Skull base involvement by a nasopharyngeal carcinoma shown by Tc-99m MDP SPECT but not by computed tomography

Clinical Nuclear Medicine

Volumn 26, Issue 11, 2001, Pages 930-932

  Saeed, Shabana ^a   Haq, Saif ^a   Sohaib, Mohammad ^a   Khan, Ali N ^b  

^a PAKISTAN INSTITUTE OF ENGINEERING AND APPLIED SCIENCES   (Pakistan)

^b NORTH MANCHESTER GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Carcinoma of the nasopharynx; Methylene diphosphonate scans; SPECT

Indexed keywords

MEDRONATE TECHNETIUM TC 99M;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BONE METASTASIS; CASE REPORT; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; HUMAN; MALE; NASOPHARYNX CARCINOMA; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; SINGLE PHOTON EMISSION COMPUTER TOMOGRAPHY; SKULL BASE TUMOR; SKULL RADIOGRAPHY;

ADULT; CARCINOMA, SQUAMOUS CELL; CRANIAL NERVE DISEASES; HUMANS; HYPOGLOSSAL NERVE; MALE; NASOPHARYNGEAL NEOPLASMS; RADIOPHARMACEUTICALS; SKULL BASE NEOPLASMS; TECHNETIUM TC 99M MEDRONATE; TOMOGRAPHY, EMISSION-COMPUTED, SINGLE-PHOTON; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 0034750059     PISSN: 03639762     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00003072-200111000-00008     Document Type: Article

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