Combined of fine-needle aspiration biopsy, MIBI scans and frozen section biopsy offers the beest diagnostic accuracy in the assessment of the hypofunctioning solitary thyroid nodule

European Journal of Nuclear Medicine and Molecular Imaging

Volumn 31, Issue 9, 2004, Pages 1273-1279

  Hurtado López, Luis Mauricio ^a   Arellano Montaño, Sara ^a   Torres Acosta, Evelyn Migdalia ^a   Zaldivar Ramirez, Felipe Rafael ^a   Duarte Torres, Reyna Margarita ^a   Alonso De Ruiz, Patricia ^a   Martínez Duncker, Iván ^a   Martínez Duncker, Carlos ^a,b  

^a HOSPITAL GENERAL DE MÉXICO   (Mexico)

^b HOSPITAL INFANTIL DE MÉXICO FEDERICO GÓMEZ   (Mexico)

Author keywords

Fine needle aspiration; Frozen section; MIBI; Scintigraphy; Thyroid nodule

Indexed keywords

METHOXY ISOBUTYL ISONITRILE TECHNETIUM TC 99M; PERTECHNETIC ACID TC 99M;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; ASPIRATION BIOPSY; BENIGN TUMOR; CANCER CYTODIAGNOSIS; CANCER DIAGNOSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; FEMALE; FROZEN SECTION; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; THYROID CANCER; THYROID NODULE; THYROID SCINTISCANNING; VALIDATION PROCESS;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BIOPSY, FINE-NEEDLE; CYTOSKELETAL PROTEINS; FEMALE; FROZEN SECTIONS; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RADIOPHARMACEUTICALS; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; THYROID NODULE;

EID: 4544284894     PISSN: 16197070     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00259-004-1544-7     Document Type: Article

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