False-positive radioiodine uptake in the abdomen and the pelvis: Radioiodine retention in the kidneys and review of the literature

Clinical Nuclear Medicine

Volumn 21, Issue 12, 1996, Pages 932-937

  Bakheet, Siema M B ^a   Hammami, Muhammad M ^a   Powe, John ^a  

^a KING FAISAL SPECIALIST HOSPITAL AND RESEARCH CENTER   (Saudi Arabia)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

IODINE 123; IODOHIPPURATE SODIUM I 123; PENTETATE TECHNETIUM TC 99M; THYROXINE;

ABDOMEN; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMAN; KIDNEY; KIDNEY SCINTISCANNING; MALE; ORAL DRUG ADMINISTRATION; PELVIS; WHOLE BODY SCINTISCANNING;

ABDOMEN; ADRENAL GLAND NEOPLASMS; ADULT; AGED; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; DILATATION, PATHOLOGIC; DRINKING; FALSE POSITIVE REACTIONS; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; IMAGE ENHANCEMENT; IODINE RADIOISOTOPES; KIDNEY; KIDNEY CALICES; KIDNEY DISEASES; KIDNEY NEOPLASMS; KIDNEY PELVIS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PELVIS; PREVALENCE; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RADIOPHARMACEUTICALS; THYROID NEOPLASMS;

EID: 0029801772     PISSN: 03639762     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00003072-199612000-00003     Document Type: Article

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