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Tomografía por emisión de positrones (TEP) - Resultados

Nombres alternativos

Gammagrafía de medicina nuclear; Tomografía por emisión de positrones

Valores normales:

No se detectan problemas en el tamaño, forma o posición de un órgano y no hay áreas en las cuales el marcador radiactivo se haya acumulado anormalmente.

Significado de los resultados anormales:

Función cardíaca anormal
Tamaño, forma o posición anormal de un órgano
Enfermedad de Alzheimer
Cáncer (presencia y qué tanto se ha diseminado)
Cambio en el funcionamiento de un órgano
Tumores
Infección

Gammagrafía del agrandamiento de la tiroides

Fecha de revisión: 7/17/2007
Versión en inglés revisada por:Stuart Bentley-Hibbert, M.D., Ph.D., Department of Radiology, Weill Cornell Medical Center, New York, NY. Review provided by VeriMed Healthcare Network.
Traducción y localización realizada por: DrTango, Inc

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