Incremental Diagnostic Value of SPECT/CT with 131I Scintigraphy after Radioiodine Therapy in Patients with Well-differentiated Thyroid Carcinoma

Yasuhiro Maruoka,Koichiro Abe,Shingo Baba,Takuro Isoda,Hirofumi Sawamoto,Yoshitaka Tanabe,Masayuki Sasaki,Hiroshi Honda

Incremental Diagnostic Value of SPECT/CT with 131I Scintigraphy after Radioiodine Therapy in Patients with Well-differentiated Thyroid Carcinoma

2012

Yasuhiro Maruoka
Koichiro Abe
Shingo Baba
Takuro Isoda
Hirofumi Sawamoto
Yoshitaka Tanabe
Masayuki Sasaki
Hiroshi Honda

SPECT/CT improved the detection and localization of lymph node metastases and distant metastases, as compared with whole-body scintigraphy, and had a considerable effect on the management of patients with well-differentiated thyroid carcinoma.

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Radiology
Scintigraphy
Carcinoma
Thyroid
Nuclear medicine
Lymph node
Medicine
Well Differentiated Thyroid Carcinoma
radioiodine therapy
Retrospective cohort study
thyroid carcinoma
Whole body imaging
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