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- Title
Early and delayed thallium 201 imaging. Diagnosis of patients with cold thyroid nodules.
- Authors
Bleichrodt, Robert P.; Vermey, Albert; Piers, Do. A.; de Langen, Zacharias J.; Bleichrodt, R P; Vermey, A; Piers, D A; de Langen, Z J
- Abstract
To investigate the utility of thallium 201 (Tl-201) thyroid scintigraphy for the detection of thyroid malignancies, early and delayed Tl-201 scintigraphy was done in 70 consecutive patients with a clinically solitary cold (Iodine 123 [I-123]) nodule. Early Tl-201 scintigraphy had a sensitivity of 100% and a specificity of 7% in predicting malignancy. With a combination of early and delayed Tl-201 scintigraphy, sensitivity ranged from 17 to 25% and specificity from 95 to 100%. Early and and delayed Tl-201 scintigraphy are only of limited value for the detection of thyroid cancer.
- Publication
Cancer (0008543X), 1987, Vol 60, Issue 11, p2621
- ISSN
0008-543X
- Publication type
journal article
- DOI
10.1002/1097-0142(19871201)60:11<2621::AID-CNCR2820601108>3.0.CO;2-R