Potential false positive Tc-99m sestamibi parathyroid study due to uptake in brown adipose tissue

Clinical Nuclear Medicine

Volumn 33, Issue 5, 2008, Pages 346-348

  Wong, Ka Kit ^a,b   Brown, Richard K J ^a   Avram, Anca M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN HEALTH SYSTEM   (United States)

Author keywords

Brown adipose tissue; Parathyroid scintigraphy; SPECT CT

Indexed keywords

(3 IODOBENZYL)GUANIDINE I 123; METHOXY ISOBUTYL ISONITRILE TECHNETIUM TC 99M; TETROFOSMIN TC 99M;

ADRENAL SCINTISCANNING; ADULT; ARTICLE; BROWN ADIPOSE TISSUE; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL STUDY; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; ECTOPIC TISSUE; FEMALE; HUMAN; HYPERPARATHYROIDISM; SINGLE PHOTON EMISSION COMPUTER TOMOGRAPHY;

ADIPOSE TISSUE, BROWN; ARTIFACTS; FALSE POSITIVE REACTIONS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; PARATHYROID NEOPLASMS; RADIOPHARMACEUTICALS; TECHNETIUM TC 99M SESTAMIBI;

EID: 42549150148     PISSN: 03639762     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/RLU.0b013e31816a795a     Document Type: Article

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