False positive 131I total body scan due to bilateral polycystic renal disease

Journal of Endocrinological Investigation

Volumn 20, Issue 6, 1997, Pages 342-344

  Giuffrida, D ^a   Fornito, M C ^a   Pellegriti, G ^a   Regalbuto, C ^a   Vigneri, G ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CATANIA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Polycystic kidney; Thyroid cancer; Total body scan

Indexed keywords

IODINE 131; DIAGNOSTIC AGENT; RADIOACTIVE IODINE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; FEMALE; HUMAN; IMAGING; KIDNEY POLYCYSTIC DISEASE; METASTASIS; THYROID CANCER; THYROIDECTOMY; ULTRASOUND; WHOLE BODY SCINTISCANNING; ECHOGRAPHY; LABORATORY DIAGNOSIS; METABOLISM; MIDDLE AGED; PATHOLOGY; SCINTISCANNING; THYROID TUMOR; TUMOR RECURRENCE;

FALSE POSITIVE REACTIONS; FEMALE; HUMANS; IODINE RADIOISOTOPES; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASM RECURRENCE, LOCAL; POLYCYSTIC KIDNEY DISEASES; THYROID NEOPLASMS; THYROIDECTOMY;

EID: 0030612280     PISSN: 03914097     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF03350315     Document Type: Article

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