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Iodine And Prostate Cancer
An MIBG scintiscan is an imaging test that uses a radioactive substance (called a tracer) and a special scanner to find or confirm the presence of
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Alternative Names
Adrenal medullary imaging; Meta-iodobenzylguanidine scintiscan
How the test is performed
A radioisotope (MIBG, iodine-131-meta-iodobenzylguanidine) is injected into a vein. This compound...
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