Tc-99m sestamibi uptake in the chest mimicking a malignant lesion of the breast

Breast

Volumn 15, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 111-114

  Civelek, A Cahid ^a   Patel, Pavni ^b   Ozalp, Elcin ^b   Brem, Rachel F ^c  

^a SAINT LOUIS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b DEPARTMENT OF PATHOLOGY   (United States)

^c GEORGE WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Breast cancer; Breast optimized scintigraphy; False positive; Scintimammography

Indexed keywords

METHOXY ISOBUTYL ISONITRILE TECHNETIUM TC 99M;

AGED; ARTICLE; BIOPSY TECHNIQUE; BREAST CANCER; CANCER GRADING; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; ECHOMAMMOGRAPHY; FALSE POSITIVE RESULT; FAMILY HISTORY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HEART ATRIUM FUNCTION; HEART RIGHT ATRIUM; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IMAGE ANALYSIS; PARTIAL MASTECTOMY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCINTILLATION CAMERA; SCINTIMAMMOGRAPHY; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 32244436888     PISSN: 09609776     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.breast.2004.11.003     Document Type: Article

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