Solitary pulmonary nodule evaluation with 99mTc-methoxy isobutyl isonitrile in a tuberculosis-endemic area

European Respiratory Journal

Volumn 30, Issue 6, 2007, Pages 1090-1095

  Schuurmans, M M ^a,b   Ellmann, A ^a   Bouma, H ^a   Diacon, A H ^a   Dyckmans, K ^a   Bolliger, C T ^a  

^a STELLENBOSCH UNIVERSITY   (South Africa)

^b UNIVERSITY OF STELLENBOSCH   (South Africa)

Author keywords

Diagnosis; Lung cancer; Solitary pulmonary nodule; Technetium 99m labelled methoxy isobutyl isonitrile; Tuberculosis

Indexed keywords

FLUORODEOXYGLUCOSE F 18; METHOXY ISOBUTYL ISONITRILE TECHNETIUM TC 99M;

ARTICLE; BRONCHOSCOPY; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC PROCEDURE; DRUG UPTAKE; FOLLOW UP; HEALTH CARE PLANNING; HEALTH CARE SYSTEM; HUMAN; LUNG NODULE; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PATIENT ASSESSMENT; PHOTON EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY; POSITRON EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SINGLE PHOTON EMISSION COMPUTER TOMOGRAPHY; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY; TUBERCULOSIS;

COIN LESION, PULMONARY; ENDEMIC DISEASES; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RADIOGRAPHY, THORACIC; SOUTH AFRICA; TECHNETIUM TC 99M SESTAMIBI; TOMOGRAPHY, EMISSION-COMPUTED, SINGLE-PHOTON; TREATMENT OUTCOME; TUBERCULOSIS;

EID: 38849190723     PISSN: 09031936     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1183/09031936.00046107     Document Type: Article

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