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Tc-99m Tetrofosmin SPECT for the differentiation of a cerebellar hemorrhage mimicking a brain metastasis from a renal cell carcinoma

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  1. Department of Neurosurgery, University of Ioannina School of Medicine, Ioannina, Greece

    G.A. Alexiou & K.S. Polyzoidis

  2. Department of Nuclear Medicine, University of Ioannina School of Medicine, Ioannina, Greece

    J.A. Bokharhii & A.D. Fotopoulos

  3. Department of Neurology, University of Ioannina School of Medicine, Ioannina, Greece

    A.P. Kyritsis

  4. Department of Neurosurgery, University of Ioannina School of Medicine, Ioannina, Greece

    G.A. Alexiou

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Alexiou, G., Bokharhii, J., Kyritsis, A. et al. Tc-99m Tetrofosmin SPECT for the differentiation of a cerebellar hemorrhage mimicking a brain metastasis from a renal cell carcinoma. J Neurooncol 78, 207–208 (2006). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11060-005-9074-0

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