Unexpected scintigraphic detection of a thymoma by myocardial SPET;Riscontro scintigrafico occasional di timoma durante tomoscintigrafia miocardica: Un caso

Radiologia Medica

Volumn 94, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 269-271

  Giordano, Alessandro ^a   Zuccalà, Giuseppe ^a   Calcagni, Maria Lucia ^a   Pirronti, Tommaso ^b  

^a CATHOLIC UNIVERSITY   (Italy)

^b Istituto di Radiologia di Universita Cattolica del Sacro Cuore di Roma   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DIAGNOSTIC AGENT; THALLIUM;

CASE REPORT; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; HEART; HUMAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RADIOGRAPHY; REVIEW; SCINTILLATION CAMERA; SCINTISCANNING; SINGLE PHOTON EMISSION COMPUTER TOMOGRAPHY; THYMOMA;

GAMMA CAMERAS; HEART; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; THALLIUM RADIOISOTOPES; THYMOMA; THYMUS NEOPLASMS; TOMOGRAPHY, EMISSION-COMPUTED, SINGLE-PHOTON; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 0031216184     PISSN: 00338362     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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