Hiatal Hernia in Iodine-131 Scintigraphy: A Potential Cause of False-Positive Midline Thoracic Uptake

Clinical Nuclear Medicine

Volumn 28, Issue 8, 2003, Pages 709-710

  Freeman, Mary ^a   Roach, Paul ^a   Robinson, Bruce ^a   Shields, Melissa ^b  

^a ROYAL NORTH SHORE HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^b North Shore Private Hospital   (Australia)

Author keywords

Hiatal hernia; I 131 scintigraphy; Thoracic uptake

Indexed keywords

IODINE 131; RECOMBINANT THYROTROPIN; DIAGNOSTIC AGENT; RADIOACTIVE IODINE; RADIOPHARMACEUTICAL AGENT;

AGED; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; DIAGNOSTIC ERROR; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; DRUG UPTAKE; FEMALE; HIATUS HERNIA; HUMAN; SCINTIGRAPHY; THORAX; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY; THYROID PAPILLARY CARCINOMA; WHOLE BODY SCANNER; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; LABORATORY DIAGNOSIS; LUNG TUMOR; MEDIASTINUM; MEDIASTINUM TUMOR; METABOLISM; SCINTISCANNING; WHOLE BODY COUNTING;

AGED; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; FALSE POSITIVE REACTIONS; FEMALE; HERNIA, HIATAL; HUMANS; IODINE RADIOISOTOPES; LUNG NEOPLASMS; MEDIASTINAL NEOPLASMS; MEDIASTINUM; RADIOPHARMACEUTICALS; THORAX; WHOLE-BODY COUNTING;

EID: 1442358281     PISSN: 03639762     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00003072-200308000-00026     Document Type: Article

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