Columnar cell thyroid carcinoma - The diagnostic dilemmas and pitfalls

Nuclear Medicine Review

Volumn 6, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 155-158

  Žagar, Ivana ^a   Vidergar Kralj, Barbara ^a   Schwarzbartl Pevec, Andreja A ^a   Pompe, Franc ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF ONCOLOGY   (Slovenia)

Author keywords

Columnar cell thyroid carcinoma; Interpretation pitfalls; Radionuclide imaging; Therapy

Indexed keywords

(3 IODOBENZYL)GUANIDINE I 123; DOXORUBICIN; LEVOTHYROXINE; METHOXY ISOBUTYL ISONITRILE TECHNETIUM TC 99M; ONCOVYN; PENTETREOTIDE; PENTETREOTIDE IN 111; RADIOACTIVE IODINE; SUCCIMER TC 99M; VINCRISTINE SULFATE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BEAM THERAPY; CANCER RADIOTHERAPY; CASE REPORT; DIAGNOSTIC PROCEDURE; ECTOPIC THYROID GLAND; ESOPHAGUS STENOSIS; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; IMAGE ANALYSIS; INTRAOPERATIVE PERIOD; LYMPH NODE DISSECTION; MALE; MEDIASTINUM; NECK TUMOR; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PREOPERATIVE EVALUATION; THYROID CARCINOMA; THYROID SCINTISCANNING; THYROIDECTOMY; TRACHEA COMPRESSION; TRACHEA STENOSIS; TREATMENT OUTCOME; TUMOR GROWTH; WHOLE BODY SCINTISCANNING;

ADULT; CARCINOMA, PAPILLARY; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; DIAGNOSTIC ERRORS; HUMANS; MALE; THYROID NEOPLASMS;

EID: 0842301434     PISSN: 15069680     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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