Technetium-99m Tetrofosmin Uptake in Insular Thyroid Carcinoma: A Comparison with Iodine-131

Clinical Nuclear Medicine

Volumn 28, Issue 5, 2003, Pages 385-388

  Degirmenci, Berna ^a   Aydin, Aysel ^a   Comlekci, Abdurrahman ^a   Ozdogan, Ozhan ^a   Bekis, Recep ^a  

^a DOKUZ EYLUL UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTITHYROID AGENT; IODINE 131; MEDRONATE TECHNETIUM TC 99M; TETROFOSMIN TC 99M; DIAGNOSTIC AGENT; ORGANOPHOSPHORUS COMPOUND; RADIOACTIVE IODINE; RADIOPHARMACEUTICAL AGENT; TECHNETIUM COMPLEX; TECHNETIUM TC 99M 1,2 BIS(BIS(2 ETHOXYETHYL)PHOSPHINO)ETHANE; TECHNETIUM TC 99M 1,2-BIS(BIS(2-ETHOXYETHYL)PHOSPHINO)ETHANE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BONE SCINTISCANNING; CASE REPORT; FOLLOW UP; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IMAGE QUALITY; MALE; METASTASIS; MINIMAL RESIDUAL DISEASE; THYROID CARCINOMA; THYROID INSULA CARCINOMA; THYROIDECTOMY; WHOLE BODY SCINTISCANNING; BONE TUMOR; CARCINOMA; COMPARATIVE STUDY; METABOLISM; METHODOLOGY; PATHOLOGY; SCINTISCANNING; SOFT TISSUE TUMOR; THYROID TUMOR; WHOLE BODY COUNTING;

ADULT; BONE NEOPLASMS; CARCINOMA; HUMANS; IODINE RADIOISOTOPES; MALE; NEOPLASM, RESIDUAL; ORGANOPHOSPHORUS COMPOUNDS; ORGANOTECHNETIUM COMPOUNDS; RADIOPHARMACEUTICALS; SOFT TISSUE NEOPLASMS; THYROID NEOPLASMS; THYROIDECTOMY; WHOLE-BODY COUNTING;

EID: 0042235364     PISSN: 03639762     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00003072-200305000-00004     Document Type: Article

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