Incidental detection of rounded atelectasis during Tc-99m MIBI scintimammography

Clinical Nuclear Medicine

Volumn 30, Issue 6, 2005, Pages 444-446

  Sohn, Myung Hee ^a,b   Kim, Min Woo ^a   Lim, Seok Tae ^a,b   Lee, Na Ri ^a,b   Song, Eun Kee ^a,b   Yim, Chang Yeol ^a,b  

^a Chonbuk National University   (South Korea)

^b Chonbuk National University Medical School and Hospital   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Fluorodeoxyglucose; PET; Rounded atelectasis; Scintimammography; Tc 99m MIBI

Indexed keywords

FLUORODEOXYGLUCOSE; METHOXY ISOBUTYL ISONITRILE TECHNETIUM TC 99M;

ADULT; ANAMNESIS; ARTICLE; ATELECTASIS; BREAST CANCER; CASE REPORT; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; INCIDENTAL FINDING; POSITRON EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY; RECURRENT DISEASE; SCINTIMAMMOGRAPHY;

ADULT; ATELECTASIS; BREAST NEOPLASMS; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; FEMALE; FLUORODEOXYGLUCOSE F18; HUMANS; INCIDENTAL FINDINGS; NEOPLASM RECURRENCE, LOCAL; RADIOPHARMACEUTICALS; TECHNETIUM TC 99M SESTAMIBI;

EID: 19544382344     PISSN: 03639762     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.rlu.0000163372.33788.eb     Document Type: Article

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