Published July 1987
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Journal article
Fetal adenoma of the thyroid. A common source for false-positive thallium-201/technetium-99m pertechnetate subtraction parathyroid scintigraphy
Description
The specificity of thallium/technetium imaging for the localization of parathyroid tumors has remained high. False-positive findings usually arise from an incorrectly perceived mismatch. In these case reports, false-positive findings resulted from the presence of intrathyroidal fetal adenomas. Benign thyroid adenomas appear to represent a common source of false-positive finding for parathyroid tumor in thallium/technetium imaging
Additional details
Publishing Information
- Journal Title
- Clin. Nucl. Med.
- Journal Volume
- 12
- Journal Issue
- 7
- Series
- Clin. Nucl. Med.
- Journal Page Range
- 539-542
- ISSN
- 0363-9762
- CODEN
- CNMED
INIS
- Country of Publication
- United States
- Country of Input or Organization
- United States
- INIS RN
- 19005323
- Subject category
- S62: RADIOLOGY AND NUCLEAR MEDICINE;
- Descriptors DEI
- ADENOMAS; BIOLOGICAL LOCALIZATION; DIAGNOSIS; ERRORS; ISOMERIC NUCLEI; NEOPLASMS; PARATHYROID GLANDS; PERTECHNETATES; SCINTISCANNING; SPECIFICITY; TECHNETIUM 99; THALLIUM 201; THYROID
- Descriptors DEC
- BETA DECAY RADIOISOTOPES; BETA-MINUS DECAY RADIOISOTOPES; BODY; COUNTING TECHNIQUES; DAYS LIVING RADIOISOTOPES; DIAGNOSTIC TECHNIQUES; DISEASES; ELECTRON CAPTURE RADIOISOTOPES; ENDOCRINE GLANDS; GLANDS; HEAVY NUCLEI; HOURS LIVING RADIOISOTOPES; INTERMEDIATE MASS NUCLEI; INTERNAL CONVERSION RADIOISOTO; ISOMERIC TRANSITION ISOTOPES; ISOTOPES; NUCLEI; ODD-EVEN NUCLEI; ORGANS; OXYGEN COMPOUNDS; RADIOISOTOPE SCANNING; RADIOISOTOPES; TECHNETIUM COMPOUNDS; TECHNETIUM ISOTOPES; THALLIUM ISOTOPES; TRANSITION ELEMENT COMPOUNDS; YEARS LIVING RADIOISOTOPES