Solitary rib lesions in bone scans of patients with breast carcinoma

Nuclear Medicine Communications

Volumn 24, Issue 8, 2003, Pages 887-892

  Kara, G ^a   Bozkurt, M F ^a   OZCAN P P ^a   Caner, B ^a  

^a HACETTEPE UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Bone scintigraphy; Breast carcinoma; Solitary rib lesion

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BONE CYST; BONE TUMOR; BREAST TUMOR; CLASSIFICATION; CLINICAL TRIAL; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; METASTASIS; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; REPRODUCIBILITY; RIB; SCINTISCANNING; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; VALIDATION STUDY; WHOLE BODY COUNTING;

BONE CYSTS; BONE NEOPLASMS; BREAST NEOPLASMS; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; RIBS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; WHOLE-BODY COUNTING;

EID: 2342648301     PISSN: 01433636     EISSN: 14735628     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.mnm.0000084584.29433.11     Document Type: Article

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