Parathyroid carcinoma with metastatic calcification identified by technetium-99m methylene diphosphonate scintigraphy

Internal Medicine

Volumn 35, Issue 5, 1996, Pages 392-395

  Aso, Yoshimasa ^a   Sato, Akira ^a   Tayama, Kazumi ^a   Takanashi, Keishi ^a   Satoh, Hideaki ^a   Takemura, Yoshihiro ^a  

^a DOKKYO MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Calcification; Carcinoma; Parathyroid; Technetium 99m methylene diphosphonate (Tc 99m MDP)

Indexed keywords

DIAGNOSTIC AGENT; MEDRONATE TECHNETIUM TC 99M;

ARTICLE; CALCINOSIS; CANCER INVASION; CARCINOMA; CASE REPORT; FEMALE; HUMAN; HYPERCALCEMIA; KIDNEY TUMOR; LUNG DISEASE; MIDDLE AGED; PARATHYROID TUMOR; PATHOLOGY; RESPIRATORY FAILURE; SCINTISCANNING; STOMACH DISEASE;

CALCINOSIS; CARCINOMA; FEMALE; HUMANS; HYPERCALCEMIA; KIDNEY NEOPLASMS; LUNG DISEASES; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASM INVASIVENESS; PARATHYROID NEOPLASMS; RESPIRATORY INSUFFICIENCY; STOMACH DISEASES; TECHNETIUM TC 99M MEDRONATE;

EID: 0030139049     PISSN: 09182918     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2169/internalmedicine.35.392     Document Type: Article

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