Inflammatory diseases of the lung causing false-positive 131iodine whole body scans in the evaluation of papillary thyroid carcinoma: Two case reports

Chest

Volumn 110, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 565-567

  Pina, Joesph S ^a   Meyer, Cristopher A ^a   Billingsley, Jerome L ^a   Matlock, John P ^a   Horan, Mary P ^a   Knodel, Daniel H ^a  

^a MADIGAN ARMY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

aspergilloma; bronchiolitis; radioiodine; thyroid carcinoma

Indexed keywords

IODINE 131;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BRONCHIOLITIS; CASE REPORT; FEMALE; HUMAN; LUNG ASPERGILLOSIS; METASTASIS; PNEUMONIA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIOISOTOPE DISTRIBUTION; THYROID PAPILLARY CARCINOMA; THYROIDECTOMY; WHOLE BODY SCINTISCANNING;

EID: 0029781705     PISSN: 00123692     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1378/chest.110.2.565     Document Type: Article

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