131I thyroid scanning in preoperative diagnosis of mediastinal goiter
| Autor: | Richard S. Irwin, Alexander N. Arvanitidis, Hamolsky Mw, Sidney S. Braman |
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| Rok vydání: | 1978 |
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Mediastinal goiter
Adult Male endocrine system Goiter endocrine system diseases Thyroid Gland Iodine Radioisotopes Internal Medicine medicine Mediastinal Diseases Humans Radionuclide Imaging Aged business.industry Chest disease Thyroid Mediastinum General Medicine Middle Aged medicine.disease eye diseases Radionuclide Scanning medicine.anatomical_structure Female Nuclear medicine business |
| Zdroj: | Annals of internal medicine. 89(1) |
| ISSN: | 0003-4819 |
| Popis: | Because pathologic studies have shown that mediastinal goiters are almost always extensions of thyroid tissue in the neck, almost all should be diagnosed by radionuclide scanning. However, little information on the frequency of positive thyroid scans in mediastinal goiter is available except for scattered case reports and conflicting generalizations found in textbooks of endocrinology and chest disease. In order to ascertain how frequently mediastinal goiters can be diagnosed preoperatively with the aid of thyroid scintiscanning, the records of patients who had tissue-documented mediastinal goiters were reviewed. |
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