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Nuklearmedizin 2015; 54(03): N23-N24
DOI: 10.1055/s-0037-1616611
Case report
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Successful resection of TSH-secreting pituitary adenoma demonstrated by serial 99mTc-scintigraphy

W. Brandstätter
1   Department of Nuclear Medicine and Endocrinology, Linz General Hospital, Medical Faculty, Johannes Kepler University, Linz, Austria
,
M. Hatzl
1   Department of Nuclear Medicine and Endocrinology, Linz General Hospital, Medical Faculty, Johannes Kepler University, Linz, Austria
,
S. Weis
2   Division of Neuropathology, Department of Pathology and Neuropathology, Landesnervenklinik Wagner Jauregg, Medical Faculty, Johannes Kepler University, Linz, Austria
,
A. Javor
3   Department of Neurology, Linz General Hospital, Medical Faculty, Johannes Kepler University, Linz, Austria
,
M. Gabriel
1   Department of Nuclear Medicine and Endocrinology, Linz General Hospital, Medical Faculty, Johannes Kepler University, Linz, Austria
4   University Clinic of Nuclear Medicine, Medical University of Innsbruck, Austria
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received: 19 December 2014

accepted in revised form: 11 March 2015

Publication Date:
11 January 2018 (online)

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