title: Combined positron emission tomography - computed tomography improves specificity for thyroid carcinoma by identifying vocal cord activity after laryngeal nerve paralysis.
authors.affiliation: Johns Hopkins, Department of Radiology, Division of Nuclear Medicine, Baltimore, Maryland 21287, USA. bchin@rad.jhmi.edu
authors.forename: Bennett B
authors.initials: BB
authors.lastname: Chin
authors.forename: Pavni
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Patel
authors.forename: Dima
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Hammoud
mesh_terms: D002291:Carcinoma, Papillary / Q000175:diagnosis*; D019788:Fluorodeoxyglucose F18; D006801:Humans; D008198:Lymph Nodes / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D009333:Neck; D009364:Neoplasm Recurrence, Local / Q000175:diagnosis; D012680:Sensitivity and Specificity; D013964:Thyroid Neoplasms / Q000175:diagnosis*; D014055:Tomography, Emission-Computed; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed; D014826:Vocal Cord Paralysis / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000503:physiopathology*; D014827:Vocal Cords / Q000503:physiopathology*
chemical_list: D019788:Fluorodeoxyglucose F18