Thyroid imaging with Tc-99m MIBI in patients with solitary cold single nodules on pertechnetate imaging

Clinical Nuclear Medicine

Volumn 21, Issue 5, 1996, Pages 363-367

  Alonso, Omar ^a,b   Lago, Graciela ^a   Mut, Fernando ^a   Hermida, Juan C ^a   Nunez, Margarita ^a   De Palma, Gustavo ^a   Touya, Eduardo ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF URUGUAY   (Uruguay)

^b HOSPITAL DE CLÍNICAS   (Uruguay)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

METHOXY ISOBUTYL ISONITRILE TECHNETIUM TC 99M;

ARTICLE; DISEASE CLASSIFICATION; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; IMAGE ANALYSIS; PREOPERATIVE EVALUATION; THYROID NODULE; THYROID SCINTISCANNING;

ADENOCARCINOMA, FOLLICULAR; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; BIOPSY, NEEDLE; CARCINOMA, PAPILLARY; CYSTS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PREOPERATIVE CARE; PROBABILITY; SODIUM PERTECHNETATE TC 99M; TECHNETIUM TC 99M SESTAMIBI; THYROID GLAND; THYROID NEOPLASMS; THYROID NODULE;

EID: 0029911593     PISSN: 03639762     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00003072-199605000-00002     Document Type: Article

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