Combined Positron Emission Tomography-Computed Tomography Improves Specificity for Thyroid Carcinoma by Identifying Vocal Cord Activity after Laryngeal Nerve Paralysis

Thyroid

Volumn 13, Issue 12, 2003, Pages 1183-1184

  Chin, Bennett B ^a   Patel, Pavni ^a   Hammoud, Dima ^a  

^a JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FLUORODEOXYGLUCOSE F 18; GELFOAM; IODINE 131;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; COMPUTER ASSISTED EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; HUMAN; IMAGE ANALYSIS; LARYNGEAL NERVE PARALYSIS; LUNG CARCINOMA; MALE; NERVE PARALYSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIOISOTOPE THERAPY; RECURRENT CANCER; RECURRENT LARYNGEAL NERVE; SURGICAL ANATOMY; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; THYROID CARCINOMA; THYROID PAPILLARY CARCINOMA; THYROID SCINTISCANNING; THYROIDECTOMY; VOCAL CORD PARALYSIS;

EID: 0347993693     PISSN: 10507256     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1089/10507250360731604     Document Type: Article

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