Diagnostic accuracy of 99mTc-MIBI-SPECT in the detection of lymph node metastases in patients with carcinoma of the tongue: comparison with computed tomography and MRI

Nuclear Medicine Communications

Volumn 29, Issue 9, 2008, Pages 803-808

  Tuli, Harsimran S ^a   Singh, Baljinder ^a   Prasad, Vikas ^a   Das, Asim ^a   Gupta, Ashok K ^a   Mittal, Bhagwant R ^a  

^a POSTGRADUATE INSTITUTE OF MEDICAL EDUCATION AND RESEARCH   (India)

Author keywords

Carcinoma tongue; Computerized tomography; Diagnostic accuracy; Lymph node metastases; MRI

Indexed keywords

METHOXY ISOBUTYL ISONITRILE TECHNETIUM TC 99M; EOSIN; GADOLINIUM PENTETATE; HEMATOXYLIN; IOHEXOL;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMAN; INSTRUMENTATION; LYMPH NODE METASTASIS; MALE; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; REPRODUCIBILITY; SCINTISCANNING; SINGLE PHOTON EMISSION COMPUTER TOMOGRAPHY; SQUAMOUS CELL CARCINOMA; TONGUE TUMOR; CANCER STAGING; CERVICAL LYMPH NODE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COLLIMATOR; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; FILTER; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN TISSUE; NECK DISSECTION; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; SCINTILLATION CAMERA; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; TONGUE CARCINOMA;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CARCINOMA, SQUAMOUS CELL; FEMALE; HUMANS; LYMPHATIC METASTASIS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; TECHNETIUM TC 99M SESTAMIBI; TOMOGRAPHY, EMISSION-COMPUTED, SINGLE-PHOTON; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED; TONGUE NEOPLASMS;

EID: 53149133579     PISSN: 01433636     EISSN: 14735628     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/MNM.0b013e328302ccfa     Document Type: Article

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