Diagnostic accuracy of technetium-99m-pertechnetate scintigraphy with lemon juice stimulation to evaluate Warthin's tumor

Journal of Nuclear Medicine

Volumn 39, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 43-46

  Murata, Yuji ^a   Yamada, Ichiro ^b   Umehara, Isao ^b   Okada, Norihiko ^b   Shibuya, Hitoshi ^b  

^a TOKYO MEDICAL AND DENTAL UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b NONE

Author keywords

Lemon juice stimulation; Neoplasms; Parotid gland; Technetium 99m pertechnetate; Warthin's tumor

Indexed keywords

PERTECHNETIC ACID TC 99M;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC ERROR; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; FEMALE; FRUIT JUICE; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMAN TISSUE; IMAGE ANALYSIS; LEMON; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PAROTID GLAND TUMOR; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCINTIGRAPHY; WARTHIN TUMOR;

ADENOLYMPHOMA; ADENOMA, PLEOMORPHIC; CITRUS; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PAROTID NEOPLASMS; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; RADIOPHARMACEUTICALS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SODIUM PERTECHNETATE TC 99M;

EID: 0031882354     PISSN: 01615505     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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