Published September 1988
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Journal article
Pitfalls of technetium Tc 99m/thallium 201 parathyroid scanning
- 1. Loma Linda Univ. Medical Center, CA (USA)
Description
Technetium Tc 99m/thallium 201 parathyroid scanning has been proved to be effective by multiple researchers. A review of 54 patients who underwent scanning and operations at an institution showed the scans to be accurate in 83%. There were 15% false-negative and 2% false-positive scans. The pitfalls of parathyroid scanning can be related to false-positives and false-negatives
Additional details
Publishing Information
- Journal Title
- Archives of Otolaryngology, Head and Neck Surgery
- Journal Volume
- 114
- Journal Issue
- 9
- Series
- Arch. Otolaryngol., Head Neck Surg.
- Journal Page Range
- 993-995
- ISSN
- 0886-4470
- CODEN
- AONSE
INIS
- Country of Publication
- United States
- Country of Input or Organization
- United States
- INIS RN
- 20016020
- Subject category
- S62: RADIOLOGY AND NUCLEAR MEDICINE;
- Descriptors DEI
- DIAGNOSIS; HYPERPARATHYROIDISM; ISOMERIC NUCLEI; PARATHYROID GLANDS; PATIENTS; RADIOISOTOPE SCANNING; TECHNETIUM 99; THALLIUM 201
- Descriptors DEC
- BETA DECAY RADIOISOTOPES; BETA-MINUS DECAY RADIOISOTOPES; BODY; COUNTING TECHNIQUES; DAYS LIVING RADIOISOTOPES; DISEASES; ELECTRON CAPTURE RADIOISOTOPES; ENDOCRINE DISEASES; ENDOCRINE GLANDS; GLANDS; HEAVY NUCLEI; HOURS LIVING RADIOISOTOPES; INTERMEDIATE MASS NUCLEI; INTERNAL CONVERSION RADIOISOTO; ISOMERIC TRANSITION ISOTOPES; ISOTOPES; NUCLEI; ODD-EVEN NUCLEI; ORGANS; RADIOISOTOPES; TECHNETIUM ISOTOPES; THALLIUM ISOTOPES; YEARS LIVING RADIOISOTOPES