False positive and false negative thyroid 99mTc-sestamibi scintigraphy in the same patient

A. Gholamrezanezhad; M. Muckle; H. Ahmadzadehfar; H.-J. Biersack; S. Ezziddin

doi:10.1055/s-0038-1626518

Nuklearmedizin - NuclearMedicine, Table of Contents

Nuklearmedizin 2010; 49(06): N69-N70
DOI: 10.1055/s-0038-1626518

Case report

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False positive and false negative thyroid ^99mTc-sestamibi scintigraphy in the same patient

Authors

A. Gholamrezanezhad

¹Research Institute for Nuclear Medicine. Tehran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran
M. Muckle

²Department of Nuclear Medicine. University Hospital Bonn, Germany
H. Ahmadzadehfar

²Department of Nuclear Medicine. University Hospital Bonn, Germany
H.-J. Biersack

²Department of Nuclear Medicine. University Hospital Bonn, Germany
S. Ezziddin

²Department of Nuclear Medicine. University Hospital Bonn, Germany

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