Seminars in Nuclear Medicine
Volume 32, Issue 3 , Pages 223-227 , July 2002

99mTc sestamibi accumulation in the chest mimicking an ectopic parathyroid adenoma

  • Elcin Ozalp

      Affiliations

    • Russell H. Morgan Department of Radiology and Radiological Sciences, The Johns Johns Hopkins Medical Institutions, Baltimore, MD USA
    • Division of Nuclear Medicine, The Johns Hopkins Medical Institutions, Baltimore, MD USA
    • Division Radiation Health Sciences, The Johns Hopkins Medical Institutions, Baltimore, MD USA
    • ,
  • David Bluemke

      Affiliations

    • Russell H. Morgan Department of Radiology and Radiological Sciences, The Johns Johns Hopkins Medical Institutions, Baltimore, MD USA
    • Division of Nuclear Medicine, The Johns Hopkins Medical Institutions, Baltimore, MD USA
    • Division Radiation Health Sciences, The Johns Hopkins Medical Institutions, Baltimore, MD USA
    • ,
  • A. Cahid Civelek

      Affiliations

    • Russell H. Morgan Department of Radiology and Radiological Sciences, The Johns Johns Hopkins Medical Institutions, Baltimore, MD USA
    • Division of Nuclear Medicine, The Johns Hopkins Medical Institutions, Baltimore, MD USA
    • Division Radiation Health Sciences, The Johns Hopkins Medical Institutions, Baltimore, MD USA
    • Corresponding Author InformationAddress reprints to A. Cahid Civelek, MD, The Johns Hopkins Medical Institutions, Divisions of Nuclear Medicine and Radiation Health Sciences, Outpatient Center, Room 3235, 601 N Caroline St, Baltimore, MD 21287-0817.

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doi: 10.1053/snuc.2002.126034

Seminars in Nuclear Medicine
Volume 32, Issue 3 , Pages 223-227 , July 2002

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