1
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Mar 31, 2015
Dr. Wilf is an amazing doctor! #nationaldoctorsday2015 #virtualflower1
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Her parathyroid is normal. Vitamin d also high when ACE and calcium are elevated. Do you still lean toward parathyroid adenoma?
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This made me feel good. Thanks! Am indeed much grateful to hear all this, hope to gain more knowledge on health thanks.
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Thanks for your quick reply! Think I will get a 2nd doc to look over me as the one have is not that good
Education & Training
Medical/Graduate school
Medical College of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia
Graduated 1982MD
Awards
Top Nuclear Medicine Specialist, Third Place, National - Winter
2013
Top Nuclear Medicine Specialist, Second Place, Florida - Summer
2013
Affiliations
Duval County Medical Association
Clay County Medical Society
Society of Nuclear Medicine
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