Carcinoma of the thyroid gland showing thymic-like elements: Hypofunctioning nodule accumulating 99mTc-MIBI and 18F-FDG

Hellenic Journal of Nuclear Medicine

Volumn 14, Issue 2, 2011, Pages

  Chen, Libo ^a   Chen, Xi ^a   Zhang, Huizhen ^a   Feng, Liang ^a   Zhu, Ruisen ^a  

^a SHANGHAI JIAO TONG UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CD5 ANTIGEN; FLUORODEOXYGLUCOSE F 18; METHOXY ISOBUTYL ISONITRILE TECHNETIUM TC 99M; STEM CELL FACTOR RECEPTOR;

ADULT; CASE REPORT; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CELL INFILTRATION; COMPUTER ASSISTED EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY; DIAGNOSTIC TEST ACCURACY STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; HUMAN; LETTER; MALE; RADIOTHERAPY; SQUAMOUS CELL; SWALLOWING; THYROID CARCINOMA; THYROID MASS; THYROID NODULE; THYROID SURGERY; THYROIDECTOMY;

CARCINOMA; FLUORODEOXYGLUCOSE F18; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RADIOPHARMACEUTICALS; RARE DISEASES; TECHNETIUM TC 99M SESTAMIBI; THYROID GLAND; THYROID NODULE;

EID: 79961137189     PISSN: 11081430     EISSN: 17905427     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Letter

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