Bronchiectasis simulating pulmonary metastases on iodine-131 scintigraphy in well-differentiated thyroid carcinoma

Clinical Nuclear Medicine

Volumn 30, Issue 10, 2005, Pages 688-689

  Jong, Ian ^a   Taubman, Kim ^a   Schlicht, Stephen ^a  

^a ST VINCENT S HOSPITAL   (Australia)

Author keywords

False positive; Radioiodine; Thyroid cancer

Indexed keywords

IODINE 131; RADIOACTIVE IODINE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BRONCHIECTASIS; CANCER SURVIVAL; CASE REPORT; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; DISEASE SIMULATION; EXPOSURE; FEMALE; HUMAN; LUNG METASTASIS; PROGNOSIS; SCINTIGRAPHY; SOFT TISSUE TUMOR; THYROID CARCINOMA;

ADULT; BRONCHIECTASIS; CARCINOMA, PAPILLARY; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; LUNG NEOPLASMS; THYROID NEOPLASMS;

EID: 25444443650     PISSN: 03639762     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.rlu.0000178242.69075.64     Document Type: Article

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