title: False-positive parathyroid scan leading to sternotomy: incidental detection of a thymoma by C-11 methionine positron emission tomography.
authors.affiliation: Department of Radiology, University Hospitals of Cleveland Ohio 44106, USA.
authors.forename: L P
authors.initials: LP
authors.lastname: Adler
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Akhrass
authors.forename: D
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Ma
authors.forename: A D
authors.initials: AD
authors.lastname: Bloom
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D002250:Carbon Radioisotopes; D005189:False Positive Reactions; D006801:Humans; D006961:Hyperparathyroidism / Q000150:complications / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*; D008297:Male; D008715:Methionine; D013249:Sternum / Q000601:surgery*; D013945:Thymoma / Q000150:complications / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*; D013953:Thymus Neoplasms / Q000150:complications / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*; D014055:Tomography, Emission-Computed
chemical_list: D002250:Carbon Radioisotopes; D008715:Methionine