Benign oral disease as a cause of false-positive iodine-131 scans

Clinical Nuclear Medicine

Volumn 23, Issue 11, 1998, Pages 747-749

  Wadhwa, Surjit S ^a,b   Mansberg, Robert ^a  

^a Illawarra Regional Hospital   (Australia)

^b NONE   (Australia)

Author keywords

Dental Disease; I 131 Scans; Thyroid Carcinoma

Indexed keywords

IODINE 131; THALLIUM 201;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; DIAGNOSTIC ERROR; FEMALE; HUMAN; MOUTH DISEASE; RADIOISOTOPE DISTRIBUTION; THYROID CARCINOMA; WHOLE BODY SCINTISCANNING;

ADULT; FALSE POSITIVE REACTIONS; FEMALE; HUMANS; IODINE RADIOISOTOPES; MIDDLE AGED; PAROTITIS; THYROID NEOPLASMS; TOOTH DISEASES;

EID: 0031789188     PISSN: 03639762     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00003072-199811000-00005     Document Type: Article

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