False-positive parathyroid scan leading to sternotomy: incidental detection of a thymoma by C-11 methionine positron emission tomography.
Adler
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LP
Department of Radiology, University Hospitals of Cleveland Ohio 44106, USA.
Akhrass
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Ma
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Bloom
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AD
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
D002250:Carbon Radioisotopes; D008715:Methionine