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Value of thallium-201 scintigraphy for primary tumour detection in patients with malignant neck masses

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The aim of this study was to assess the contribution of thallium-201 scintigraphy to primary tumour detection in patients with malignant neck masses and to evaluate its sensitivity and specificity. A total of 30 patients with histopathologically proven malignant tumours were included in the study. The sensitivity, specificity and accuracy of 201Tl scintigraphy were found to be 54%, 75% and 57% respectively. These results suggest that 201Tl scintigraphy has a limited value in the detection of the primary tumour in patients with malignant masses of the neck.

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  1. Department of Otorhinolaryngology and Head-Neck Surgery, Erciyes University, School of Medicine, Kayseri, Turkey, , , , , , TR

    Ercihan Güney, O. Gazi Yig˘itbaşi & Kazim Bozdemir

  2. Department of Nuclear Medicine, Erciyes University, School of Medicine, Kayseri, Turkey, , , , , , TR

    Ahmet Tutus & Mehmet Nardali

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  1. Ercihan Güney
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Received 14 November 1997 and in revised form 26 January 1998

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Güney, E., Yig˘itbaşi, O., Tutus, A. et al. Value of thallium-201 scintigraphy for primary tumour detection in patients with malignant neck masses. Eur J Nucl Med 25, 431–434 (1998). https://doi.org/10.1007/s002590050242

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