False-positive metaiodobenzylguanidine scan for neuroblastoma in a child with opsoclonus-myoclonus syndrome treated with adrenocorticotropic hormone (ACTH)

Journal of Child Neurology

Volumn 21, Issue 7, 2006, Pages 606-610

  McGarvey, Cynthia K ^a   Applegate, Kimberly ^a   Lee, Nadine Deanie ^a   Sokol, Deborah K ^a,b  

^a INDIANA UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

(3 IODOBENZYL)GUANIDINE I 125; (3 IODOBENZYL)GUANIDINE I 131; CORTICOTROPIN; IMMUNOGLOBULIN; RITUXIMAB;

ADRENAL HYPERPLASIA; ARTICLE; ATAXIA; BRAIN SCINTISCANNING; CANCER SCINTISCANNING; CANCER SCREENING; CANCER STAGING; CASE REPORT; CHRONIC DRUG ADMINISTRATION; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONTRAST ENHANCEMENT; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; DRUG DOSE REDUCTION; DRUG UPTAKE; FALSE POSITIVE RESULT; FEMALE; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; HYPOKALEMIA; MYOCLONUS; NEUROBLASTOMA; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; OPSOCLONUS; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

3-IODOBENZYLGUANIDINE; ADRENAL GLAND NEOPLASMS; ADRENOCORTICOTROPIC HORMONE; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FALSE POSITIVE REACTIONS; FEMALE; HORMONES; HUMANS; NEUROBLASTOMA; OPSOCLONUS-MYOCLONUS SYNDROME; RADIOPHARMACEUTICALS;

EID: 33748068452     PISSN: 08830738     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/08830738060210070801     Document Type: Article

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