False-positive uptake of I-131 in a laryngocele mimicking thyroid remnant after thyroidectomy for papillary thyroid carcinoma

Clinical Nuclear Medicine

Volumn 31, Issue 11, 2006, Pages 716-717

  Schmidt, Matthias ^a   Dietlein, Markus ^a   Schröder, Ursula ^a   Schicha, Harald ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COLOGNE   (Germany)

Author keywords

Iodine 131 whole body scintigraphy; Laryngocele; Papillary thyroid carcinoma

Indexed keywords

GADOLINIUM; IODINE 131; LEVOTHYROXINE; RADIOACTIVE IODINE; RECOMBINANT THYROTROPIN; THYROGLOBULIN;

AGED; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL EXAMINATION; CLINICAL FEATURE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONTRAST ENHANCEMENT; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; HYPOTHYROIDISM; LARYNGOCELE; LARYNX; LYMPHADENOPATHY; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; RADIODIAGNOSIS; RADIOISOTOPE THERAPY; THYROID PAPILLARY CARCINOMA; THYROIDECTOMY; TREATMENT OUTCOME; WHOLE BODY SCINTISCANNING;

AGED; CARCINOMA, PAPILLARY; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; FALSE POSITIVE REACTIONS; FEMALE; HUMANS; IODINE RADIOISOTOPES; LARYNGEAL DISEASES; NEOPLASM RECURRENCE, LOCAL; RADIOPHARMACEUTICALS; THYROID NEOPLASMS; THYROIDECTOMY;

EID: 33750297404     PISSN: 03639762     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.rlu.0000242696.68765.b6     Document Type: Article

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