Intrathoracic renal ectopia demonstrated by Tl-201 SPECT/CT

Clinical Nuclear Medicine

Volumn 35, Issue 6, 2010, Pages 467-468

  Du, Wei Ning ^a   Tsay, Daw Guey ^a   Hu, Chin ^a   Su, Hsuan Ming ^a   Lin, Kuan Hsiu ^a   Peng, Nan Jing ^a,b  

^a KAOHSIUNG VETERANS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

^b NATIONAL YANG MING UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Ectopia; Intrathoracic; Kidney; Single photon emission computed tomography; Thallium

Indexed keywords

DIPYRIDAMOLE; THALLIUM 201;

AGED; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; ECTOPIC KIDNEY; HEART MUSCLE ISCHEMIA; HEART SCINTISCANNING; HUMAN; INCIDENTAL FINDING; MALE; SINGLE PHOTON EMISSION COMPUTER TOMOGRAPHY; THORAX PAIN;

AGED, 80 AND OVER; HUMANS; KIDNEY; MALE; THALLIUM RADIOISOTOPES; THORAX; TOMOGRAPHY, EMISSION-COMPUTED, SINGLE-PHOTON; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 77952499387     PISSN: 03639762     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/RLU.0b013e3181db4ece     Document Type: Article

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