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Findings on pre-operative thyorid scintiscans in 29 patients with medullary carcinoma of the thyroid were compared with results of palpation and pathological findings. Six patients had a normal uptake of 131I or 99mTc in tumours 1.5–8 cm in diameter. When compared with 111 pre-operative scintiscans in other thyroid carcinomas, the frequency of normal uptake in medullary carcinomas was high, 19% versus 0–6%. Gallium-67 scintiscans were performed in nine patients. Six patients had extensive tumours, but accumulation of 67Ga appeared in only one patient.
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Rasmusson, B. Scintigraphic studies in patients with medullary carcinoma of the thyroid. Eur J Nucl Med 7, 150–151 (1982). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00443920
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DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00443920