Thyroid incidentaloma detected by fluorodeoxyglucose positron emission tomography/computed tomography: Practical management algorithm

World Journal of Surgery

Volumn 35, Issue 12, 2011, Pages 2691-2697

  Nilsson, Inga Lena ^a,b   Arnberg, Fabian ^a,b   Zedenius, Jan ^a,b   Sundin, Anders ^a,b  

^a KAROLINSKA INSTITUTE   (Sweden)

^b KAROLINSKA UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DIAGNOSTIC AGENT; FLUORODEOXYGLUCOSE F 18; RADIOPHARMACEUTICAL AGENT;

AGED; ALGORITHM; ARTICLE; FEMALE; HUMAN; INCIDENTAL FINDING; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SCINTISCANNING; THYROID TUMOR;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ALGORITHMS; FEMALE; FLUORODEOXYGLUCOSE F18; HUMANS; INCIDENTAL FINDINGS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; POSITRON-EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY AND COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY; RADIOPHARMACEUTICALS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; THYROID NEOPLASMS;

EID: 83655167241     PISSN: 03642313     EISSN: 14322323     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00268-011-1291-4     Document Type: Article

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