Pre-therapy hyperfunctioning follicular thyroid carcinoma evaluation with I-131 whole-body scan and with F-18 FDG PET/CT
| Autor: | Piergiuseppe Orsolon, Marcello Giachetti, Matteo Salgarello, Pierluigi Zanco, Veronica Malfatti, Andrea Lupi |
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| Rok vydání: | 2008 |
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Male
endocrine system medicine.medical_specialty endocrine system diseases Whole body imaging Levothyroxine Scintigraphy Hyperthyroidism Thyroid carcinoma Iodine Radioisotopes Fluorodeoxyglucose F18 Biopsy Adenocarcinoma Follicular Medicine Humans Radiology Nuclear Medicine and imaging Whole Body Imaging Thyroid Neoplasms Aged medicine.diagnostic_test business.industry General Medicine medicine.disease Positron emission tomography Positron-Emission Tomography Adenocarcinoma Whole Body Scan Radiology business Tomography X-Ray Computed Glycolysis medicine.drug |
| Zdroj: | Clinical nuclear medicine. 33(12) |
| ISSN: | 1536-0229 |
| Popis: | We describe a patient with persistent hyperthyroidism after total thyroidectomy for toxic multinodular goiter and without therapy with levothyroxine evaluated with I-131 whole-body scan and with F-18 FDG PET/CT scan. Scintigraphy performed 48 hours after radiopharmaceutical administration showed many areas of focal radioiodine uptake. A week later we performed a PET/CT scan to better localize the anatomic site of the iodine-positive lesions. Both scans, performed after methimazole withdrawal, visualized the same lesions, and these results were used as a guide for biopsy. Histologic examination was consistent with metastatic follicular thyroid carcinoma. |
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