Accumulation of Ga-67 citrate in a tuberculous splenic abscess: Report of a rare case

Clinical Nuclear Medicine

Volumn 21, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 49-52

  Kao, Pan Fu ^a   Tzen, Kai Yuan ^a   Chou, Yu Hsiang ^a   Lu, Szu Yu ^a   You, Dong Ling ^a  

^a CHANG GUNG MEMORIAL HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GALLIUM CITRATE GA 67; TECHNETIUM SULFUR COLLOID TC 99M;

ABDOMINAL SCINTISCANNING; AGED; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; LUNG TUBERCULOSIS; MALE; RADIOISOTOPE DISTRIBUTION; SPLEEN ABSCESS; TUBERCULOSIS;

ABSCESS; AGED; GALLIUM RADIOISOTOPES; HUMANS; MALE; TECHNETIUM TC 99M SULFUR COLLOID; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED; TUBERCULOSIS, SPLENIC;

EID: 0030025902     PISSN: 03639762     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00003072-199601000-00012     Document Type: Article

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