Breast cyst simulating metastases on iodine-131 imaging in thyroid carcinoma

Journal of Nuclear Medicine

Volumn 39, Issue 11, 1998, Pages 1910-1912

  Serafini, Anton ^a   Sfakianakis, George ^a,b   Georgiou, Michalakis ^a   Morris, James ^a  

^a JACKSON MEMORIAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MIAMI MILLER SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Breast cyst; Iodine 131; Radioiodine imaging; Thyroid carcinoma

Indexed keywords

IODINE 131;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BREAST CYST; CANCER SCINTISCANNING; CASE REPORT; CORRELATION FUNCTION; DIAGNOSTIC ERROR; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; ECHOMAMMOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMAN; LABORATORY DIAGNOSIS; MAMMARY GLAND; MAMMOGRAPHY; METASTASIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; THYROID CARCINOMA; TUMOR LOCALIZATION;

BREAST NEOPLASMS; CARCINOMA, PAPILLARY, FOLLICULAR; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; FALSE POSITIVE REACTIONS; FEMALE; FIBROCYSTIC BREAST DISEASE; HUMANS; IODINE RADIOISOTOPES; MIDDLE AGED; THYROID NEOPLASMS;

EID: 0031796684     PISSN: 01615505     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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