A false-positive localization of a parathyroid adenoma with technetium Tc 99m sestamibi scan secondary to a thyroid follicular carcinoma

Archives of Surgery

Volumn 131, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 216-217

  Koss, Wega G M ^b   Brown, Michael R ^b   Balfour, John F ^a  

^a STRAUB CLINIC AND HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b NONE

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

METHOXY ISOBUTYL ISONITRILE TECHNETIUM TC 99M;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; DIAGNOSTIC ERROR; HUMAN; LYMPH NODE DISSECTION; MALE; PARATHYROID ADENOMA; PARATHYROIDECTOMY; PRIMARY HYPERPARATHYROIDISM; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCINTISCANNING; THYROID FOLLICULAR CARCINOMA; THYROIDECTOMY; TUMOR LOCALIZATION;

EID: 0030062276     PISSN: 00040010     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1001/archsurg.1996.01430140106026     Document Type: Article

References (2)

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2. Taillefer R, Boucher Y, Potvin C, Lambert R. Detection and localization of parathyroid adenomas in patients with hyperparathyroidism using a single radionuclide imaging procedure with technetium-99m-sestamibi (double-phase study). J Nucl Med 1992;33:1801-1807.