Paradoxic technetium-99 methylene diphosphonate localization in malignant mesothelioma

Clinical Nuclear Medicine

Volumn 31, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 71-73

  Reidman, Daniel ^a   Balingit, Antonio ^a  

^a MADIGAN ARMY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

MEDRONATE TECHNETIUM TC 99M; DIAGNOSTIC AGENT; RADIOPHARMACEUTICAL AGENT;

AGED; ANAMNESIS; ARTICLE; CANCER LOCALIZATION; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL EXAMINATION; CLINICAL FEATURE; HUMAN; LABORATORY TEST; MALE; MALIGNANT MESOTHELIOMA; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; PLEURA EFFUSION; PLEURA PLAQUE; SYMPTOMATOLOGY; BONE TUMOR; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; LABORATORY DIAGNOSIS; MESOTHELIOMA; METABOLISM; SCINTISCANNING;

AGED, 80 AND OVER; BONE NEOPLASMS; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; FALSE POSITIVE REACTIONS; HUMANS; MALE; MESOTHELIOMA; PLEURAL EFFUSION, MALIGNANT; RADIOPHARMACEUTICALS; TECHNETIUM TC 99M MEDRONATE;

EID: 33646085552     PISSN: 03639762     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.rlu.0000195917.56036.cd     Document Type: Article

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