Uptake of I-131 in the biliary tract: A potential cause of a false- positive result of scintiscan

Clinical Nuclear Medicine

Volumn 23, Issue 8, 1998, Pages 524-527

  Carlisle, Marie ^a   Cortés, Anabel ^b   Mcdougall, I Ross ^a  

^a STANFORD UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b HOSPITAL UNIVERSITARIO MIGUEL SERVET   (Spain)

Author keywords

False Positive Result; Papillary Cancer; Radioiodine I 131 Scintigraphy

Indexed keywords

IODINE 131;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BILIARY TRACT SCINTISCANNING; CASE REPORT; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DIAGNOSTIC ERROR; FEMALE; HEPATOBILIARY SCINTISCANNING; HUMAN; IMAGE ANALYSIS; IMAGE RECONSTRUCTION; LIVER METASTASIS; LIVER SCINTISCANNING;

ADULT; BILIARY TRACT; CARCINOMA, PAPILLARY; FALSE POSITIVE REACTIONS; FEMALE; HUMANS; IODINE RADIOISOTOPES; THYROID NEOPLASMS;

EID: 0031695786     PISSN: 03639762     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00003072-199808000-00007     Document Type: Article

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