Pitfalls of I-131 whole body scan interpretation: Bronchogenic cyst and mucinous cystadenoma

Clinical Nuclear Medicine

Volumn 33, Issue 5, 2008, Pages 325-327

  Agriantonis, Demetrios J ^a   Hall, Lance ^a   Wilson, Michael A ^a  

^a University of Wisconsin Health   (United States)

Author keywords

Benign mucinous cystadenoma; Bronchogenic cyst; False positive lesions; I 131; Metastatic survey; Whole body thyroid scan

Indexed keywords

IODINE 131;

AGED; ANAMNESIS; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; DRUG DISTRIBUTION; DRUG MEGADOSE; FALSE POSITIVE RESULT; FEMALE; HUMAN; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; THYROID CARCINOMA; WHOLE BODY SCINTISCANNING;

ADULT; AGED; BRONCHOGENIC CYST; CYSTADENOMA, MUCINOUS; FALSE POSITIVE REACTIONS; FEMALE; HUMANS; IODINE RADIOISOTOPES; OVARIAN NEOPLASMS; RADIOPHARMACEUTICALS; THYROID NEOPLASMS; WHOLE BODY IMAGING;

EID: 42549171023     PISSN: 03639762     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/RLU.0b013e31816a7a63     Document Type: Article

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