Follicular thyroid carcinoma with an eggshell calcification: Report of 3 cases

Journal of Ultrasound in Medicine

Volumn 28, Issue 6, 2009, Pages 801-806

  Sang, Kwon Lee ^a   Byung, Hak Rho ^a  

^a Dongsan Medical Center   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Calcifications; Follicular carcinoma; Sonography; Thyroid

Indexed keywords

BIOMINERALIZATION; BONE; CALCIFICATION (BIOCHEMISTRY); COMPUTERIZED TOMOGRAPHY; DIAGNOSIS; ULTRASONOGRAPHY;

DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; FLUORODEOXYGLUCOSE; FOLLICULAR CARCINOMAS; GRAY SCALE SONOGRAPHY; MAXIMUM STANDARDIZED UPTAKE VALUES; POSITRON EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY (PET); THYROID; THYROID CARCINOMA;

POSITRON EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY;

FLUORODEOXYGLUCOSE F 18;

ABDOMINAL RADIOGRAPHY; ACETABULUM FRACTURE; ADULT; AGED; ANAMNESIS; ARTICLE; ASPIRATION BIOPSY; BONE METASTASIS; CALCIFICATION; CASE REPORT; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; DOPPLER ECHOGRAPHY; FEMALE; FOLLICULAR THYROID CARCINOMA; GRAY SCALE ECHOGRAPHY; HIP RADIOGRAPHY; HUMAN; LUNG METASTASIS; POSITRON EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY; THYROID CARCINOMA; THYROID INCIDENTALOMA; THYROIDECTOMY;

EID: 66449114003     PISSN: 02784297     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.7863/jum.2009.28.6.801     Document Type: Article

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