| Autor: |
Honda, Norinari, Machida, Kikuo, Inoue, Yusuke, Hosono, Makoto, Takahashi, Takeo, Kashimada, Akio, Osada, Hisato, Murata, Osamu, Ohmichi, Masahide, Watanabe, Wataru, Okada, Takemichi, Itoyama, Shinji |
| Zdroj: |
Annals of Nuclear Medicine; Jun2002, Vol. 16 Issue 4, p289-292, 4p |
| Abstrakt: |
Mucosa-associated lymphoid tissue (MALT) lymphoma has been established as a distinct entity among non-Hodgkin's lymphomas, and the most common primary site is the stomach. We describe scintigraphic findings in a patient with MALT lymphoma of the thyroid. A 71-year-old woman with Hashimoto's thyroiditis suffered from rapid cervical swelling, and ultrasonography and CT revealed a thyroid nodule. The nodule showed accumulation of 99mTc pertechnetate comparable to the surrounding thyroid tissue, mimicking a benign nodule. Both 67Ga and 201Tl imaging visualized the lesion as an increased uptake area. After radiotherapy, abnormally increased uptake disappeared on 67Ga images, which predicted a favorable outcome. MALT lymphoma of the thyroid may be visualized as a warm nodule on 99mTc pertechnetate scintigraphy. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR] |
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