Cervical paraganglioma mimicking a parathyroid adenoma on Tc-99m sestamibi scintigraphy

Clinical Nuclear Medicine

Volumn 31, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 234-236

  Bhattacharya, Anish ^a   Mittal, Bhagwant Rai ^a   Bhansali, Anil ^a   Radotra, Bishan Das ^a   Behera, Arunanshu ^a  

^a POSTGRADUATE INSTITUTE OF MEDICAL EDUCATION AND RESEARCH   (India)

Author keywords

Cervical paraganglioma; Parathyroid; Tc 99m sestamibi

Indexed keywords

METHOXY ISOBUTYL ISONITRILE TECHNETIUM TC 99M; PARATHYROID HORMONE; DIAGNOSTIC AGENT; RADIOPHARMACEUTICAL AGENT;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MALE; MOLECULAR MIMICRY; NECK; PARAGANGLIOMA; PARATHYROID ADENOMA; SCINTIGRAPHY; SINGLE PHOTON EMISSION COMPUTER TOMOGRAPHY; ADENOMA; HEAD AND NECK TUMOR; HYPERPARATHYROIDISM; PARATHYROID TUMOR; PATHOLOGY; SCINTISCANNING;

ADENOMA; ADULT; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; HEAD AND NECK NEOPLASMS; HUMANS; HYPERPARATHYROIDISM; MALE; PARAGANGLIOMA; PARATHYROID NEOPLASMS; RADIOPHARMACEUTICALS; TECHNETIUM TC 99M SESTAMIBI; TOMOGRAPHY, EMISSION-COMPUTED, SINGLE-PHOTON;

EID: 33748094089     PISSN: 03639762     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.rlu.0000205179.73356.9c     Document Type: Article

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