The clinical usefulness of dual phase 201Tl thyroid scan for false-negative fine-needle aspiration cytological diagnoses in non-functioning cold thyroid nodules

Anticancer Research

Volumn 23, Issue 3 C, 2003, Pages 2965-2967

  Chang, Chwen Tzuei ^a   Liu, Feng Yuan ^b   Tsai, Jeffrey J P ^c   Lin, Cheng Chieh ^c   Lee, Cheng Chun ^a   Kao, Albert ^a  

^a CHINA MEDICAL UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

^b FAR EASTERN MEMORIAL HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

^c ASIA UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Dual phase 201TI thyroid scan; Fine needle aspiration

Indexed keywords

THALLIUM 201;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; ASPIRATION BIOPSY; BENIGN TUMOR; CANCER CYTODIAGNOSIS; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC APPROACH ROUTE; DIAGNOSTIC ERROR; FEMALE; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; IMAGE ANALYSIS; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; MALE; MALIGNANT NEOPLASTIC DISEASE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; THYROID NODULE; THYROID SCINTISCANNING; TUMOR DIFFERENTIATION;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; BIOPSY, NEEDLE; FALSE NEGATIVE REACTIONS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; RADIOPHARMACEUTICALS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; THALLIUM RADIOISOTOPES; THYROID NODULE;

EID: 0042623890     PISSN: 02507005     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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