Disseminated Bone Marrow Metastases of Insular Thyroid Carcinoma Detected by Radioiodine Whole-Body Scintigraphy

Journal of Nuclear Medicine

Volumn 37, Issue 4-6, 1996, Pages 633-636

  Rufini, Vittoria ^a   Salvatori, Massimo ^b   Saletnich, Ida ^b   Luzi, Stefano ^b   Fadda, Guido ^b   Shapiro, Brahm ^b   Troncone, Luigi ^b  

^a FONDAZIONE POLICLINICO UNIVERSITARIO A GEMELLI IRCCS   (Italy)

^b NONE

Author keywords

Bone marrow metastases; Insular thyroid carcinoma; Iodine 131

Indexed keywords

DIAGNOSTIC AGENT; MEDRONATE TECHNETIUM TC 99M; RADIOACTIVE IODINE;

ARTICLE; BIOPSY; BONE; BONE MARROW; BONE MARROW CANCER; CARCINOMA; CASE REPORT; FEMALE; HUMAN; METASTASIS; MIDDLE AGED; PATHOLOGY; RADIATION EXPOSURE; SCINTISCANNING; THYROID TUMOR;

BIOPSY; BONE AND BONES; BONE MARROW; BONE MARROW NEOPLASMS; CARCINOMA; FEMALE; HUMANS; IODINE RADIOISOTOPES; MIDDLE AGED; TECHNETIUM TC 99M MEDRONATE; THYROID NEOPLASMS;

EID: 0030119485     PISSN: 01615505     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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