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Adrenocortical Carcinoma: False Positive in an I-123 Metaiodobenzylguanedine Scan

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Cristina Rodríguez Rey, Aída Ortega Candil, Eliseo Vañó Galván, María Nieves Cabrera Martín and José Luis Carreras Delgado declare that they have no conflicts of interest.

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  1. Department of Nuclear Medicine, Clínico San Carlos Hospital, C/Profesor Martín Lagos, 28040, Madrid, Spain

    Cristina Rodríguez Rey, Aída Ortega Candil, María Nieves Cabrera Martín & José Luis Carreras Delgado

  2. Department of Radiology, Clínico San Carlos Hospital, Madrid, Spain

    Eliseo Vañó Galván

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Rodríguez Rey, C., Ortega Candil, A., Vañó Galván, E. et al. Adrenocortical Carcinoma: False Positive in an I-123 Metaiodobenzylguanedine Scan. Nucl Med Mol Imaging 50, 166–168 (2016). https://doi.org/10.1007/s13139-015-0343-3

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