Published May 1986 | Version v1
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Continuing impact of thyroid scintigraphy on the diagnosis of thyroid enlargement

Creators

  • 1. Univ. of Cincinnati Medical Center, OH

Description

The impact of thyroid scintigraphy on the working diagnosis was evaluated in 204 consecutive patients referred for thyroid testing. The a priori and a posteriori diagnoses were discordant about one third of the time. The differences were highly significant (P less than 0.001) in the cases of uninodular and multinodular goiter

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Publishing Information

Journal Title
Clin. Nucl. Med.
Journal Issue
no.5
Series
Clin. Nucl. Med.
ISSN
0363-9762
CODEN
CNMED

INIS

Country of Publication
United States
Country of Input or Organization
United States
INIS RN
17082739
Subject category
S62: RADIOLOGY AND NUCLEAR MEDICINE;
Descriptors DEI
DIAGNOSIS; GOITER; PATIENTS; SCINTISCANNING; THYROID
Descriptors DEC
BODY; COUNTING TECHNIQUES; DIAGNOSTIC TECHNIQUES; DISEASES; ENDOCRINE DISEASES; ENDOCRINE GLANDS; GLANDS; ORGANS; RADIOISOTOPE SCANNING