Atypical Carcinoid Tumor Detected Incidentally on Tc-99m Sestamibi Myocardial Perfusion Scintigraphy

Clinical Nuclear Medicine

Volumn 29, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 129-131

  Reyhan, Mehmet ^a   Aydin, Mehmet ^a   Yapar, A Fuat ^a   Bolat, Filiz Aka ^a   Tercan, Fahri ^a  

^a BASKENT UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Atypical carcinoid tumor; Lung mass; Tc 99m sestamibi

Indexed keywords

TECHNETIUM 99M;

ADULT; ARTICLE; ATYPICAL CARCINOID; CANCER DIAGNOSIS; CARCINOID; CASE REPORT; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DRUG UPTAKE; HEART PERFORMANCE; HEART SCINTISCANNING; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; LUNG TUMOR; MALE; SINGLE PHOTON EMISSION COMPUTER TOMOGRAPHY; THORAX PAIN;

ADULT; CARCINOID TUMOR; CHEST PAIN; CORONARY VESSELS; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; HEART; HUMANS; INCIDENTAL FINDINGS; LUNG NEOPLASMS; MALE; MYOCARDIAL ISCHEMIA; RADIOPHARMACEUTICALS; TECHNETIUM TC 99M SESTAMIBI; TOMOGRAPHY, EMISSION-COMPUTED, SINGLE-PHOTON;

EID: 1242297523     PISSN: 03639762     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.rlu.0000109303.19533.41     Document Type: Article

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