A comparison of radionuclide thyroid angiography, 99mTc-MIBI scintigraphy and power Doppler ultrasonography in the differential diagnosis of solitary cold thyroid nodules

European Journal of Nuclear Medicine and Molecular Imaging

Volumn 30, Issue 5, 2003, Pages 642-650

  Demirel, Koray ^a,b   Kapucu, Özlem ^a   Yücel, Cem ^a   Özdemir, Hakan ^a   Ayvaz, Göksun ^a   Taneri, Ferit ^a  

^a GAZI UNIVERSITY FACULTY OF MEDICINE   (Turkey)

^b Dikmen Mah   (Turkey)

Author keywords

99mTc MIBI; Histopathology; Power Doppler ultrasonography; Radionuclide angiography; Thyroid nodules

Indexed keywords

METHOXY ISOBUTYL ISONITRILE TECHNETIUM TC 99M; PERTECHNETIC ACID TC 99M;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BENIGN TUMOR; CANCER SCINTISCANNING; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC PROCEDURE; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; DOPPLER ECHOGRAPHY; FEMALE; FOLLICULAR CARCINOMA; HASHIMOTO DISEASE; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; MALE; MALIGNANT NEOPLASTIC DISEASE; MEDULLARY CARCINOMA; NODULAR GOITER; PAPILLARY CARCINOMA; PREOPERATIVE EVALUATION; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; SCINTIANGIOGRAPHY; THYROID ADENOMA; THYROID CANCER; THYROID NODULE; VASCULARIZATION;

EID: 0037569575     PISSN: 16197070     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00259-003-1124-2     Document Type: Article

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